It's beautiful Linda. The bottom of the tube doesn't seem to roll back as much does it? It'll be interesting for you to be able to compare it to the sang once it opens.
Sanguinea
My sister is on vacation in Italy for another week so I am going to see if I can't find a couple of blooms that are maybe in the back of the plant. Now Linda you say they last about a week? So if I brush some pollen on them what will they do? I assume they won't drop the flowers. Or will they and leave the calyx and the stamen? Is that the tube the flowers are in now?
In other words, when/how will I know they are starting a pod?
Sandy, what if I sent a whole flower? Can you do that? If it were labeled pollen would they let it through?
Isn't that funny, I retired from U.S. Customs but 10 years ago. I retired early. I don't know anybody there now or I would see if I could do it.
Thank you Sandy. =)
Yes, I started some from seed this spring. I didn't get any blooms this year but hopeful for next year.
The storm sure left a mess here! It did a little favor and blew some leaves outta my yard...LOL
Now that is a Beauty also Linda! You are all taking such great pictures of your Sangs. I really want to see them in bloom !BAD! next year...
Kin, you say you started yours from seed this spring. Well, Sherry in Arky, as she calls it, gets hers to bloom within months of planting. I think she said she planted in February.
But, I think in order to get ours to bloom the first year we almost have to get them in the ground by November at the latest. Like tomorow???? LOL
No, I mean soon, because we have such a short season. But then, you have a longer season than I do. I am more inland than you and zone 5. You just don't have as much heat for as long a time as she does. Then of course there is the problem of keeping them growing, re-potting throughout the winter.
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/362576/
Right, when the flower is spent it will drop off and leave the stamen and the calyx. In a few days if you gently squeeze just below where the peduncle meets the calyx, you will feel a hard bean and it will get bigger and bigger. It is so much fun, Jeanette. Once you do it and get that pod, you won't be able to stop. It is a thrill.
Jeanette, Yes this is all true. I failed my poor sangs when I neglected them. They had set some buds but they dropped when I hurt myself in August. I forgot and left them in an area they got too much sun. They were an experiment of some sorts for me this year. Live and learn....
I am trying one in ground for the winter and see what results I get come spring. The others will be brought indoors with the others.
I believe we may have bought our seeds from the same vendor. I took a moment and looked up where I got the seeds from and it was Whatcom seeds.
Kell you make it sound like so much fun but I guess the only way I will be able to have any are in my sister's greenhouse because I will never be able to have a plant last 9 months. Next year I am going to find 2 plants to try and will put the mother, is it?, in her greenhouse for the winter. Thanks for Cala's thread. I had saved it before on my other computer that crashed and could not find it again.
Well Kin, you and I are both duds!!! I had one about 4 feet tall and this summer the deck was super hot. The boards. And my little dog knocked mine over and it laid on that deck for quite a while before I found it and it never snapped out of it so I threw it away.
I have one small one I am sure is a Sang that I neglected so it didn't get to grow very good either and Randy wants one so I am going to send this one. Maybe Randy can get it to do something in Houston.
Then if I can get some seeds from my sister's plants I will take better care of them. I looked in Whatcom's seeds for this year and they do have the same ones I posted. I would love to cross this with Sandy's or Jeanne's but I don't think sending white powder across the border is such a cool idea either. LOL
No, that's okay Jeanette. I was really just kidding....I wouldn't want you to get into trouble. Also, the pollen would probably have to be really fresh wouldn't it?
Kell, you're making me really want to have some pods too.
Kin, I didn't do the best job of growing my plants this year either. I know they don't like the heat so I had them in the shade but it was too shady. They started blooming in the summer but only had one or two blooms and then started to grow really tall. I think they were trying to reach the sun. I finally moved them to where they got more sun but I think I would have had lots more blooms if I'd moved them earlier.
Just leave the pollen on the anthers, and it will be no problem I would think. It is then obvious what it is. I always leave my pollen on the anthers. I also say one the form what it is, seeds or pollen.
