Mobisu growing great in full sun with ni shade to hide in!
Mobisu
Wow!
That is one fabulous bloom. Love that color. I thought mine was orange, dog gone if it don't lok
yellowl Is Mobisu the same as a Brugmansia? I am new at this. How tall is that plant.? Beautiful
Mine bloomed out all the way this morning
I was totally amazed at it's beauty. Wasn't
yellow afterall.
Mobisu is just beautiful Christa! I didn't have any luck with the imported cuttings Monika sent me I'm sad to say. I think Monika said Mobisu was very hard to root.
Ridesredmule, very pretty brug picture.
Mobisu is an imported Germany brug from Monika Gottschalk's collection.
That is a big difference..What happened? Care to share with all of us..:)
Looking good, Christa!
Wallaceone,
Christa's photo is of Mobisu. Ridesredmule's photo is not Mobisu, but some other brug.
I think Christa and maybe Alice Harris is the only two that I know of that have Mobisu in the States.
Oh, I am so sorry didn't mean to cause confusion but his Mobisu was so beautiful,
I thought I would show him one I have that just bloomed. Got it at a plant sale in Ala.
tag said Alabama Orange. I don't know if that was it's name or not, but It sure bloomed
pretty, whatever it is. burgele sure does have a gorgeous orange there. Mine is a Brug.
There are more in the states, I have it and have spoken to others who do also.
Charlene and WALLACEONE,
Maybe this will help clarify the confusion. Most of the Brugs we have and see and have are hybrids of B aurea, B. suaveolens, B. versicolor, B. x candida (a natural hybrid) and B. insignis (There's controversy on the hybrid or species status of this one.) These hybids and or species don't normally cross with the other three species — B. arborea, B. sanguinea and B. vulcanicola. These three, however are able to cross pollinate each other. When B. arborea is crossed with B. sanguinea the result is called B. x flava. Mobisu is a B. x flava cultivar.
http://www.brugmansia.us/content/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63&Itemid=70
http://www.flickr.com/photos/surrow-hansen/3646869816/
The one I have does send out a shoot from the ground because this is where I got one of my starts.
But it sure is a beautiful plant. So mine may be the b.sanguinea. It doesn't matter, it is a beautiful Girl.
But I sure do thank you , so they may be kin huh? I am going to put this label on her proudly,
Charlene,
This is what B. sanguinea looks like:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/240516/
There is also a yellow form:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/62890/
Your Brug is not B. sanguinea. There are no pink sanguineas.
If you got the Brug plant without a cultivar name attached to it, it will impossible to identify because there are so, so many look-alikes. There are already so many mis-idenified Brugs out there. Please don't add to the confusion. If you must call her something, call her your beautiful pink NOID (No identity).
Oh, you are right! she doesn't look like that. New at this, sure don't want to screw up someone else because of me not knowing.
She is a single and I tried to see if she has a scent, not that I can smell. I stood on my toes and I couldn't smell anything except the leaves
when I brushed them. Beautiful Pink NOID, it is.
Go out this evening or at night. That's when their fragrance is most powerful to attract moths, their natural pollinators. If you have any sphinx moths living nearby, you can see them hovering like a hummingbird around the blooms. They even sound like a hummingbird!.
Thank you Veronica for explaining to ridesredmule, also about missidentified Brugs which has become a real problem of taking advantage of buyers only to find later they did not get what they bought!
Brenda please add a picture of your Mobisu to this thread, how is she doing in NY State?
Here a picture at night i took of the 15 Year old Mobisu Tree which is 11 feet tall at Monika's!
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I sure didn't mean to cause any confusion, I just didn't kow.
I'm not trying totake advantage of anyone. Just enjoy talking
and showing my plants.
Charlene,
I'm sorry you got hit from two sides on the issue of mis-identification. You are new to the forum and I'm sure you were not aware of the problem. The issues of trying to identify an unknown Brug or to give it a name comes up quite frequently. I wish we had a Sticky at the beginning of the forum to explain this issue. I'm sure Christa was referring to disreputable sellers on e-Bay or nurserymen who are not familiar with what they sell and not referring to you.
