Syneilesis subglabrata Gloriosa each heavily striped with white

each heavily striped with white

is topped with a cup-like spathe similar to A

bordered with stripes of yellow

nursery-propagated plants for their light pink-lavender flowers

glossy golden leaves form an attractive small 15" wide clump

Syneilesis subglabrata Gloriosa each heavily striped with whiteSyneilesis subglabrata is a little known umbrella plant that I first met on a 2008 expedition to central Taiwan's Wuling Farm region, where it grew in open woodlands with Arisaema taiwanense. The clumps are composed of thin, 18" tall, cinnamon colored stalks, topped by a solitary leaf which emerges with much narrower lobes than the other species, with only a bit of grey hair in the leaf center. The very serrate leaf edges and glossy foliage, give it a