Smithiantha Pat’s Pet Armadillo

Smithiantha ‘Pat’s Pet Armadillo’. 2006, IR06937, Gary Dunlap, MO. (S. cinnabarina x S. canarina). Cross made Dec. 20, 2000, planted Mar. 28, 2001 and first flowered Sept. 15, 2001. Reproducible only vegetatively. Erect, to 35 cm tall. Leaves red, bullate, hairy, 12 cm long x 10 cm wide, with 5 cm petiole, orbicular with serrate margin, acute tip and cordate base. Calyx green, split, 6 mm long. Pedicel 4 cm. Corolla salverform, 4.5 cm long x 2.5 cm wide, tube lilac on top, yellow below, lobes and throat yellow with faint lilac dots. Available from Pat’s Pets.