I picked up this couple of Hibiscus at a local nursery recently and was told that they were:Hula Girl (right) Charlie (left)
Checked the Plant ID and they look more like, Ruffled Beauty, (right) Space Oddity, (left)
I am new to Hibiscus, and would really appreciate help in matching the right name.
Thanks
Gk
If the flower on the right is very large and lasts two or more days its H. Pele's Fountain.
The other doesn't ring a bell with me.
Kyle
Eclipse,
Yes the flower is very large and does last two or more days, Thanks!
The other one, I think looks like the following: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/161838/
Appears to be a Voodoo Queen. Dupont Cultivar. Opens like the pic I have posted
The ending color is this. Just a guess it may be something else though.
This message was edited Oct 30, 2007 12:43 PM
Here is a pic of the mid-day colors changing. The peach color will last longer in cooler weather. This is a summer pic but you can still see the peach in the blooms.
If the color of an individual flower changes a lot as the flower ages, then I think it's much more likely that it's Voodoo Queen. I have Space Oddity, and if I remember right each flower pretty much stays the same color as it goes along, but a flower that I get on one day may look different than a flower that I get the next day. So you get your color variation from one flower to the next rather than with the same flower over time.
Yes,
The color changes as the plant ages, I would agree its probably the Voodoo Queen.
Difficult to ID from the Plant Files as there is no information regarding the color change and the Flower that is shown to represent the Voodoo Queen did not look like a match to me at first. Looked a lot more yellow than mine.
Thanks for the help!
My mistake one of the pictures of the Voodoo Queen has information regarding the color change.
Would you guys recommend that I post the picture of both colors in the Plant File? It would have made it easier for me to ID.
I will wait to hear what you all say.
This message was edited Oct 30, 2007 3:44 PM
Go for it. :-)
Eclipse,
One question on the H. Pele's Fountain, I could not find one on the Plant Files, does it go by another name?
Thanks
Cath
Not sure why its not listed.no other name that I know of.
Kyle
I've noticed that there are a lot of hibiscus cultivars that aren't in Plant Files. You can go ahead and add it if you want, then you can put your pictures in. I also think the more pictures we have for the entries the better, I've found that many of my hibiscus have flowers that vary quite a lot in how they look from bloom to bloom, and people in different climates often have blooms that look different, so the more pics people post in there the better!
I have a stock PIC of Pele's Fountain. Maybe this will help. I just do not care for the stock nursery pics because of Photoshop Etc......But it definitely looks like what you have. I have to agree with Kyle.
Robert
This message was edited Oct 31, 2007 8:56 AM
Thank you all very much for helping me correctly ID these plants.
I have included my picture of the Voodoo Queen, showing both colorations.
I will leave the H. Pele Fountain up to one of you more knowledgable people to include on the Plantfiles. It really is a stunning hibiscus!
