ROBERTICO’S CROTONS IN THE COSTA RICAN LANDSCACPE – PART 06

donroberth

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I’ll start this installment with a partial quote from the WIKI MASTER NAME AND PHOTO LIST. “There exists a controversy regarding this croton. Some think Satan and Irene Kingsley are the same cultivar with two different names …”

In addition to file photos 41 thru 45 I am attaching photos, 46-47-48 of what I’ve found in my wanderings thru-out Costa Rica Re: Irene Kingsley vs. Satan. Photo #46: IRENE KINGSLEY - (traditional leaf), #47: SATAN (trident shaped leaf form) and #48: both aforesaid leaves on the same cultivar, Satan in the top half & Irene Kingsley below.

I am by no means trying to continue or start a squabble, just sharing a few pics of this handsome but quirky cultivar in the Costa Rican Landscape. :)
 

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  • 41 (LtoR) GLORIOSA, ROYAL FLUSH & JOHANNIS - GATED COUNTRY RESIDENCE.jpg
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  • 42 GENERAL PAGET- BETWEEN LA GARITA & TURRIALBA.jpg
    42 GENERAL PAGET- BETWEEN LA GARITA & TURRIALBA.jpg
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  • 43 ANDREANUM aka CANNED SUNSHINE (CENTER) & PICTURATUM ON THE FAR LEFT.jpg
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  • 44 PETRA INVASION - BY FAR, THE CROTON VARIETY I RUN ACROSS MOST OFTEN.jpg
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  • 45 OVALIFOLIUM - FRONT PORCH IN OROTINA, PHOTO REVISITED.JPG
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  • 46 IRENE KINGSLEY - (TRADITIONAL LEAF) arguably SATAN (TRIDENT SHAPED FORM).jpg
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  • 47 SATAN (TRIDENT SHAPED LEAF FORM) arguably IRENE KINGSLEY.jpg
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  • 48 BOTH AFORESAID LEAVES ON SAME PLANT-SATAN TOP HALF & I. KINGSLEY BELOW.jpg
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Anna… I really appreciate you taking the time and graciously responding to the croton photos that I post for the enjoyment of the membership. Thanks again for your comments. :)
 
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