Hosta of the Day - Red Tubes

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Red Tubes is a tiny green hosta with rippled leaves and speckled petioles. It is named for its flowers which you see in the first picture in the Hosta Library http://www.hostalibrary.org/r/redtubes.html

Hosta Registry - not registered
MyHostas Database - http://www.myhostas.be/db/hostas/Red+Tubes
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/r/redtubes.html

I have had this plant for four seasons and it has flowered for me BUT I have never caught it in flower. One of these years I'll see it.

Here it is in early 2012 showing the speckles.

Red Tubes - April 17, 2012

Red Tubes - April 17, 2012

And here it is yesterday.

Red Tubes - September 21, 2015

Red Tubes - September 21, 2015

Red Tubes - September 21, 2015

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Finally caught Red Tubes in flower.

Red Tubes - July 17, 2016

Red Tubes - July 17, 2016

And the feature that gives the plant its name but the red seems more on the pedicel then the flower tube.

Red Tubes - July 17, 2016

Red Tubes - July 17, 2016

Red Tubes - July 17, 2016

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Some additional Red Tube flower flower photos with some interesting "stains" on the flower tip.

Red Tubes - July 20, 2016

Red Tubes - July 20, 2016