Tortise Shell - another slow grower

fawnridge

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8 or 9 years old from a cutting from a plant in East Boca. The original plant was chopped down and tossed in the trash a week after I got my cuttings. This one is just three feet tall.

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A nice plant, and your's is showing great color. It is a very slow grower. When it starts to get some size to it, you'll find it throws alot of blotchy sports off the stems. Nothing real pretty, but it does it alot.

Jeff
 
That is a unique looking leaf form. I've never seen that one before. thanks for the photo. I see why its called Tortoise Shell. Good name for it due to its reported slow growth and shell-like leaf.
 
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