Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Hurricane Dean surprise, 1 by Clare_CA

Clare_CA wrote:
The confusion is actually involving the term "Lei Rainbow." It used to be generic term to mean a rainbow that was used in Leis, and one particular one, which was a particularly large stiff flower (good for lei making) was called 'Lei Rainbow' but then given a new proper name of 'Nebel's Rainbow.' There could be still be some sellers in Hawaii selling no-name rainbows under the name 'Lei Rainbow,' but it is not proper to call them that since the name now belongs to 'Nebel's Rainbow.' The real 'Lei Rainbow' aka 'Nebel's Rainbow' is a very tall grower. Here's mine: