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stellapathic wrote: Oh my Connie, how lovely. Maybe I'll have to try this one myself. Dealing in Hawaiiana (Hawaiian antiques), I've come across many photos, paintings and other images of this plant. It's a favorite subject of the 20s-40s artists of Hawaii. But mostly the actual plant is portrayed as this sprawling and unkempt mass of, well yes, ugliness, I must say. Your photos tell me there's more to look into. The flower has always looked lovely and exotic to me. I just don't have room for a hedge, and that's pretty much the only way I've seen them grown. 51 years sounds about right. They were very popular around 1952. Here's Ted Mundorff's famous one.
