I like this one too, there is a more purple variety, but I lost it last year. This bloom is on the very bottom of the plant.
Thunbergia erecta
is this kings mantle?
yes, forgot about that name.
Cala I need your help with this one.
I recieved a cutting about 3 weeks ago from a nursery, she was cutting it down and I asked for a piece, the nice lady gave me one :-)
Is it normal that it just gets something like a callus but no roots? it's still green but otherwise nothing.
Is there a chance for it to make roots? I have a piece in water, one in soil and the other in vermiculite and perlite.
It's a lighter version of "Battiscombei"????? Elaine
Zameluzza, yes, that's normal. Now, quit messing with it!!!
1601, thunbergia erecta isn't a vine. It's a floppy shrub. The leaves are smaller too, but the blooms are similar.
OK! OK! I will stop messing with it *LOL*
cala what is a floppy shrub?
the plant I've got cuttings from was labelet Thunbergia erecta but it was climbing like mad! all twisting like a MG does!
could it be that it was labeled wrong? and at the end it's a thunbergia blue sky vine? that would be great to *LOL*
Cala, this has to be what I had posted a ID question about a while back. Mine had the white bloom and now I have one with a purple bloom, but not Thunbergia Battiscombei. Definitely a floppy shrub. Not hardy though, are they? I mean to my zone 5.
Brugie, no, they aren't hardy here in zone 7. Zameluzza, sounds like you got a t. grandiflora. A floppy shrub is one that won't stand up very good sort of like an abutilon or allamanda, they won't twine but aren't strong enough to stand upright without staking.
thanks cala for explaining this to me :)
I hope it's a grandiflora. I always wanted one.
Well, if you find out you don't have grandiflora, email me.
butterflypea
Nov 13, 2002
Hi everyone! I live in Hawaii and have lots of Thunbergia Erecta. I could send rooted cuttings or volunteer seedlings if you want. Just e-mail me.
Cala, I have one exactly the same one (same colour) and I'm growing on a wire trellis on a 4 ft wall. I think I wrote about it in another thread. I could not take a photo.
Butterflypea~
Oh yes me would love to get some rooted cutting so please. That is so beautiful......You have mail!
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Butterflypea, you have mail!
Butterflypea,
Do you want trades or postage?
Me ,oh me, please,what do you want???
Butterflypea, you have mail.
Butterflypea, Please save me one. Let me know what you want for it.
Butterflypea, I would love to have one too if you have any left. Please contact me and let me know what you would like for it if you do have one left. Thanks! :)