Aspidistra lutea JLBG 12 09 Mai Chau Rostrinucula We assumed these were seedlings

We assumed these were seedlings

discovered in 2015 by Zac Hill and Jeremy Schmidt in Walker County Alabama

native to alkaline regions of southern Thailand and western Malaysia

as well as during fairly extended droughts

Aspidistra lutea JLBG 12 09 Mai Chau Rostrinucula We assumed these were seedlingsAspidistra lutea 'Mai Chau' is a 2024 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of a 2012 collection of the late Alan Galloway, who found it growing near the town of Mai Chau (west of Hanoi), in Vietnam's Hoa Binh province. Like Aspidistra zongbayi, it is a dwarf growing species with wide leaves that spread outward instead of upright. The cluster of small yellow flowers emerge from the leaf bases, starting for us in mid October. We think this is probably the