Geo
Chumono
Anyone come across this south Florida-Carribean native. Common name is Yellow Wild Alamandra.Cultivation pointers gratefully received.Thanks.
Urechites lutea
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Cypress187
Masterpiece
I googled it and it looks nice, but the flowers look huge so it's hard to make them smaller i think.
Geo
Chumono
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
You are correct; in general flowers and fruit do not become smaller under bonsai cultivation.
carp
Chumono
@Geo , we use it in landscaping here in Florida all the time. Typically they clump, but I think the trunks fuse because I've seen trunks on old Alamanda. There is a dwarf, but the leaf and flower is still pretty big, and the internodes are long, not sure how they reduce either.
They prefer to be on the dry side, we grow them in the nursery I work in. Im not sure if they are worth the effort of bonsai training, but you could always try. Some varieties are susceptible to nematodes and they're all cold sensitive.
They prefer to be on the dry side, we grow them in the nursery I work in. Im not sure if they are worth the effort of bonsai training, but you could always try. Some varieties are susceptible to nematodes and they're all cold sensitive.
carp
Chumono
@Geo , we use it in landscaping here in Florida all the time. Typically they clump, but I think the trunks fuse because I've seen trunks on old Alamanda. There is a dwarf, but the leaf and flower is still pretty big, and the internodes are long, not sure how they reduce either.
They prefer to be on the dry side, we grow them in the nursery I work in. Im not sure if they are worth the effort of bonsai training, but you could always try. Some varieties are susceptible to nematodes and they're all cold sensitive.
They prefer to be on the dry side, we grow them in the nursery I work in. Im not sure if they are worth the effort of bonsai training, but you could always try. Some varieties are susceptible to nematodes and they're all cold sensitive.
Geo
Chumono
armetisius
Chumono
Yes the flowers are large but according to this document:
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/FP/FP59500.pdf
they are only 2.5". Which sounds about right. Many of the
satsukis have flowers that size and larger.
My Great-aunt had one in a pot for years, along with her
hibiscus, all were grown shrub form and were fabulous when
they bloomed. Nearly constantly. She kept them around 3' tall
and her root pruning consisted of slicing off the bottom third
of the root balls every Spring and replacing the bottom with fresh
"enriched" soil. Always wintered well in her sun porch too. Though
flowering seems to stop during the winter.
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eferguson1974
Chumono
Alamendra is the word for almond in Spanish. I dont remember them in Fl. but I never looked either. They have big leaves, like 6" across. Same family?
Geo
Chumono
No. They are not Alemandra. Leaved are much smaller. As are the flowers.
Geo
Chumono
Yes flowering stops in winter here too.
