Found this a day or so ago when pulling weeds from the soil. Kind of a strange place for a bloom bud to form. All this time I've been looking at the top of the plants and waiting for the Y's to form. :-)
Bloom is kinda low on plant
Wow, that certainly is strange. I've never seen something like that before (!), all brugs I've ever cultivated bloomed on new growth.
OlgaN, I'm sure it was because this brug was a cutting from the flower region last fall, but it does seem like strange timing for it to happen. The plant is probably 16 inches tall now. Would much rather have the bloom at the top.
LOL Shirley! I don't think it could have budded any lower! Maybe I need to start checking in the soil for my blooms and Ys. LOL
Ms Brugie that sure is low. good thing it was pointing up instead of down. i couldn't read your name tag.
So! That's where I should be looking for my blooms? I don't even have any shoots off the main stem. I wanted to root me another one.
Arlene, this is a cutting from the Butterfly you sent me last year. I love this plant and was so glad that my friend got one from Terry and I was able to keep the extra one I had.
it's one of my favorites also. i have two big pods on mine, and am going to air root a 5 foot side shoot if i ever get the time.
I would settle for a bud anywhere--top,--bottom, ---midways up? still it was kinna neat to see one at soil level.
You are starting a new style Brugie, dirt blossoms! LOL!
Maybe you better put a piece of wood under the bloom, like they do with cantalopes or melons to keep it from rotting. That is very odd looking. The brug must be confused. Keep us updated Brugie.
This plant is ready to be transplanted, but I'll wait until the bud does something so I can get a picture and then she can get her new home.
Shirley, it is a good brug. Soon you will have more flowers.
Pristine and Cypress Gardens will bloom soon with a few blooms and others are making Y's and will follow shortly. If it would just warm up it would help.
I have never seen those Brugie so please post pictures when they open. Thanks! Gives me something to look forward to!
The bloom opened yesterday or the day before. Still looks kinda silly way down at the bottom.
Hey,just put it in a hanging basket!!!
That is one funny looking plant Brugie!
Ahhh!!!
at least you can enjoy the flower!!
It is funny, the the Y above is setting a lot of buds, so maybe I'll see a normal looking Butterfly when they open. Hanging basket is a good idea CC. LOL!!
I see a whole new marketing concept! LOL!!
Maybe someone needs to breed a line of hanging basket brugs. Great idea tiG.
A few of mine have done that too Shirley, I am with you I think it is because of the flower region cuttings. It does look kind of funny to see them do that though.
I'm thinking of doing that with my droopy sangs......
Wow, wouldn't a hanging basket full of those be COOL!!!?
I think you just planted it upside down. LOL
Hey, quick blooming, hanging pot specimens would be COOL!!!
Really,if you took rooted cuttings all from the flowering region,put them in a LARGE hanging pot..........something to try......
But the problem would be later in the summer when the plant has reached four or five feet tall. Maybe it wouldn't gain that kind of size in a smaller pot though. I don't know. Something to try when extra cuttings are just laying around.
prune it,just like the canopy........