Tropical Zone Gardening: I'd love help in IDing this plant, 0 by extranjera

extranjera wrote:
Thank you!! I knew it reminded me of another plant but I couldn't place it. Now, looking at pictures of other croton's I see why, there are tons of different ones down here. I hadn't seen this cultivar before and I'm a sucker for variegated leaves on anything, the twisty part was a bonus.

So, I've potted it and will put it on an inner terrace that only gets an hour or so of sun in the morning but lots of light all day. Does that sound right?

I really appreciate this forum, I've been reading for months and enjoying the info from other tropical areas. Hawaii is one of my favorite states, I almost bought land and retired there but decided I would get island fever and prices were so high. Then, I fell in love with the Yucatan and we are very happy here. We have this old renovated house in the city and a condo on the coast, I'm enjoying planting and setting up the ponds at the house. I wish I had a larger yard with more 'dirt' but in some ways it is easier to garden in pots here. The rainy season brings such torrential downpours that the soil washes away through the limestone and has to be replenished every year. I do have some heliconia and bamboo in the ground and one other section that I will plant once all the concrete work is done. The workers always pour their concrete water there and I will have it dug out once they are for sure gone.

Here's a pic of the outside pond that I am starting to plant. I'm hoping to get some tropical water lilies next week.

Thanks again for the ID, you are a great group.