Hosta of the Day - Dubious Behavior

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Hosta of the Day - Dubious Behavior

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Dubious Behavior is a sport of Hanky Panky. The leaves are more rounded and faintly streaked with a thinner edge than Hanky Panky. The plant does switch its colors during the season.

This is one of my Striptease family sports. I have been showing this plant on this forum since it sprouted in 2010: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=53093
And an extensive topic a couple of years ago: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=54441

When I was looking for a name for this plant, I looked at the definition of Hanky Panky and one of the phrases used was "Legally Dubious Behavior". I liked the sound of that but the "Legally" seemed to make it too long so I dropped it.

Hosta Registry - http://hostaregistrar.org/detail.php?id ... 20Behavior
MyHostas - http://myhostas.be/db/hostas/Dubious+Behavior
Hosta Library - http://www.hostalibrary.org/d/dubiousbehavior.html

Many of these photos are duplicates of the ones shown here over the years. I just wanted to make a formal HotD and tie them together. The plant has evolved over the years.

Here is Dubious Behavior in 2010.
Dubious Behavior - May 4, 2010
Dubious Behavior - May 4, 2010
Same leaf as above
Dubious Behavior - October 22, 2010
Dubious Behavior - October 22, 2010
Dubious Behavior - May 7, 2010
Dubious Behavior - May 7, 2010
Same leaf as above
Dubious Behavior - September 24, 2010
Dubious Behavior - September 24, 2010
The piece was split off and moved. That's Lapdance on the left.
Dubious Behavior - September 24, 2010
Dubious Behavior - September 24, 2010
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Dubious Behavior in the 2011 season
Dubious Behavior - April 28, 2011
Dubious Behavior - April 28, 2011
Same leaf as above
Dubious Behavior - October 10, 2011
Dubious Behavior - October 10, 2011
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Dubious Behavior in the 2012 season

The subtle streaking is starting the show.
Dubious Behavior - May 8, 2012
Dubious Behavior - May 8, 2012
Dubious Behavior - May 8, 2012
Dubious Behavior - May 8, 2012
Dubious Behavior - May 8, 2012
Dubious Behavior - May 8, 2012
Color shift of the leaf above
Dubious Behavior - May 25, 2012
Dubious Behavior - May 25, 2012
Dubious Behavior - July 11, 2012
Dubious Behavior - July 11, 2012
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Dubious Behavior in the 2013 season
Dubious Behavior - May 18, 2013
Dubious Behavior - May 18, 2013
Dubious Behavior - July 13, 2013
Dubious Behavior - July 13, 2013
Dubious Behavior - May 17, 2013
Dubious Behavior - May 17, 2013
Same leaf as above
Dubious Behavior - July 13, 2013
Dubious Behavior - July 13, 2013
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Dubious Behavior in the 2014 season
Dubious Behavior - May 11, 2014
Dubious Behavior - May 11, 2014
Dubious Behavior - May 11, 2014
Dubious Behavior - May 11, 2014
Dubious Behavior - May 11, 2014
Dubious Behavior - May 11, 2014
Dubious Behavior - May 11, 2014
Dubious Behavior - May 11, 2014
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I dug up Dubious Behavior last season and potted it. I ended up with two pots

This year it came back looking ugly - I think it got frosted this Spring so the leaves didn't develop properly. I have a couple of other plants where the same thing happened.
Dubious Behavior - July 28, 2015
Dubious Behavior - July 28, 2015
Dubious Behavior - July 28, 2015
Dubious Behavior - July 28, 2015
Dubious Behavior - July 28, 2015
Dubious Behavior - July 28, 2015
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At the end of last season I put one of the separated pots into the same spot as original plant. It's coming up looking a lot better than it did last season.
Dubious Behavior - April 26, 2016
Dubious Behavior - April 26, 2016
Dubious Behavior - April 26, 2016
Dubious Behavior - April 26, 2016
Dubious Behavior - April 26, 2016
Dubious Behavior - April 26, 2016
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Here is Dubious Behavior this season starting to show its pastel coloration and some "water marks".
Dubious Behavior - May 10, 2017
Dubious Behavior - May 10, 2017
Dubious Behavior - May 10, 2017
Dubious Behavior - May 10, 2017
Dubious Behavior - May 10, 2017
Dubious Behavior - May 10, 2017
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Just noticed the color flipped sometime in late May or early June.
I'm not seeing much of the "pastel" coloration I have seen in previous seasons. I hope it doesn't lose that as it matures.
Or maybe they just show earlier in the season before it does its color change and the change "washes-out" the pastel highlights.

Here is May 10 and July 13.
Dubious Behavior - 2017 season
Dubious Behavior - 2017 season
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Here is Dubious Behavior starting to show its edge "glow".
Dubious Behavior - July 10, 2018
Dubious Behavior - July 10, 2018
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Late season - the first photo is the original plant but I have a piece growing in a lot of sun and it doesn't get the leaf colors what it gets are flowers and it has a couple of really late scapes.
Dubious Behavior - September 7, 2018
Dubious Behavior - September 7, 2018
Dubious Behavior - September 7, 2018
Dubious Behavior - September 7, 2018
Dubious Behavior - September 7, 2018
Dubious Behavior - September 7, 2018
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