This seedling selection is a non-registered cultivar from
Alttara
Scheer of Connecticut. It forms a medium size (11 inches high by 28
inches wide) plant with red petioles on its medium green
foliage. The leaves have smooth texture and are narrowly ovate
in shape. Purple flowers bloom on reddish colored scapes in
August.
The originator made the following comment on the
Fraternal Order
of Seedy Fellows website: "A sleek and shiny green,
'Maya Kingsnake' is a medium sized plant with new leaves
showing red well up into the central leaf vein, petioles
red front and back, and gently undulating leaf edges. In
August the scapes come slithering up through the
foliage, a deeply saturated, dense red which appears
pure black. As the scapes elongate the bracts emerge
with a bright center, revealing violet buds and finally
purple flowers into September. Extremely fertile both
ways, and one of my favorite breeders. "
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