Difference between revisions of "MULTICOLOR"
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'''Multicolor is also known as Little Miss Cobra Head and Cobra Head.''' | '''Multicolor is also known as Little Miss Cobra Head and Cobra Head.''' | ||
| − | + | Introduced from the South Sea Islands through the late John Gould Veitch. | |
| − | REF: Veitchs' Catlg. of Pl. 1871, p. 15, fig. p.4 ; Fl and Pom. 1872, p. 89 | + | ''REF: Veitchs' Catlg. of Pl. 1871, p. 15, fig. p.4 ; Fl and Pom. 1872, p. 89.'' |
| − | REF: Brown, B. Frank 1995 Crotons of the World p.78. | + | ''REF: Brown, B. Frank 1995 Crotons of the World p.78.'' |
| − | + | The leaves are very irregular in shape, oblong, spathu-late, tapering at the base, and contracting in an irregular manner at the centre. They attain a length of 8 to 9 inches. The young leaves are of a light-green blotched with yellow, but turning with age on the upper surface into a glossy green, puckered and irregularly blotched with yellow, reddish yellow, and red; the midrib is crimson, the secondary veins yellowish, the under surface being red, and from this great diversity of colouring it received the name Multicolor. | |
| − | REF: This section is from the book "The Gardener V1", by William Thomson. | + | ''REF: This section is from the book "The Gardener V1", by William Thomson.'' |
[[Category:NARROW LEAF]] | [[Category:NARROW LEAF]] | ||
[[Category:MASTER NAME LIST]] | [[Category:MASTER NAME LIST]] | ||
| − | <center><gallery caption="IMAGE GALLERY" perrow=" | + | <center><gallery caption="IMAGE GALLERY" perrow="" widths="400px" heights="400px"> |
| − | Image:Multicolor-Cobra head.jpg|Photo showing Cobra head by Robertico in Costa Rica | + | Image:Multicolor-Cobra head.jpg|Photo showing Cobra head by Robertico in Costa Rica |
| − | Image:Multicolor-Ron.jpg|Photo by Ron Kiefert | + | Image:Multicolor-Ron.jpg|Photo by Ron Kiefert |
| − | Image:Multicolor2.jpg| | + | Image:Multicolor2.jpg|Photo in Ricky Ginsburg's garden |
| − | Image:Multicolor-Robertico's garden.jpg|Photo in Robertico's garden in Costa Rica | + | Image:Multicolor-Robertico's garden.jpg|Photo in Robertico's garden in Costa Rica |
| − | Image:Multicolor-Randy.JPG|Photo | + | Image:Multicolor-Randy.JPG|Photo of Randy Weisner's plant by Ron Kiefert |
Image:Multicolor-Robertico.jpg|Photo by Robertico in Costa Rica. | Image:Multicolor-Robertico.jpg|Photo by Robertico in Costa Rica. | ||
| − | Image:Multicolor-3.jpg|Photo by Robertico in Costa Rica | + | Image:Multicolor-3.jpg|Photo by Robertico in Costa Rica |
| − | Image:Multicolor-4.jpg|Photo by Robertico in Costa Rica | + | Image:Multicolor-4.jpg|Photo by Robertico in Costa Rica |
| − | Image:Multicolor-5.jpg|Photo by Robertico in Costa Rica | + | Image:Multicolor-5.jpg|Photo by Robertico in Costa Rica |
| − | Image:Multicolor-6.jpg|Photo by Robertico in Costa Rica | + | Image:Multicolor-6.jpg|Photo by Robertico in Costa Rica |
</gallery></center> | </gallery></center> | ||
Latest revision as of 12:15, 23 June 2014
Multicolor is also known as Little Miss Cobra Head and Cobra Head.
Introduced from the South Sea Islands through the late John Gould Veitch.
REF: Veitchs' Catlg. of Pl. 1871, p. 15, fig. p.4 ; Fl and Pom. 1872, p. 89.
REF: Brown, B. Frank 1995 Crotons of the World p.78.
The leaves are very irregular in shape, oblong, spathu-late, tapering at the base, and contracting in an irregular manner at the centre. They attain a length of 8 to 9 inches. The young leaves are of a light-green blotched with yellow, but turning with age on the upper surface into a glossy green, puckered and irregularly blotched with yellow, reddish yellow, and red; the midrib is crimson, the secondary veins yellowish, the under surface being red, and from this great diversity of colouring it received the name Multicolor.
REF: This section is from the book "The Gardener V1", by William Thomson.
- IMAGE GALLERY
Photo showing Cobra head by Robertico in Costa Rica
Photo by Ron Kiefert
Photo in Ricky Ginsburg's garden
Photo in Robertico's garden in Costa Rica
Photo of Randy Weisner's plant by Ron Kiefert
Photo by Robertico in Costa Rica.
Photo by Robertico in Costa Rica
Photo by Robertico in Costa Rica
Photo by Robertico in Costa Rica
Photo by Robertico in Costa Rica
