Lapageria or...?
- To: "'m*@ucdavis.edu'"
- Subject: Lapageria or...?
- From: V* A*
- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 04:40:45 -0500
Glenn,
>From your description, I would guess your climber is a Bignoniacea. Try:
http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/ven-guayana/bignoniaceae/bignonia.html
for a key to the genus that gives very technical descriptions and a few
pencil drawn images.
I can propose two hypothesis: one is Clytostoma callistegioides (formerly
Bignonia violacea)? It is half evergreen and the flowers are lavender and
violet. There's a photo at:
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/1079/vines.html
Another possibility could be Pseudocalymma alliacea, whose flowers actually
do look like Thumbergia grandiflora, and it's quite easy to tell as the
leaves definitely smell of garlic. See a photo at: www.zoneten.com/vines.htm
BTW, both sites show various photos of wonderful vines, and particularly
this last site has a photo of my beloved Petrea volubilis, one of the most
magnificent climber on earth, that alas! can be only kept under glass here
in Rome, but maybe can grow outdoors with some of you guys around the
world.
Ciao,
Alessandra
