Hosta Rhino Hide PP 23665 Sri Lanka but our detective work continues

but our detective work continues

This 1996 Werner Frosch introduction is a hybrid of the Chinese native orchid

If you peak under its skirt of leaves

and Sarracenia flava

the stalks emerge in June with large tripartite leaves that form a tropical-looking clump

Hosta Rhino Hide PP 23665 Sri Lanka but our detective work continuesHosta 'Rhino Hide' is as thick and corrugated as a. rhino hide. This Don Rawson introduction, discovered in a bed of Hosta 'Love Pat', makes a compact 20" tall x 30" wide clump of incredibly cupped and corrugated blue foliage, highlighted by a dramatic golden central pattern that ages to cream. The clumps are topped with 2' tall spikes of white flowers in late spring. Hosta 'Rhino Hide' will take a few years to mature, but when it does, it will be one