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Yellow Aphelandra
It’s easy to see how this zebra plant earned the common name of Burning Spike. The spikes can easily reach 6’, with bright red buds opening into yellow flowers. The leaves are equally dramatic - dark green, puckered, and outlined with light green veins in the characteristic zebra plant pattern. It’s happy outdoors in Florida, where it gets the sun and humidity it wants, but elsewhere it’s a houseplant that has to come inside from the cold.
