B. ‘Wicked’

Hybridized by Darren Heppel from Burleson, TX 76028, USA. Applied for on May 31, 2022 and approved on September 29, 2024.

This highly textured and colorful rhizomatous cultivar was developed by Darren's line breeding in 2023. It's ca. 25 cm tall and ca. 43 cm wide at maturity. The stipules are light green. The red petiole is ca. 13 cm long with white hairs. The oval and bullate with red tipped leaf blade is ca. 23 × 17 cm with a cordate base that has overlapped lobes, a ciliate margin, and a subacute apex. The upper leaf surface is olive green (red when young) with plentiful dark crimson bullae. The greenish-yellow

4-tepaled flowers are abundant on a ca. 38 cm long peduncle sporadically.

• Classification: Cultivar
• Plant Type: Rhizomatous
• Origin: America, USA
• Originator: Darren Heppel
• Date of Origin: 2023