Is there any way to ID a Brug? I got this cutting last year, rooted it and stuck it in the gorund outside and it bloomed beautifully for me and I was wondering if it was a named species or a cross of some kind, is there any way to tell? I won't be disappointed if there isn't , I was just wondering..
Terri
How big are leaves ?
What does it smell like ?
Do flowers hold colors or change from light yellow to dark yellow .
Are leaves scalloped ?
Probably a Charles Grimaldi
Dragonfly, there are too look alikes to accurately ID. To give it a name based on a few variable characteristics can lead to mis-identifying it. Leaf size is greatly influenced by the amount of fertilizer it receives. Bloom color is influenced by a variety of factors including age of plant, weather, temperature, age of bloom, etc. Although CG's leaves are supposed to be entire (smooth-edged), sometimes some leaves appear serrated. Worse yet some look alikes with serrated leaves are sold as CG. Please enjoy it as a beautiful NOID (No identity).
Betty, I thought it might be the case that there are so many different idetifying characteristics that it wouldn't be easy to ID. It's no problem, I do love it anyway!
Here's the thing though, with all the variables, how does anyone know for sure if they really have a Charles Grimaldi or a Dr. Seuss?
I'll vote for Dr. Seuss as it's leaves have serrated edges. The CG does not....
I had the Dr. for several years, and it looks exactly like it. The most fragrant of them all.....
Lost it when my cuttings did not root one winter...I still miss it!
Gita
MY Dr. Seuss starts as a pale yellow on 1st flush as flower age they turn yellow . At second flush they are yellow then go to a dark yellow .
About 1 in 50 flowers will develop a seed pod if there are things to pollinate it . Mine gets humming birds , honey bees wasps , and yellow jackets . There are ants but I put tangle foot around trunk .
The leaves on Dr. Seuss vary from about 6 in to 14 inch .Scaloped , notched - some leaves . The trunk is a greenish brown . The bark splits when too cold . It will wilt above 80 degrees . Roots from cuttings easily . [ 1 in 3 for me ]
Dragonfly,
Dr. Seuss, a natural hybrid discovered by Hetty Krauss, is Charles Grimaldi's pod parent. While it is possible for the offspring to be very different from the parents, in this case Charles Grimaldi and Dr. Seuss share some similar characteristics: Among them: The way the calx splits into several sections as it sits over the corolla, The corolla neck is hidden by the calx, The corolla shape, Nice long tendrils that tend to stay straight rather than curl. With Frost Pink as the pollen parent, CG may exhibit a fall color that contains some pink tinges.
Dr. Seuss is described as a yellow/gold/orange Brug while Charles Grimaldi is described as a yellow Brug. The biggest difference is in the leaves. Dr. Seuss' leaves are deeply serrated. The edges on CG's leaves are entire. A few of the leaves may contain a few serrations. The best way to tell if they are one and the same cultivar is to try to hand pollinate them. If seed pods develop, you have different cultivars. If no seed pods develop, they are the same cultivar.
This is a photo of a representative Dr. Seuss bloom and leaves:
http://www.abads.net/images/Dr2._Seuss_9_23_03_2.jpg
A representative Charles Grimaldi bloom and leaves:
http://www.brugmansia.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=877
