Re: Beaumontiea grandiflora
- Subject: Re: Beaumontiea grandiflora
- From: d* f*
- Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 22:22:10 -0700 (PDT)
Graham,
Sorry for the misspelling of Dalechampia, I always
have trouble with the name. It is not that rare here,
but not particulary common either, having become
availabe in the wholesale nursery trade here in the
past 3~5 years or so. It should do very well in the
Algarve, if you can locate a source for the plant. It
is hardy to 25F, coming back from the roots, and tends
to be deciduous for me here in the SF Bay Area, even
without frost, leafing out again in March/April. Very
easy to grow otherwise, and will certainly take heat
as well. It is native to high elevation Andes of
Ecuador/Columbia, so it doesn't require heat to bloom.
The Stygmaphylum ciliatum is also hardy here, and is
native to Brazil. It will also take light frost
without problems, but both vines need regular garden
watering to grow well. If you can't find the
Dalechampia in Europe, I can save some seed if it sets
some again this year, but it wasn't until
January/February that it was finally ripe last year.
--- Graham Payne <dpsgkp@mail.telepac.pt> wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Jun 2001 23:22:57 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
>
> -snip-
>
> >Stygmaphyllum ciliatum-Orchid Vine
> >is another very tropical appearing vine which also
> is
> >very free blooming here, and will keep blooming
> 8~10
> >months, with lemon yellow orchid or Bauhinia like
> >flowers, with dainty foliage on a vigorous growing
> >vine. Keeping up the improbable list of vines, the
> >Delachampia dioscoraeifolia vine is another one to
> >consider, with its two bracts of crepe papery like
> >deep purple flowers, and a bloom season that
> stretches
> >from April to December for me in Berkeley. The
> >bougainvilleas are all looking great this year as
> >well, and seem well ahead of schedule compared to
> most
> >years. The local Jacaranda trees are all just
> >beginning to show color as well, and never fail to
> >announce the beginning of summer.
>
> David,
>
> Can you tell me more about Delachampia
> dioscoraeifolia. I can't find it in
> my books, a search on the web couldn't find it so I
> went to Kew Online
> Database, nothing! Then on to MBG W3 Tropicos and
> nothing again! Is it a
> very rare plant? You make it sound so exciting. It
> sounds tropical but
> would it grow here in southern Portugal with our
> long hot and very dry
> summers? It has not rained for about a month and it
> probably won't rain
> again until end September or October. Would the
> Stygmaphyllum ciliatum take
> these conditions? You might be surprised that my
> Petrea volubis flowers and
> grows well. The local Jacarandas that are used as
> street trees everywhere
> have just finished flowering, what a wonderful sight
> they make. The
> bougainvilleas that are in everyone's garden are
> just coming into their best
> now.
>
> Graham from a hot (32C most days last week) and dry
> Algarve.
> ---- Graham Payne ---- dpsgkp@mail.telepac.pt
> ----
>
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