Tropicals & Tender Perennials: October Flowers, 1 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
Carol: Thank you so much. I have printed out your above post so I can read over it and check my plants. I will have to get someone in Admin. to delete my three photo's at the entry for H. australis ssp. australis because those leaves do not have any tiny hairs at all.

The EA australis has smaller leaves than the one that you think resembles 'Kapoho' but the EA plants leaves are glabrous as well, absolutely no fuzz, just smaller in size. I was thinking the leaves would just grow larger as the plant matures, kinda like me ... I've grown a whole lot larger as I've matured.

I do have one australis with soft, fuzzy leaves ... the reverse side of the leaves is even softer than the top! It was given to me in a house plant trade and labeled as H. australis 'Keysii' but someone here told me it is not Keysii, can't remember if they suggested which it might be though. I wonder if it could be ssp. australis? Here's a close up of the one with the real soft foliage.

As always, thanks for your help in explaining the leaf differences, glabrous, pubescent etc.