Thought you might like to see some long tendrils. LOL! This is Northern Peaks. I got my cutting a few years ago from Snowhermit. This brug will bloom off and on all winter in the house. During the long Iowa winters, this is a definite plus.
Long tendrils
That is amazing! Thank you for sharing :)
HOLY COW!!!! Thats amazing.
Adding that one to my want list!
Caren
Beautiful Shirley!!
Shirley so beautiful, great picture never heard of it like the name....
Yep! Them there is l-o-n-g tendrils, pretty color too. bj
That's really cool!
That is one sexy flower, Shirley. I've never seen this one before and I love those tendrils.
Tussee
WoW what a beatifull Brug, that's what I need Shirley, one that will bloom in winter in the house, it sure would keep my spirits up untill next summer.
How unusual looking. So pretty too; thank you for sharing the picture.
Patty
That is AMAZING Shirley! Thank you for sharing the pic.
Erick
Thanks everyone. I'm glad you like it. I've certainly enjoyed watching it the last few years.
i have a small one growing shriley from your seeds paul
Wowzers! LOL Love those twangers! LOL
It won't be the same, Paul, but maybe it will inherit the long tendrils from the mom.
LOL, ZZ. Thanks. I will say that this one's tendrils can't take full sun when it's hot. I keep her on the back deck that is under a maple tree. She gets a little bit of sun around 10-11 AM. The rest of the day, it's dappled sun.
Wow!!! that is so beautiful!
That is beautiful
Wow those are really long. I think those are the longest I've ever seen! Quite pretty. NOt sure whether to curl them or pet them (meow) lol. Do you know the parentage of that brug?
The cross is Pink Lady x Charleston. She, after at least three years, is still a small plant. Only about 4 ft. tall at most.
WOW..lovely brug there Shriley... the winter blooming aspect makes it for me also..with such amaisingtendrals...
you might include ..as far as parentage... a cross somewhere or another with a Tacca..no doubt...[see attached photo and you'll agree..] Thanks for the picture...Gordon
OH WOW Gor5don, that is an amazing plant, what is it, is it in the bat family.
Doris
Brugie that is beautiful the winter bloom is a true plus.
Gordon I need to know more about your plant. That is really pretty. You should see your Butterfly Clerodendrum It is beautiful.
Betty
Those tendrils are flipping amazing!!!
Thanks everyone. I'm sure glad that Terry chose to grow this seed. It's just unusual to see tendrils so long. I love the bat plant, Gordon. I ordered some starter plants through a coop one time and they all died. I don't think I have the right conditions for growing them.
GordonHawk I just purchased one of those on the Internet, sure hope it grows to look like yours
I killed my first bat plant, and like Tony Avent of Plant Delight, I'm not giving up until I've killed it at least three times. :)
Tussee
Love those tendrils, Shirley. I must have been in that same coop and all of mine died. So no Bat flowers here. LOL
Doris.. it isa Tacca..also known as the Bat Plant....did you get a white one or one of the black ones
Betty.. unfortunately that isn't my flower... the picture wasjust to be illustrative of the plants they surely usedin breeding that lovely Northern Peaks...and 4 ft tall after three years has alot going for it also..I couild use a race of miatures.. just think of how many more I could grow... go ahead.. post apicture of the butterflies. glad it did well there... but having seen it... everything grows to knock out porportions with you..
Shirley.. A friend here grew some from seed... not an easy task I hear.. and shared one with me... I killed it .. she shared another with me and I killed it also ..she grew hers for the first year about 4' away from a window which got little sun and none back where the Tacca was it seemed.. now she has it closer in a sunnier window.. looking for more blooms.. she's offered me another one.. and with my new shade cloth it might work.. I might take her up on it again.. so were're all even..with Patsy Ann.. lets do another ... come on Ada.. we're getting new Taccas...and Northern Peaks all around.. Gordon
Gordon, I'd love to get the Norhtern Peaks but I think I'll pass on the Taccas. LOL I don't want to kill another one.
GordonHawk, I ordered the white one
I'm sure glad to know that others had trouble with the bat plants too. I had five of them and was sick that I couldn't get them to grow. I heard that they are pretty picky about the humidity they get. We have summer humidity, but in the house can be a different story. With my newest humidifier, I might be able to get it up there enough to keep one alive.
I love the bat plants also. I had the black one and the white one in Louisiana where they grew great. Here I just kill em. It is sooo much drier here, so I know that is why. They must like "melt~ your~ face~ off ~humid" lol.
They would sure have that kind of humid here today. It's bad along with 90 degrees.
I saw two of the black taccas for sale this spring at an estate sale. Big beautiful flowers. Too big for my car. LOL I wasn't sure what it was and neither was the person having the sale. I came home, checked and went back with the BIG car but they were gone. Bummer!! Probably would have been dead by now anyway.
Betty
I hope you get the chance to see them flower, Jeanne. I think I may have to try again.
Gosh Betty...sounds like those would have been some awesome plants. Too bad you missed out on getting one.
Brugie I am sorry you lost yours, I hope mine makes it, actualy my son got it for me for my birthday, I just placed the order *S*
I bought a black and a white tacca - but it was high maintenance. Had to bring the pots in to the bathroom every time I showered so it would get the humidity it likes. I gave them to a friend and she killed them. I would have killed them sooner or later. I did get one to germinate from seed, but it didn't get very far before it joined the dearly departed. Not going to try again .... I'm not so apt to stick with hopeless causes these days.
I know Terry had a Bat plant (Tacca) at one time. Do you think she's got a laboratory hidden in the woods behind the screen house? LOL Those tendrils are cute!
I think you have the right idea, Mary. Hopeless causes are almost a thing of the past here, tho I keep trying to grow nice brugs in the heat. Have no other choice. We have had three bad years in a row now and they are so much work to only get a good flush of flowers in the fall when it's too cool to sit out and enjoy them. If summers are going to continue to be so hot, my brug growing will turn into a different flower hobby real soon. In fact, this year it is going to get cut back to maybe 15 of my favorites. That means much less work and thousands less mites. LOL! They are bad this year.