Look what happened after I self pollinated my seedling arborea! A seed pod! so far so good.........and the plant is still only about 2 1/2 feet tall!
SSSH! don't tell kell,
Heres the whole plant. :-)
WOW! That's great!! What size pot you got that in?
Kyle, that's one of the cutest, most fun brugsI've seen on this forum!! I wish mine looked like yours - at least they are living/growing...
WTG Kyle .... what a little beauty!!
Please tell me what you pollinated with? I have Vulcaniciola, hoping to use on it. Arborea(2 plants) are blooming their heads off here. Have a seedpod(self pollinated). I think the plants like Ohio weather.
Hi Kyle,
You know she'll find out about it! LOL You can't keep the good ones secret.
I never did find that giant EP you told me about in North Park, San Diego a couple years ago. Did manage to get myself lost. I've told my Equador Pink that it should aspire to that example. Should only take 10 years or so. :-)
Mary
The plant is in a 6 inch or maybe a 7 inch pot. Plastic pot and its outside in the heat and humidity. The others from the same seed pod show now signs of blooming..or growing. Hibiscus if you have pollen of vulcanicola send me some and I'll cross it with a flower or two and see if we get a pod.The seeds will be yours. Like I need any more plants!!LOL
Kyle
congrats Kyle. Hope it hangs on for you
Look at that pod sticking up!!!!
Wonderful kyle, Very nice looking plant. Hope it doesn't get to hot for it. Good Luck.
eh, brah - you one akamai haole!!
aunti kalola
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh someone told. LOL. They make the cutest pods too. Fuzzy ones, just begging to be rubbed. Such a baby.
Wowie!!! Way to go!!! I keep telling my little brugs to hurry up and get big and make some buds for me.
:) Donna
I love the arborea pods, they are so fuzzy! Congrats Kyle, maybe you've got a heat tolerant one there!
If you do have a heat tolerate one, send it to me. LOL
Going to be in the 90's all week so will see what happens..if the flowers last and the pod stays on..maybe we got a heat tolerant seedling!! Time will tell.
Kyle
Here's mine. Hit 89 today, to be 92 on Saturday. Soon as I get Vulcanicola pollen, you will be welcome to some.
Yours are doing good! nice branching pattern.
:-)
Thank you, never thought they could take the heat here in Ohio, but they seem to love it. 'Been blooming like crazy, see my pod?
I tried and tried to cross pollinate my arborea with sang and vulcanicola pollen. The problem was, I could never be sure if they had self pollinated before I pollinated. I even would slit up the side of the bud, remove the anthers so they couldn't self pollinate then wait till it was mature enough to pollinate. I got pods, but the only problem was, I got pods on the control blooms too that I had taken the anthers out of but did not pollinate. So I could never be sure if I was the pollinator or if it self pollinated!
I have same thoughts, Kell. Wondered if it is self pollinating, can I get there FIRST?? How can you be sure?
The stigma turns brown right after pollination occurs.If the stigma is brownish on the tip..its too late to use that flower.