I'm excited! Citrus medica sure fits my profile - I like wierd plants, either in shape, flower, or in this case fruit. I bought this plant in Orlando in April already in fruit. Back here in the Missouri Ozarks I repotted it and it finally responded about three weeks ago with a burst of new growth and flower buds (delightful fragrance too). The plant is very rewarding for a tropical since it's only two feet high and is in a 12" tub.
That's very unusual. I like different things too.
I love that! And I agree, citrus perfume is just intoxicating.
Thanks for sharing!
Robert.
Robert, nice to see a photo from a person vs. a vendor- I wondered if they looked like this in person and now I know they do! Wonderful photo, very exciting.
That is neat. I like strange flowers and that one definately is amazing.
Lavina
Awesome find, Dave! I just bought a little one off ebay from a person that got hers from the Montreal Botanical Gardens. Mine is only about 6 inches tall.
:) Donna
Dave, do you remember where you bought it in Orlando? I don't live too far from there, and I'd love to find one of these. Thanks!
Wow, very cool! Thank you for sharing the picture.
Erick
Very interesting plant! I can't decide if I really really like it, or if it just spooks me a little. Definately a plant worthy a spot of honor in a garden.
Real neat! What will you do with it in winter? Do you have a greenhouse? dixie
It is a bit spooky, but so cool.
I kept seeing this picture and everytime I passed it I was reminded of an old B+W movie called the 'Beast with Five Fingers' terrified me as a kid. Guess some thing stick in your head. Here it is at the top agiain so I thought I should address it
Thanks for the post, I love seeing the unusual.
Bought it at Blodgett Gardens & Nursery - 3821 Edgewater Drive Orlando. Another great nursery nearby (east Orlando) is Lukas Nursery & Garden Shop - Corner of Aloma (426) & Slavia Rd. Oddly enough though, my best finds in Orlando were at the Target Garden Center (true!). We picked up one-gallon bananas (many varieties) on-sale for $1.50 last fall! I would bet that they all came originally from Agri-Starts, a tissue-culture factory in Apopka. Banana growers should look here for interest (wholesale only unfortunately) http://www.agristarts.com/musa_main.htm Our Orlando mambers will attest that Apopka (just NW of Orlando) is end-to-end nurseries and the source of many tropicals for the entire country.
My daughter lives in Orlando and we drove down in April to ride the MS-150 Bike Tour (and do tropicals of course). Leu Gardens is a must see in Orlando and Bromeliad lovers must go to Selby Gardens in Sarasota (home of the Bromeliad and Orchid Identification Centers). Also got a nice variegated Tapioca and Osmanthus fragrans (for my DW). BTW, the Tapioca (Manihot esculenta) is extremely easy to propagate and I'll take many stem cuttings before frost kills back the plant in the ground this fall.
Winters will find the tropicals in the greenhouse or (if totally dormant like the potted bananas) in the inheated but non-freezing garage. Here's a picture of the greenhouse. It's about 20x30, double layer, and has foil-faced insulation on the north wall. We grow mostly Bromeliads, some succulents and tropicals. Here's a link to our home page (plant stuff) http://geocities.com/ne0b/Plants.htm
