Hi Gang,
Just got back form a friends house and she has 12 seed pods on her Insignis Pink( one Plant) and had no idea they were there. Then I found two on the Charles G. and one on a S. White. Looks like more seeds to come on Brugs and Friends.
Seed Pods on Insignis Pink
Glory
Oct 05, 2001
12 pods...is it still blooming? would have liked to have seen her face.
Glory
Oct 05, 2001
Yes, the plant is still bloomings....I don't know what she thought they were. LOL
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Glory
Oct 05, 2001
MZM,
I don't think I'd want to eat them. LOL
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Glory
Oct 05, 2001
MZM,
I really think I was more excited about the pod then she was. LOL I think she has been growing Brugs for about 5 years and this is the first time she ever noticed the pods. Now it is my job to check on the pods every so often to make sure I pick them when they are ready...we live about 3 miles apart.
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Glory
Oct 05, 2001
Mzm,
By the time I got home from your house it would be time to check the pods again...I'd be on the road 24 hours a day. LOL
Insignis pink and frosty pink are great seedsetters. Of course Isabella is a nice seed setter as well. I like Insignis gold seedpods though myself even though I tend to get far fewer seeds from that one.
Glory
Oct 05, 2001
Brugman,
If I can manage to keep these pods from rotting there will be loads of seeds to spread around DG.
Glory,
The good news is, I have a ton of Frosty pink and Isabella seedpods that will be ripening over the course of the next few weeks to months so I can share those as well as a few more select seedpods on my personal hybrids, Insignis Gold, Jamaican, Peach versicolor, etc if the weather holds out. The bad news, I have some pink aurea seedpods forming on my pink aurea and my butterfly just now that I may have to take cuttings of till the house is overstuffed just to save the seepods as they are much younger. That, or find some way to keep the plants warm in the ground outside on the 3 or so days it freezes here in Florida. I have a few Roseabelle seedpods I am trying to start as well crossed to Butterfly as well. The verdict is still out on that one though.
brim
Oct 05, 2001
Hi, I am new with this kind of plant so now I am going to ask ya where do the seed pods come from on the plant? I know they have to flower then what?
Karen
Brim,
Seedpods generally only come from handpollinating two different species. Of course, if you have larger specimens this can attract moths and even hummingbirds to pollinate and yes, even a stray misguided bee from time to time. The more you have, the more likely you are to have an outside force set seed to your Brugmansia.
great info on this in the propagation forum, a page or two back. If I can get a seed pod anyone can. Of course after I did it, the sphinx moths came in to two different plants, we'll see what they did:)