The Chocolate Plant

As opposed to what one might think, the so called Chocolate Plant (Pseuderanthemum alatum) is not the plant from which the chocolate we eat is derived from. That plant would be the cacao tree, whose dried and fermented cocoa beans (seeds) are used in the production of chocolate. The Chocolate Plant is so-named because of the chocolate and silver coloration of its leaves. But when it blooms, the focus moves from the unusual leaf coloration to the beautiful small purple flowers that grow on tall stems.

This particular day was my first photographing at Phipps Conservatory in quite a while, and so when I returned there it was with fresh eyes, and that is always helpful.

Pseuderanthemum alatum © Howard Grill

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