Calanthe Kojima Orange Cyrtomium The incredibly hairy flower stalk

The incredibly hairy flower stalk

the young foliage is cooked as a vegetable in its native haunts

Not only is it a fern

while it is more restrained in normal garden soil

seriously far out

Calanthe Kojima Orange Cyrtomium The incredibly hairy flower stalkCalanthe 'Kojima Orange' is the orange flowered strain of hybrids derived from crosses of Calanthe discolor, sieboldii, aristulifera, and tricarinata. The 10" flower stalks emerge for us in mid April, adorned with outfacing orange flowers with a yellow to butterscotch lip. The pleated green basal foliage is evergreen in most winters. Average to slightly moist woodland soils are best.