Maya is getting a sport

I just love Maya.... Isn't this sport a cute little thing? I'm wondering if it will grow.

Let that 'sprout' get a lot bigger before you chop it off and root it. If it grows straight you could have a nice little Maya Tree =)

PS . I also just love my Maya

That is how snowbank started, right? A Maya sport?

How is this a sport ? Looks just like Maya to me, at least it looks like mine ?

What is a sport?

I'm not going to touch it Scooter. I took off all the normal Maya shoots. I'm Hoping all the energy will be forced into the sport.

A growth that is not like the parent plant =)


BRB .... Going out to look at my Maya ;-P

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Scooter- I'll snap a picture in a bit.

BB7551- I thought it looked like Snowbank as well. I don't have the history on snowbank.

Bill- A sport is an abnormal variation in the character of a established plant.

This message was edited May 11, 2004 9:06 PM

You Maya has really produced some great sports Kristi. What are you doing to her to get her to perform that way? LOL!

The reason I asked is I have a cutting that I received from gone2seed and the leaves look like datdog's picture. That is not what the leaves are to look like.

I just went out and took a picture of my cutting.

Brugs are new to me so that is why I am asking.

Thanks for the help,

Bill

Wow Kristi!! Congratulations!

Bill Your leaves look right to me. Maya does show lots of variation in the leaves.

I wish I didn't cut off the other shoots before I took the picture of the sport. The whole shoot of this was different then the other ones. Here is a picture (bad picture) I snapped of Maya in the dark.

Shirley- Like I keep telling Kell, it's the pond water. LOL.... Really I think it's neglect.

Good job, Kristi! Way to go.

Beautiful Kristi ... is this the same Maya that Mayan Magic came from???

Yep- Deb.... It's one in the same. Speaking of Mayan Magic, I have cuttings for you. I'll email you tonight.

Datdog,...
................ My mistake , Your sport/sprout look like my SnowBank. Guess I stayed out in the sun too long today, dang it was hot out .
Guard your new lil one, looks like a keeper =))

Looking great Kristi. It will be too cool to get one like Snowbank but with the growth of Maya.

Brugie, it is the fish poo!

Hello Maya fans. I'm a member of your crowd. I received a Maya plant, which was the 'baby' of my shipment. It seemed to be rooted nicely but now the top of the stem is woody, there were never leaves or any green on the plant. I think the plant will make it, the Maya seemed healthy upon arrival, I am VERY pleased, but I would like to know if there are any special Maya instructions??? We had a heavy rain today, but it was time to water. Are there other special Maya instructions I should follow??? TIA. I LOVE my little Maya!! SLike

Thanks Kristi.

Your right Kell ... it has to be the fish poo!! I remember Kristi talking about that now. I need to rig up a way to get water from the pond.

Sherry, treat it just like your other brugs. I grew mine in full sun and it could take it here.

Shirley posted: I grew mine in full sun and it could take it here.

Shirley, given the opportunity, I'll let you borrow my sun for a day, whew, oh so hot, LOL, your watering chores would triple, plus!!!!!!

Sherry, I water at least three times a day and sometimes more in the heat of the summer. By July I feel like the garden hose is glued to my hand 24/7. Last summer we had some horrible heat with heat index of 115/116 for several days in a row. The humidity was enough to knock you over. Still, my brugs did fairly well. They didn't bloom as much last year, but in the fall put on a pretty good show.

And I complain when I have to water once a day at the end of the summer!!

I don't know how Snowbank came about, but, since it is tetraploid and Maya is diploid, I don't believe it could be a sport of Maya.

Does anyone know more?

datdog - your sport is gorgeous. I hope it keeps that much variegation. I'd love to see it when it grows up. If you want to avoid the risks of rooting it as a cutting, you could always air layer it and let it establish roots before separating it from the mother plant.

Rik, what you say is true. Snowbank was lab produced to the best of my knowledge.

Hey Rik, since you are here I was wondering if there was any chance of getting a start of your violet stem elephant ear this year?

Shirley

Brugie -- You're at the top of my list. I had some bad luck and lost most of mine, but the friend who gave them to me had a huge stand, and I'm hoping to prevail on her again. I'll keep you posted.

Thanks Rik, I'd still love to get one in the ground this summer.

Hey DD... looks like a New Guinea Impatient to me ;-)

Nice looking sport it threw... hoping that it continues to do as well!

Lovely little sport it is! Is it still doing well?