Need an ID

[redcrx]

I got a bunch of little plants in a few years ago labeled Fragrant Surprise. That is obviously not what these are. These are small green instead of large variegated. One of them opened its flowers today - good size, dark stripes. I was thinking Lemon Lime family at first but the flower's anthers are the wrong color - Lemon Lime has purple anthers where these are light colored.

[Chris_W]

I haven't checked to see if mine are flowering, but if I just saw the foliage I would think Dragon Tails or maybe Chartreuse Wiggles?

[viktoria]

Not a clue, but I do not agree with your two suggestions, Chris. So sue me!

[Tigger]

Could it be 'Feather Boa', then? Flowers seem a little pale, but the anther color is right (per HL pic). And at least it starts with "F" if that is a clue in the confusion. But "a few years ago" and only a division or two per pot... 'Feather Boa' grows much faster than that!

David

[Carol O]

So it is a 'surprise,' but not fragrant? I haven't a clue.

[redcrx]

I was starting to think Gingee which is listed as a hybrid of Subcrocea. Feather Boa is listed as a sport of Subcrocea so the flowers could be similar.

I think Feather Boa is darker too. Mine hasn't flowered yet this season. My Subcrocea has never flowered so I can't match flowers.

[redcrx]

Here is a leaf photo for comparison:

Gingee is on top.
Unknown is the little one.
Feather Boa is next.
Subcrocea is on the bottom with a lot of color at the base.

It just hit me that I have another small one with a similar leaf called minor Korean but I think that flower has purple anthers but I don't have a good photo of them.

I found an interesting note in the MyHostas database write-up of Gingee. (http://www.myhostas.be/db/hostas/Gingee) It used the term "Unique pinwheel form." I have been calling all thin petaled flowers a "spider" form but that didn't really fit. "Spider" fits for laevigata and some forms from yingeri as well as a few others. The flower on this one fits the look of a "pinwheel".