Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Brugs, 1 by bettydee

bettydee wrote:
Elizabeth,

I've had computer equipment problems so haven't been online much. I just saw your photos of Dorthea. Unless the bloom suffered a lot of damage or vast temperature changes during formation, yours may not be Dorthea. Dorthea's skirt is long and ends in the longest tendils I've seen.
http://cubits.org/Brugmansia/db/brugmansiadatabase/view/4802...
http://ibrugs.com/Resources/PhotoAlbums.aspx
If yours doesn't develop the long tendrils, I'll see if I can send you a cutting of mine toward the beginning of fall. I just may have another shoot coming up from the bottom by then.

Color can vary from a pale pink (in winter) to a dark reddish pink sometimes the calx doesn't get as long as normal, but the tendrils have always been long.

Ken, It's interesting that Dorthea and Wild & Crazy are pod sisters, but when you look at their blooms they do have some similar traits although Wild & Crazy's tendrils aren't as long as Dorthea's. Have you ever crossed the two?

Here's a photo of W & C in bloom in mid-November