I doubt big time a sang will live in Houston for 5 minutes. My sister tells me it is hotter than New Orleans and I know New Orleans is plenty hot.
Kell, you say to cut off the anthers and just take it over and rub it all over the stamen of the other plant. Right? If I did it that way I wouldn't need a paint brush would I? I have to do this to a bloom that is in the back of her plant.
Sandy I know they keep pollen in the freezer. Think it was another of Calalilly's show and tell or maybe on the seed & pollen bank I read from somewhere else. I don't know how long is "fresh". Don't worry, I did learn a little bit during my career with Customs. LOL I was teasing too.
Yes, Jeanette. If in a bind, I just take a anther over and rub a dub. GOOD LUCK!
Guess I will go over tomorrow and see what is happening with that bloom. If I actually got it to take, the bloom probably would not last as long as it would otherwise would it? Seems to me the strength would all be directed towards making the seed pod.
Right??? Crazy, I am beginning to feel like the "mad scientist."
Jeanette
Kell, my sister in Stockton thinks she wants to try to grow a Brug. Do you think she would have any luck? If I sent her a cutting now, would she be able to plant it now, or have to wait until what we call spring? Like May?
Jeanette
I just tossed my sang, kept getting mites, never bloomed...sigh...really wanted to see these gorgeous red blooms!
Too bad nothing is blooming up North end of Dec. when I will be up in Canada (Sechelt)visiting relatives.
Sue which province are you going to?
:) Donna
Jeanette, I think Stockton may get colder than where I am. It gets much hotter for sure. I am right by the Bay so I get more temperate weather. Sue what do you know about Stockton?? What is her zone?
I would send it and have her grow it in a gallon can thru winter inside. Then plant it in a protected area early spring so it gets a great start.
I really haven't noticed that the blooms fade faster when pollinated, though I haven't been on the watch for it either. Now I will watch. LOL
Oh Sue, think all new nurseries. LOL
Sechelt is on the BC coast Donna.
Sechelt is south of where I am. I think the climate is a bit more temperate so there might be something blooming at the end of Dec.
Sandy
Thanks, Sandy. Maybe you'll get to meet Sue.
:) Donna
Well, I am anxious to see how the gardens are as we plan on retiring there in about 4 years. My BIL is a gardener so I will sure be checking what things look like that time of year. Just getting into tropicals so I am sure I will have to make many adjustments up there.
Kell, I think Stockton is pretty similar to us but a few more freeze nights due to being in the valley as well as a bit hotter in the summer.
Sue, then you better fo nuts on tropicals to get them out of your system. LOL. You go girl!
Wow, Sue. I do know that somewhere on the BC coast, maybe Vancouve Island they can grow palm trees.
:) Donna
I've never been to Sechelt but if you're going to try to grow tropicals up north it would be one of your best bets. There are lots of palm trees around. You just have to pick the hardy ones if you want to grow them in the ground. Jeanne is a good person to ask. She grows lots of tropicals and even has bananas in the ground. I think you just need to have a solarium or heated greenhouse and bring things in for the winter.
Jeanne lives the good life! And how perfect that her DH grows roses. I wish mine did! LOL
Sechelt has a very similar climate to mine here. I'm a 8b/9a. I live on a cliff above the water and leave my musa bajoos in the ground all year, I grow a couple different palms. They've been in the ground for 5 or more years at least. I've had brugmansias come back left in the ground but because it doesn't get really hot here, they don't flower until Oct. I bring in my brugs and lots of other tropicals.
What a beautiful brug. I have never seen those before, but I am fairly new to brugs. I also had a terrible wind storm in Nanaimo, poor plants looked bedraggled. I guess I have to add that to my wish list, the color is so exotic looking.I also have some musas here and they do fine left out. I just mulch them with a few bags of leaves. Thanks so much for sharing those pics, they were just beautiful.
Cindy
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