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More like Agapetes viridobracteata, this is the green bracted form of this species we also grow from a Vietnamese collection that possesses the namesake red bracts. While not as flashy this has a charm of its own, the varying shades and textures of light green have a cool, refreshing quality like a chilled glass of mint tea on a hot day taken while lounging on an exotic veranda. These would prefer to be draped over their own veranda, preferably one made of rock or stump-age, given their epiphytic past. This grows outside at the Rhododendron Species Garden so definitely on the hardier side of the genus.

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The whole nursery staff comes a runnin' to gawk at the brown flowers of this delightful little wild gesner. "Running...for BROWN flowers!" you ask incredulously in your garden office surrounded by a utopia of lovely colored, sweet smelling beauties. Yeah, we're in deep - and we're gonna drag you down with us! Growing as a lithophyte in the wild, with smoother leaves than most Oreocharis of a texture not unlike leather. Attractively indumented below with you guessed it: brown.

Never enough of these whimsical epiphytic blueberry relatives with their chunky lignotubers and whimsical tubular flowers in a seemingly infinite variety of colors and patterns. Luckily thanks to our favorite local Ericaceae dealer Steve Hootman we are never long without. This collection flowers with white, slightly fuzzed flowers tinged green at the base and tips. The densely hairy arching stems and glossy leaves are good enough on their own, especially when they are flushing new foliage in salmon tones. Particularly vigorous and easy to keep looking nice as compared to its fellows in the genus, may have some hardiness as well.