Cattlianthe Jewel Box 'Orange'
This is one of my favorite plants. It had kind of a rough year last year. I was out of town for most of July, and I had a friend who came over to water my plants every day, and when I got home, I found this one lying on its side on the ground in the blazing sun. It was super dehydrated and had a few serious burn spots. I think it kind of stunted the new growths, because they are a little smaller than usual, and several of them only have one or two buds instead of the usual three. But here are the first ones to open this year (it has six or eight buds still to open). The color is much better in person, but it's a pretty good picture.
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