Cantua anyone?

I was really thinking about finding a Cantua after seeing a picture of one, but then I read that they can only take to 85 degrees, which sadly rules it out for me.

Anyone know if that's actually as much heat as they can take??

What is a cantua?

Sorry about that... here it is:-)

http://davesgarden.com/pdb/go/61007/index.html

If you can grow Brugmansias and Iochromas, you can also probably grow Cantua. Another one to look for is Deppea splendens.

-Ron-

Thanks Ron, I found a place to get one and I think I'm gonna have to try it. I have a few brugs, although one was frostbitten and lost a few leaves several nights ago.

I had a Cantua buxifolia, but it didn't like our hot, hot summers. Is succumbed in a (summer) season.

That is what I read, that they like cool weather. So I figured it would'nt work here. I think Kartuz Greenhouse has it for sale.

I saw this plant flowering in Colombia, travelling up Cero Kennedy, near Santa Marta. I was told it gets chilly there in the mountains. But then, chilly that day meant 65 -70 degree Fahrenheit in the morning.