Re: (Metrosideros) Bloom seasons in northern and southern hemispheres
- Subject: Re: (Metrosideros) Bloom seasons in northern and southern hemispheres
- From: J* D* <j*@yahoo.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 09:32:18 -0800 (PST)
The plants at Strybing in San Francisco share this
textbook difference: the one labeled M. kermadecensis
has rounded leaves (and almost no aerial roots), the
one labeled M. excelsa has pointed oblong leaves (and
profuse aerial roots). The problem is, I can't say
I've observed the difference in their bloom. All I
know is the M. excelsas do reach a peak in May-June,
as might be expected.
I'm convinced that Monrovia or whoever propagates this
species most in California is selling a hybrid or the
wrong species under M. excelsa.
-Jason
San Francisco
--- Doobieous <doobieous@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'm convinced the two Metrosideros i've bought are
> either Kermadecensis or a hybrid of M. excelsa and
> M.
> kermadecensis. Literature on the web seems to say
> that
> pure M. excelsa has more oblong leaves, while M.
> kermadecensis has rounder shorter ones. Mine, and
> all
> of the Metrosideros i've seen here have the rounded
> leaves, and year round spotty bloom (although they
> do
> seem to look better the older they get.
>
> One of mine is going into bloom. The upper branches
> all have buds on them, some of them opened up. So
> i'm
> hoping for a decent show. They're also a very nice
> deep dark red that is gorgeous.
>
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