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Golden Zebra Plant (Sanchezia speciosa) feat. Morpho Butterfly

The Golden Zebra Plant (Sanchezia speciosa) is an evergreen shrub from Peru and Ecuador. It grows eight to nine feet tall, has opposite green leaves striped with yellow and green or purple stems. The inflorescences are terminal or axillary spikes of yellow tubular flowers with red bracts. It is popular as a houseplant and in greenhouses and tropical landscapes.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanchezia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morpho_(butterfly)

 

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Uploaded on June 16, 2009
Taken on June 2, 2007