Golden brown mottled beans, excellent for the dish “Frijoles Cucupa”. The Cucupa People live along the lower Colorado River, and the original seed was obtained from a woman farmer of Sonora, Mexico. An annual bean that was first cultivated in […]
Phaseolus acutifolius ( Blue Speckled Tepary Bean )
Originally a Mayan bean from the high mountains of southern Mexico. Pretty tan beans with blue speckles. Not tolerant of intense heat, this variety is better for cooler areas. Original seed from a Mexican market in Tuscon, Arizona. Similar to […]
Phaseolus acutifolius ( Black Tepary Bean )
Original seed from a Mexican market in Tuscon, Arizona. Similar to an old Tohono O’odham and Yuma Indian variety. An annual bean that was first cultivated in the Southwest by the Hohokam Indians, and that is particularly adapted to low […]
Phaseolus Coccineus ( Red Knight Scarlet Runner Bean )
A stringless red flowering variety. Good flavor and suitable for freezing. Annual member of the Legume family. Pods produce high protein nutritious seeds which can be dried into beans. Young beans are eaten fresh as ‘snap’ beans. Vines are fast […]
Phalaris arundinacea ( Reed Canary Grass )
Perennial grass with erect, flat, medium green leaves, marked with longitudinal, white stripes. This grass tends to be invasive and spreads by underground runners. It should be contained. Excellent for filling large vacant areas or at the side of a […]
Phalaenopsis violacea ( Violet Moth Orchid )
Phalaenopsis violacea bears star-shaped, fragrant, waxy, rich violet-purple, yellow, and white flowers with reddish purple lips, to 2 1/2 inches wide, held in short racemes. Borne throughout spring and summer. This epiphyte is named for its blossom that resembles a […]
Phalaenopsis stuartiana ( Stuart’s Moth Orchid )
Phalaenopsis stuartiana bears branching racemes, to 3 feet long, of white flowers with yellow markings and brownish red spots on the lower sepals and lips, to 3 inches wide. Borne in winter. This epiphyte is named for its blossom that […]
Phalaenopsis schilleriana ( Moth Orchid )
Phalaenopsis schilleriana bears profuse rose-pink flowers with white or yellow lips spotted red-purple, to 2 inches or more wide, in long, branching racemes, to 3 feet long. Borne in winter and spring. This epiphyte is named for its blossom that […]
Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana ( Moth Orchid )
Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana bears throughought summer, rounded, fragrant, waxy, white flowers with red-purple markings and pink to purple lips, on simple or branched racemes, to 6 inches long. This epiphyte is named for its blossom that resembles a moth. Better suited […]
Phalaenopsis equestris ( Moth Orchid )
Phalaenopsis equestris has oblong leaves, to 8 inches long. Bears from spring to winter, long simple or branched racemes of small, rose-pink flowers with dark pink or purple lips and dark red streaks. This epiphyte is named for its blossom […]