Bletilla striata Tri Lips Berlandiera heart-shaped leaves emerge dull green

heart-shaped leaves emerge dull green and soon change to a nice chartreuse gold

Each leaf has a deep "V" in the middle

This is truly hard to describe well

The flower of Amorphophallus yunnanensis emerges in early spring

yuloensis produces a 2' tall green stalk (occasionally with a few silver spots)

Bletilla striata Tri Lips Berlandiera heart-shaped leaves emerge dull greenThis bizarre selection of the Japanese ground orchid, Bletilla striata, makes a nice deciduous clump of pleated green leaves, topped in late April (NC) with narrow flower stalks. Each 2' stalk is adorned with dark purple flowers that each have three lips instead of the normal one sort of like you would look after a boxing match with Mike Tyson. Bletilla striata 'Tri Lips' is truly one of the strangest mutations I've ever seen on a hardy perennial.