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Don't know why I haven't seen this thread before. Dean, I think the anthurium in the first post is A. rugulosum x A. waroqueanum. I know this cross is available on the Big Island and is an easy grower compared to straight rugulosum or to corrugatum.

Beautiful, Mike!

I just checked the dedication in Frank Brown's book - it's Alonzo. My bad.

Tim, do you know who the hybridizer of your plant was? It's very nice!

I was working with some crotons today that hadn't had attention in too long and made a wonderful discovery. I found a plant of Halgrim's Bob Alonso that I didn't even remember having. It must have come from Johnny Shelton some time ago. I checked the wiki and it's not there Anyone else...

Ana, let's wait and see if anyone else weighs in with similar information. Then they could be listed separately as aka.

I have in my notes that this was originally called Finished, a Rudy Bachman hybrid and his last one. When someone started calling it Pride of Naples they knew it had another name but didn't know what it was.

Here's a Japanese hybrid, Medinilla 'Firebird'.

Some more....

We made our first visit to Naples Botanical Garden last Friday and here are a few pictures of the crotons we saw there.

Fishbone is its recognized name. What a beautiful plant you have!

Irresistibles flushing new growth....

They're sooo beautiful. George really has the touch in making good hybrids and with you growing them, they'll soon be spectacular!

Just found this article on Robert Halgrim. Hope you fine it interesting. http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1992-07-10/features/9202180843_1_crotons-plant-varieties

You're right Ron, it's Mrs. Iceton.

Randy, your Plant Creations #2 is fabulous! So sorry to hear about your lost photos, you had some beauties. How can they get away with that?

We attended a lecture Monday evening given by Dr. Chad Husby of FTBG. Last Nov. he was with a group that retraced part of an exploration by Dr. David Fairchild in the early 1940s through Indonesia. At one tiny village on a remote island in the Spice Islands, Chad showed photos of many crotons...

Thanks Phil. Plant Creations is likely where we got our original plant but I don't think they had a name on it. I think I heard the name at one of the auctions years ago but I was never sure of the number.

Our Medinilla 'La Dolce Vita," a Dutch hybrid was begging to be photographed. The flowers on this one last for months.