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Psuedobombax ellipticum
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2017 4:46 pm
by Stan
At least 12 years old. Could in the 15 year range. As I became a better gardener,it became a show plant. What a coincidence.
Dormant right now.
Re: Psuedobombax ellipticum.
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 12:01 am
by Jkwinston
Stan, have you managed to get any blooms from this plant so far? I have come across some tiny seedlings with blooms, on the internet, which I thought was not possible. Jkw
Re: Psuedobombax ellipticum.
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 9:22 am
by Stan
No blooms. Maybe this year. Coaxing blooms out of fat plants seems harder than getting growth. I'm marginal in the summer heat is the cause.
Re: Psuedobombax ellipticum.
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 9:54 am
by Geoff
Mine bloomed yearly but in Tarzana (LA)... now that I'm up in the high desert, I think heat is not the problem, but perhaps lack of a 'warm' winter. Lives through winter in garage fine, but no more effort to flower, despite plenty of heat (move it in garage for about 3 months a year)
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Re: Psuedobombax ellipticum.
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 4:07 pm
by Stan
It got nipped this year..but previous it was fine. I thought for sure it would flower last year..just foliage. I have a hard time getting heat needy plants to flower. I have a 5' P.lamerei that sent out a flower stalk..and it never made it to bloom when he had a frost the last week of December. That stalk had reached size in September..then stalled.
Re: Psuedobombax ellipticum.
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 11:00 pm
by Jkwinston
Stan wrote:It got nipped this year..but previous it was fine. I thought for sure it would flower last year..just foliage. I have a hard time getting heat needy plants to flower. I have a 5' P.lamerei that sent out a flower stalk..and it never made it to bloom when he had a frost the last week of December. That stalk had reached size in September..then stalled.
I suppose the small plants I saw with blooms were probably moved into a warm environment to produce the flowers. Or perhaps they were from a tropical climate anyway. Jkw
Re: Psuedobombax ellipticum.
Posted: Sat May 06, 2017 3:37 pm
by Jkwinston
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Re: Psuedobombax ellipticum
Posted: Sun May 07, 2017 7:37 am
by Jkwinston
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Re: Psuedobombax ellipticum
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 5:29 pm
by Stan
Well,you can compare to April and today's photo. Its really grown on Agaveville.
Re: Psuedobombax ellipticum
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2024 3:22 am
by Jkwinston