Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Let's talk about Showy Medinillas., 1 by MollyMc

MollyMc wrote:
Kim, I came over here to tropicals to start a discussion thread about these, and low and behold!!!! I found you!

My sis went to Hawaii in September and she asked what I wanted so I told here Medinilla "Lalique". That was unreasonable so I said I would go with Magnifica. She spent time on 3 islands over there but no one would sell retail to her.

Ultimately, Big Island Growers referred her to a nursery in Jacksonville, Fl. Imagine that. It took them a month, trying to figure out how to ship a 3 gallon pot without destroying the plant. They grew these from cuttings and I was pleasantly surprised when I finally potted it up to a different container, there are two plants in there.

I've only had it for a month, so certainly had no blooms. We just finished converting the orchid house to greenhouse for the winter and I think this will be very happy in there. I have parked it by my orchid tree and it will get misted frequently.