However, we, Brug enthusiasts, tend to share cuttings and if we mis-identify a Brug, we are adding to the confusion when we pass on a cutting from a plant we have mislabeled. That is why we are encouraged not to give NOIDs cultivar names. If we lose a tag or the tag fades to the point where we can't tell what the name is, then that once-named Brug becomes a NOID. It hurts to lose a named Brug, believe me. I've had many named Brugs become NOIDs for one reason or another. The same goes for lost seed crosses.
If you are interested in learning more about Brugs, there is a wealth of information in old threads. Use the dialog box located at the upper right hand side of the window. Enter a keyword or a phrase and press the Search forums button.
Oh, thank you. Since I have joined, I seem to find ways to iritate people and I sure don't want to do that. I wil lbe glad to share plants also. I love being informed by you all, even if I may take it wrong; I'll try to behave myself. Everyone is so nice til I "ruffle their feathers" I have chickens, they don't like being ruffled either. Ha!Ha!
Oh my gosh!!! Monika's Mobisu tree is stunning!
Never ruffled just wondering..I was also a newbie at one time too...:) Hugs
Thank you, dear, thank you.
Ridesredmule,
I was so excited seeing Monika's Mobisu Tree I overlooked your last post.
You didn't cause any confusion.....and like Wallace said, we all were newbies at one time. I'm still learning about growing these beauties. ;)
Christa you are back :) hope you had a great time.. your brug is beatuful.. Monkia's huge Mobisu tree is stunning !
Elva
Thank you, cannagirl. I love looking at these forums and reading and learning.
I'm so desperate, I'm cleaning out my flower beds to add more to them. Yea!ha!
Thanks for sharing your picture of Mobisu Christa. I am growing out one of Ludger's crosses with Mobisu in it, and I had never seen it before.
Jerodsmom, Have you tried rooting your Ludger's cross yet? Just wondering how hard/easy this cross is to root.
Normally I'm top notch at rooting brug cuttings, but not with Mobisu. Monika sent me several cuttings of Mobisu in my last import shipment. I didn't have any luck rooting the cuttings. If I remember correctly Christa only got one cutting to root.
Heavenscent (Caren), also got cuttings of Mobisu in her import shipment but had zero luck with rooting them.
Monika has said you have better luck rooting the soft cuttings rather than the woody cuttings and Mobisu is very hard to take root.....again, if I'm remembering correctly. Lol, it's been almost a year and my mind isn't what it used to be ;)
Due to the fact Mobisu is so hard to root maybe that is why we don't see much of this beauty in the states.
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Mobisu needs to only be damp to root, too much water and it is history. It is this way with all of the brugmansia's from this family. Mine struggled a bit during a two week hot spell, but otherwise is very happy here in NNY. It really prefers cooler climates.
The real Mobisu does very well in the heat. The old tree of mine flowered even in the hot summer of 2003 when we had temperatures of almost 40°C for several months.
They are rather tough, aren't they? Besides being beautiful.
B. sanguinea, B. vulcanicola, B.arborea and B. x flava are a very sensitive Cultivar - group. They are adapted to a cooler climate and the heat of our summers gives them a hard time. Some dont even survive our summers. Mobisu is the big exception. Breeding flavas with the sturdiness of Mobisu will be a big challenge for hybridizers.
Our weather here, is hot and humd. They would not like it , would they?
This brugmansia that i have is doing very well. We got some rain yesterday
and liked it very much. I guess it will bloom until fall. Do you take cutting from
them when they are blooming to get new starts? I want to take a ctting but the buds are forming
and I don't want to shock the plant. Mine is a NOID, but a very pretty single bloom.
I take cuttings from my plants in early or late summer. The late summer cuttings often have buds. It doesnt shock the plant, she will replace fast with new growth and buds.
Thank you, monika. I will give it a try. Appreciate the help.
Cannagirl, Mine is just a seedling and too small to cut on yet.
Monika, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us .
Jerodsmom, thank you for the thought. Please keep me in mind when she gets bigger. Maybe we can work out a trade.