Rohdea japonica Goin Curlin Meehania The upright stalks are clothed

The upright stalks are clothed with 6" long bright green foliage

but the streaking runs into the flower stem and even into the flower

since the stems are hollow and tend to fill with freezing water in cold winters

I'll never forget the time I saw my first Cypripedium japonicum orchid at the US National Arboretum

The habit is similar to Rohdea 'Shishi'

Rohdea japonica Goin Curlin Meehania The upright stalks are clothedRohdea japonica 'Goin' Curlin' is a 2025 Plant Delights JLBG introduction that came to us from the late Alan Galloway, who obtained it from Japan as an unnamed seedling of Rohdea 'Ohyodogawa' x 'Tancho'. In the garden, it forms a dwarf, slowly offsetting specimen to only 4" tall x 15" wide, with wavy green leaves that randomly twist at least, it seems random. The habit is similar to Rohdea 'Shishi', but with much wider 2" vs. 1" leaves. This is the