Calanthe Kojima Yellow Laurentia surrounded by a red border

surrounded by a red border and reddish flush

that results in more questions than anything else is Rostrinucula dependens

Each 5' wide clump is composed of thick

Although the flowers are not monstrous like some of the more gaudy members of the genus

This easy-to-grow

Calanthe Kojima Yellow Laurentia surrounded by a red borderThe pleated, green, basal leaves, evergreen down to single digits F, serve as a nice background for the 10" stalks of bright yellow flowers that start in mid April (NC). The small flowers range from pale to medium yellow with contrasting lips ranging from bronze to purple really charming. This represents a new series of orchid hybrids, Calanthe discolor, Calanthe sieboldii, Calanthe aristulifera, and Calanthe tricarinata, from the work of Japan's Mr.