I recieved seeds from a gal in St. Petersburg Fla. (Trish)
The name of the pod parent is Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin Pie came from an Australian tree known as Aussie Fruit Salad.
All of her babies (reportedly) smell like a fruit of one kind or another!!
Pretty neat eh?
Well I planted 3 seeds, all 3 took and finnaly I have a lovely bloom to show!! Woo-Hoo!!
Here she is in all her first bloom glory!!!
Madame as yet unnamed Pumpkin pie Seedling!!
The blooms will change no doubt and if she follows suit to 'Inspiration' with changes, shell be spectacular!!
Enjoy and please comment!!
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First Blooms on a New Seedling!!
Wow, what a beauty. I hope I am as fortunate with one of my close to a hundred seedlings I have growing at this time. I know I have gone overboard and think I am wasting a lot of time nurturing and caring for them, but then I see something like this and it encourages me to continue.
You most certainly arent wasteing your time
Out of 100 seedlings ill bet you get at least 20 that are stunning.
Good Luck!!
I have manymany seedlings myself
Many are from never released parents.
Im very excited about the possibilities!
You stay excited now hear!!? ;^)
Congrats, Michael! She is lovely! Woo-hoo! She looks to be a big flower too. Have you measured her? What's the fragrance like? The fragrance should develop with the flower, I think.
Edited to fix spelling.
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Im waiting on my buddy Micah for a scent test.
My sinuses are on the fritz
Ill measure her tomorrow
Im psyched!
Shes holding nice form and color with each bloom
She has an unussual curl also
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Michael, she is lovely. The curl could be from the heat or lack of water maybe. I'm not sure, but I think this has been speculated to before, or it could be genetic. It's a very pretty flower.
Very nice Mike just wonderful color on them..
Nice clean look to her i might add..
Im sure it isnt a water issue Clare.
I make darn sure that anything with inflos is watered regardless of how I feel.
Tooo much hope and work to let her be thirsty eh?
Thanks for the great comments!!
Very encouraging! ;^D
Michael, she is an awesome-looking flower. You should be very proud. Entertaining any names yet?
I have named her 'Trishes Pumpkin Pie'
Trish (Aztecsmom) from MPG sent me the seeds as a gift.
All 3 took!
Shes a sweet soul. :^)
Im getting offers from folks to grow their seeds for them lol!!
Naturally I said send them up!! 8^D
Michael, they are really pretty! Congrats! How old are the seedlings? You did a great job and can't wait to hear wait the scents are like.
Bev
The scent on Trishes Pumpkin Pie is sweet and fruity
Honey sweet, its unbelievable.
The seed was planted on January 19 of '05
That is wonderful that you already have blooms! Best wishes that yours will be Honey sweet as well!
Bev
Ah Michael!!! I'm so happy for you!! That's gotta make you feel great about all the hard work you put into them!!
I came home today to 2 great things!
1= A Package from Dave WOO-HOO!!
2= Another seedling has bloomed!! WOO-HOO!!
Ill post a photo later,
I just potted all the plants and unpacked
I need to settle in now and take a nap.
3 days of dining out and shopping with the lovely wife.
This was to be 'her dream vacation'
I washed all dishes and did all the domestic stuff lol!!
She had her feet up 100% of the time.
AND LOVED IT TOO!! 8^D
I am so glad to have been able to do this for her.
My wife is precious.
Aren't those plants great, Michael? I was very pleased!!!
I'm sure you wife appreciated all you did...definately a keeper!!!
Waiting for photos...
Great work Mike awesome brudda!!
Michael, nice showing! How long from seed to bloom?
Gosh what a sweet DH you are. Will your wife rent you out?? ;-)
This seedling is one I bought already growing.
It was probably about 30 months old.
No she wont rent me out,
But if I get her mad shell give me away for a day lol!
Can't wait to see the new bloom, Mike! Congratulations!
I started a new thread for the new seedling
I didnt want to corrupt this one lol!!