initial bract color- bougainvillea

[jferrier]

I have 2 bougies and have always seen these plants already in bloom at nurseries, but have never owned one that produced blooms that I could see from the beginning . Mine now has what appears to be small green bracts, though I know the bracts were colored before. Do these bracts change colors from the initial development? Don't have pics yet but can get some.

 

[jk_lewis]

Do these bracts change colors from the initial development?

YES they do.

 

[bonsaiTOM]

They start out greenish and turn to their usual red tones - or white - as they mature.

Love my 'bougies' ......

 

[jferrier]

Awesome. Thanks. I'd read that witholding water helped induce bracts, but were keeping mine pretty damp to keep them actively growing so this is a nice surprise. Maybe it was the defoliation I did before spring that prompted this?