I thought I saw somewhere terms but I can't find it now.
Thanks
Joyce
can someone explain nodding and pendant to a newbie
Nodding
See the difference? These hang straight down while the others come out almost sideways
Thank you so much. What a beautiful plant, is that in bloom now?
Both types of blooms are wonderful. Thanks again, a picture is worth a 1000 words.
Joyce
I see the difference, but what does it mean? Is it a characteristic that some nod and others are pendant? Is it lack of something in the soil?
It is a characteristic of the Brug type. Versicolors are known for their pendant blooms. Some hybridizers are breeding for a bloom that points up.
So thats where the nodding comes from? They are trying to get it to face? That would be outstanding. I love these plants.
I wish it were blooming now! The nodding plant is Rothkirch, and the pendant flowering one is Painted Lady. I scraped frost off my windshield last Monday, so blooms will be scarce for awhile. Might have some in the greenhouse, and so-called Winter ends early here. My favorite months are April, May and June for Blooms, and October and November are pretty good too.
Oh yeah Mary! We are in for frosty mornings here too now.. I'm ready.. a little.. LOL
Here is a copy of some of my notes to myself about the different species of Brugmansia
The different species of brugmansia show the different characteristics.. I don't have a pic of Rothkirch.. but they are probably in plant files too. Here are some of the notes I have gathered..
Aurea is almost horizontal.. (Rothkirch) The calyx (bud) sits very low on the corolla tube covering the narrow part completely. Aureas also have long tendrils.
Versicolor is the long (up to 22" or more!) skinny pendant.. (Vertical) it has one long slit in the calyx, with more of the corolla tube showing..
Suaveloens is slightly nodding, with a very thin corolla (neck) which shows completely. The calyx does not cover the corolla.. The calyx is split like 5 times.. but sometimes only one or two splits.. Suaveolens do not have long tendrils. The skirt has the biggest "flair"...
What an education I am getting. Now if I can just remember 'some' of this. Thanks
LOL That is from an email I kept as a draft.. I have a bunch! I use emails as a notepad when I'm reading so I won't forget.. but you know what? When it's something you like so much, it's amazing how much you retain..
I still spend hours reading old posts... it's fun to see all the different ideas, methods, hints, tricks, tips, failures, experiements, successes etc.. Always something interesting... beautiful pictures too! I love this place.. such a wealth of knowledge. :)
You know what ZZ? I'd totally love to see what you have in your drafts folder!!
Here is one for Boron deficiency.. LOL
You can purchase the 20 mule team borax like you use for Laundry at most grocery stores, etc. Use 1 teaspoon per gallon of water and spray the leaves.
The book of secrets. :^)
A Brug Life
So much to learn and so many to collect and so little space and so little money....but giant amounts of enjoyment...LOL!
Joyce
Amen Joyce.
That sums it up for me too.
It is amazing the amount of patience I have obtained lately with these plants. Of course, everyday I want it to be spring starting and to see the buds starting to form. Is that so wrong for me to want it?
Robynznest, living in Missouri can make us patient rather we like it or not. I heard we have the zone of Wisc. winter and the zone summer of like Ala. so brugs will probably test us from the cold of going dormant to being too hot and humid, we have all the good weather...LOL.
We have a long wait and will be fooled into thinking spring has arrived just to have winter return, making us v e r y patient and somewhat grumpy...LOL.
I've been grumpy for over a month now, since I had to put my brugs in the garage. Now this stupid ice storm has me looking at different areas in Texas to move to. I'm definitely looking south. Lived all my life in MO and am now tired of it. 2 years in a row of bad ice storms is enough. As far as that is concerned my patience is wearing pretty thin. lol Besides I can keep the blooms going longer done there, (maybe Florida or Georgia, I know the Virgin Islands. Yep that's the one, I'll go there. No stinking ice there)
If you go to Texas you better go as far as San Antonio, cause northern texas and oklahoma have terrible ice storms instead of snow. I should of been on my way to OK City today but the flight was cancelled due to icing.
Lived in San Antonio and it was really nice down there. I really wonder why I stay here in Missouri, these long cloudy days about do me in....I have a solar room and that is where my few brugs are and they are doing wonderful so far. I am wondering if they will bloom in there, they are growing by leaps and bounds right now. I would be so excited if that happened, I have never seen a bloom.
We were looking at the San Antonio area and farther south east towards Corpus Christie as a matter of facts. Don't want northern Texas, I didn't like that are at all. I want south, I want warmth. and I don't want ice. Snow ok, ice bad.
My Dr. Suess, Peach and Pink were blooming up a storm till last Wed. That's when we hit 32. The next day they looked like rags blowing in the wind. The Dr. S and the peach are as you described as pendant. The Pink looked so odd in comparison and now I know why: they are nodding or should I say were. The stems are fine just leafless now. I'm going out sometime this week and doing cuttings.
We only had one ice storm last winter which was in January and lasted only one day. Then winter was over. lol You couldn't pay me enough to live up north with the snow and ice. However, if you move down here be sure that you can live with the opposite. Endless days of over 100 degrees. Sometimes rain like this last summer, but more often than not endless days of no rain, sometimes months on end.
Anne
We have those summer temps here too with no rain and very high humidity. That's a piece of cake for us. I love the hot summer. What the name of your peach. The next one I get I want a peach, or and orangeish one.
It was sent to me as "peach" I have a versicolor peach but it never bloomed. This was it's first year so maybe next year. lol
If you like I can send you cuttings of both.
Anne
Oh Anne that is so sweet of you, I would love them. But being on a fixed income I would have to wait til after the first of the month to send you postage money.
The reason I asked the name was that I was just trying to find out names of peaches and oranges without having to sit and do search after search to find them.
Robyn have you cruised through the plantfiles? There are thumbnail pics and you can zoom right through to a color and shape you like.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/finder/index.php?sname=Brugmansias
Brugz from A to Z
I've checked the files for individuals, but I guess it never dawned on me to do the A-Z thing. I just kept doing ones I heard about or ones I've seen at different online nurseries. Thanks ZZ. You all must think I'm a space cadet. lol Sometimes I just learn more when someone tells me things in their own words. I'm such a newbie!
Been there! LOL No way!! We ALL started somewhere.. :)