This non-registered cultivar is a sport
of
H. longipes. The
leaves have a white back and are a bit larger than the
typical
H. longipes plants.
It is a medium size plant with medium to dark green
foliage with a white marginal variegation. The leaves
are very shiny on the bottoms. It has dense clusters of
pale purple flowers with purple anthers borne on 20 to
30 inch scapes in August into September. This form was
discovered near Mount Tanayama in Japan. |