![]() ![]() The fruit is an explosive capsule, 14-16 mm long and 5-7 mm wide. Lower sepal saccate (pouch-like), abruptly constricted into a sharply incurved spur. Lateral sepals 2, small, green, 1.5-2 mm long. Upper petal cucullate (hooded), lateral petals united, rather small, so lower sepal is most conspicuous part of the flower. They could be red-yellow-green, sometimes purple with whitish petals, all purple, red or pink, 5 petalled, about 3 cm long. The flowers appear in fascicles (bunches or clusters) of 2-6 at the leaf-stem junction, often hidden under leaves. Leaf margins crenate ( with shallow rounded teeth). Petioles (stalks) rather long, usually fimbriate (margin fringed with some hairs). The leaves are spirally arranged, petiolate (stalked), glabrous (without hairs or scales) or sparsely pubescent (some hairs), broadly ovate, ovate-oblong, elliptic or lanceolate, 5-22 cm long and 3-9 cm wide, with 6-12 pairs of lateral veins. The stems are thick and succulent, moderately branched, glabrous (without hairs), becoming woody and leafless below. Recently found occasionally naturalising close to where it is cultivated in New Zealand. Upright perennial subshrub to 1 m high, most often with striking red-yellow-green flowers. Luckily, I took a cutting which I still have, though again, I nearly lost it at one point.I. However, I began digging, discovered what it was, and learned that it might be perennial in Brazil of South Florida, but it sure ain't perennial in our climate. I bought it, stuck it in the garden and it grew like a weed producing loads of big bright yellow flowers. It had no label, other than that it was a perennial. Bought one from Rona off their sick plant table. I have managed to get one cutting going, but most attempts to propagate this way have not ended in success, perhaps because I took cuttings from declining stems in the first place.Īlso, I am looking for seeds for Allamanda schotii. Older stems and even some younger ones keep dying off (though the main stem appears to be healthy). I don't know how long these plants are supposed to live, and I have no idea how long mine will last. I got mine out of the dumpster at Gardenworks when I was working there. (eBay sellers are particularly outrageous in the price they charge and the shipping costs.) Thompson and Morgan only sell plants, so one could only buy one in the UK. Any information?Īnybody know where I can get seeds for this species? I have been trying for about three years and the few sellers out there are either looking themselves (B&T for example) or charge outrageous shipping costs for a packet of seeds that is also expensive. I have been trying to find out whether the flowers / fruit have any toxicity, as I have eaten them myself, and have fed them to beloved pet rodents. You may try vaxing and let me know how well it restores the carpet! The plants also sheds leaves continuously, and flowers / fruit when in season. This drips onto the carpet and causes discoloration. When watered, you will rapidly see the water taken up and a sort of sweet sap appearing at the tips of hairs on the leaves and stems. I have seen little sign that it will be troubled by overwatering, and hence no reason to risk dry conditions. Our plant more-or-less stops flowering in the winter half of the year, i.e. But it just throws up fresh shoots and carries on. ![]() It may shed all of its leaves, especially when relocated. Move it or even walk past it too closely, and it will shed. If the plant is disturbed in any way, it tends to shed foliage. However, the plant is next to our fig tree and very close to the radiator and bay window! All sorts of conflicting influences there.Īlso known as 'Congo Cockatoo' or 'Queen Congo', but 'Parrot Plant' (or 'Parrot Tree') is clearly the more appropriate common name (see pic at e.g. They seem to be very tolerant in terms of staying alive despite seasonal changes, but we have a basement living room where the temperature rarely goes outside (say) 16-26 Celcius, and judicious use of heating often avoids the lower end of this, although light levels must be more variable. ![]()
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