Colocasia Coffee Cups Laurentia Cestrum 'Orange Peel' behaves as

Cestrum 'Orange Peel' behaves as a dieback perennial that returns in spring to reach 8' tall x 8' wide by fall

This is the first in a series of intentional hosta conversions from diploid to tetraploid

If you have found the others a little on the "limp" side

For the first few years

while the seed are enjoyed by an array of song birds

Colocasia Coffee Cups Laurentia Cestrum 'Orange Peel' behaves asColocasia 'Coffee Cups' was discovered in the wild by Indonesian botanist Gregory Hambali and brought to the US by aroid expert, the late Alan Galloway. Colocasia 'Coffee Cups' makes a stunning 6' tall clump of Colocasia 'Fontanesii' like leaves (glossy olive green) with a dark purple black stem. The unique feature is the dramatic leaf cupping, even more dramatic than Colocasia 'Big Dipper'. As the leaf fills with water, the stem gives enough for the