Super stoked on this incoming dwarf powderpuff

[Cadillactaste]

A friend is thinning her collection ...i remember when she added it.I was ever So smitten... So she is gifting this to me. Because of the exposed roots.

Her cat is super pretty...a rescue.

 

[just.wing.it]

Looks like she found the right person to gift it to, Neagari Gal.
Is a cool looking cat too.
I'm not familiar with the species of plant.

 

[LanceMac10]

Tropical, flowers like a BRT....had a small one years ago but it didn't like going indoors!!

Great flowers though! This is from a BRT...

 

[Cadillactaste]

Tropical, flowers like a BRT....had a small one years ago but it didn't like going indoors!!

Great flowers though! This is from a BRT...

You had a powderpuff...or BRT? For I've heard these do well indoors. I've seen one's have significant dieback on BRT bringing indoors.

Blooms on mine...

Looks like she found the right person to gift it to, Neagari Gal.
Is a cool looking cat too.
I'm not familiar with the species of plant.

She's thinned her collection before. The roots were exactly why she reached out to me. The title doesn't lie.

 

[LanceMac10]

Just a small Powderpuff. Thermostat set at 65 degrees, lot colder where I kept it.

Never any issues with BRT outside of expected leaf drop.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Just a small Powderpuff. Thermostat set at 65 degrees, lot colder where I kept it.

Never any issues with BRT outside of expected leaf drop.

Okay, yes...my tropical room is warmer . A spot in the grow cart for winter. I'm not sure why I see dieback in one's BRT but I have to the point I don't want that disappointment. This one is well established coming to me. So should be okay. Of course I see me doing the two step with this one. Since its not been wintered indoors as of yet .

 

[sorce]

I might have to send you this pot finally, and this stethoscope! When do you leave? June?

Wicked Awesome tree!

Sorce

 

[Cadillactaste]

I might have to send you this pot finally, and this stethoscope! When do you leave? June?

Wicked Awesome tree!

Sorce

Thank you...Yeah, I've admired this tree since the day she purchased it. A nursery hunt of all things! A purchase under $20...believe it or not. Of course pruned and stuck into a bonsai pot a few years back. Very nice tree for sure.

We won't be going in. Our government pulled missionaries with the Covid thing going on. I know some who chose to stay back. Steve is actually going in with a small team today to take provisions of food to a village where Covid was tested and proved positive. Scary times...for sure. Forgot about the stethoscope until you just mentioned it. Spoke to Grannie Annie and she said her granddaughter was pulled from the school where she teaches. They/Our government contacted her and told her they would pick her up the next day. She left...She lives in the capital city where its harder to do social distancing... Not sure of the pot you mention either...man does that mean I'm getting old? Anyways...stay safe my friend.

 

[JudyB]

BRT are easy indoor winter plants, not sure why you had problems with yours. It was always the biggest grower inside I had. Cute flowers!

 

[Cadillactaste]

BRT are easy indoor winter plants, not sure why you had problems with yours. It was always the biggest grower inside I had. Cute flowers!

I never had one...Just seen a few on the group on facebook...have severe dieback. One lost an entire tree. It suckered and he developed that. Many lost great sections of the canopy. To the point...I decided...Not worth my time. One had tropicals...and they fared well for him. So that made me pause. I will just admire the ones others share.

 

[Cadillactaste]

After waiting for night temps to warm...then getting into the post office with a five day mailing week so it didn't set over the weekend. My Powderpuff arrived. I can NOT believe this tree. Oh my word...this was a real treat opening.

 

[Cadillactaste]

I was confusing this with another purchase she had showed me. This isn't the species she paid under $20 for. Not sure what she paid for this one now actually. She bought it a few years ago. But...none the less it's priceless on my bench.

 

[Cadillactaste]

It's in a 7" round pot...12" high and 11" wide. Just for my own reference.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Goodness!!! Another round of buds appearing. I'm not used to this abundance of blooms. I'm used to one flush.

 

[IABonsai]

SO’s family has them growing all over around their home in Vietnam. Probably not the same variation though but they all look similar

 

[Cadillactaste]

SO’s family has them growing all over around their home in Vietnam. Probably not the same variation though but they all look similar

Nice! I know mine is a dwarf. Foliage when in full sun stays smaller. But yes...I bet you could bonsai some of that if you want to! I'm smitten by the berry like flower buds. Buy the blooms are charming as well as you very well know.

 

[IABonsai]

Nice! I know mine is a dwarf. Foliage when in full sun stays smaller. But yes...I bet you could bonsai some of that if you want to! I'm smitten by the berry like flower buds. Buy the blooms are charming as well as you very well know.

I have some growing from seeds brought back but it's for the other half's garden not my bonsai lol

 

[Cadillactaste]

I have some growing from seeds brought back but it's for the other half's garden not my bonsai lol

Nothing wrong with having it as landscape either...enjoy! They are lovely!

 

[Cadillactaste]

Just wow! This one seems to always take my breath away when I see it bloom. Love the berry looking buds. But that bloom!

 

[Soulsyphon]

It's beautiful. I have a small one that I aquired over the winter. It's been pushing new growth all spring indoors. It's finally to the point that I might put it out for the summer. Enjoy.