Aspidistra sichlatior Mix Up Polystichum with an orange and yellow

with an orange and yellow blended pouch backed by twisted scarlet sepals

flowering-sized plants from an original collection in Davidson County

The name Arbequina

Jeremy Schmidt

The macabre

Aspidistra sichlatior Mix Up Polystichum with an orange and yellowAspidistra x sichlatior 'Mix Up' is a 2024 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of what we believe to be the first documented interspecific cast iron plant hybrid. We discovered this hybrid of Aspidistra elatior 'Okame' as a garden seedling, displaying obvious interspecific characteristic (leaves and flowers) between its parent and a nearby Aspidistra sichuanensis. Aspidistra 'Mix Up' forms an upright 3' tall clump of 2. 5" wide green leaves, lightly