I love this vine. It is so nice and sunny. Really lifts your spirits. Here it is trailing down into a large birdnest Anthurium, also in bloom. Anyone else have pics to show of theirs??
Nong Nooch (Petraeovitex bambusetorum) in bloom
I can post a picture of mine tomorrow - they are so unique - love mine!
I adore the one I got from you! It's doing very well, and collecting drool from everyone who sees it! I'm going to New Orleans tomorrow - 40th birthday party debauche for my god-daughter - but I'll try for some pictures when I get back. How do you propagate it? I didn't see anything very specific when I looked it up, and I don't want to risk any hare-brained experiments on this beauty!!! Thanks again for a wonderful plant.
Helen
I bought mine as one huge hanging basket that had 3 plants in it. It was so rootbound that it was going to die in the pot it was in...it couldn't uptake water. So I split it into 3 separate plants in 3 baskets. That is where yours came from. I don't think I have seen seeds. So I would guess you would have to root cuttings
They stay in bloom for a good long time too.
Here's mine, taken today - it's in a 10" hanging pot, but most of it died this spring- it's just now coming back from the roots. Yes, Randy - they last a long, looooong time.
I still haven't aquired it. I just admire it at Waynes..I have too many in waiting...and boy am I a bit sorry I grew that Hawaiin Wood Rose vine..I've never seen anything like it. It sprawls outward 360 degrees like a hunted rabbit. I am constantly chopping it. It has covered the entire green house..and I leave it alone up there as this is the 3rd year for the vine, which seems to be the magic number for blooming..If it doesn't, there's a nice red hawaiin Merrimia sitting right underneath it in a pot already waiting for it's spot!
Randy, can you post a picture of your RED Merrimia? Thanks! As I told you before, it you have plants you no longer want, I'd be happy to pay postage for them.
I have none, I just aquired it last week after spending an hour and half untangling it from Waynes large green house in 99F weather. It took a beating, I did see it blooming this spring...I don't even know the name of it..will have to catch up on that too.
What's its botanical name? I couldn't find any information on the red Merrimia.
I believe it is
Ipomoea horsfalliae
I keep calling it merremia because the leaf shape reminds me of the woodrose
http://www.exot-nutz-zier.de/images/prod_images/Ipomoea_horsfalliae.jpg
OMG, another one for my 'lust' list! Thanks for the picture.
Sure, The vine is pretty robust for the flower size