Ruttya fruticosa Orange
Family: Acanthaceae
Rabbit ears, Orange bird, Hummingbird plant
Origin: Tropical Africa
Beautiful vining shrub covered with very unusual red to dark orange flowers with brown markings resembling rabbit’s head with ears. This plant is relatively rare. The flowers look like 1-2 inch hummingbirds with their wings swept back or, from the front, like rabbits ears. They are full of and drip nectar. Blooms in winter-spring.
