Pachystachys lutea explained

Pachystachys lutea, known as the golden shrimp plant or lollipop plant,[1] is a tropical, soft-stemmed evergreen shrub between 0.5 and 2.5 meters tall, native to Peru.[2] [3] The zygomorphic, long-throated, short-lived white flowers emerge sequentially from overlapping bright yellow bracts on racemes that are produced throughout the warm months.

The Latin specific epithet lutea means "yellow".[4]

It is cultivated as an ornamental, but in cold temperate regions it requires protection from temperatures below 10C. It has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sahani . Rani . Lollipop plant – Care, Uses, Propagation (Best info IN 2024) . Lollipop plant. https://web.archive.org/web/20240507200811/https://lollipopplant.com/lollipop-plant-lollipop-tree/. May 7, 2024.
  2. Web site: Pachystachys lutea. Edward F. Gilman. Alan Meerow. October 1999. Hort.ifas.ufl.edu. 24 March 2022.
  3. Wasshausen. D. C.. 1986. The systematics of the genus Pachystachys (Acanthaceae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 99. 1. 160–185.
  4. Book: Harrison, Lorraine . RHS Latin for Gardeners . 2012 . Mitchell Beazley . United Kingdom . 978-1845337315 .
  5. Web site: RHS Plantfinder - Pachystachys lutea. Rhs.org.uk. 14 April 2018.
  6. Web site: AGM Plants - Ornamental . July 2017 . 71 . Royal Horticultural Society . 14 April 2018.

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