Re: Brachychiton? Re: Another mystery tree
Diane,
This is my first foray into the medit plants forum, but since we're still on
the subject of the Brachychiton [I was about to email you with the
brachychiton suggestion when I saw you had already got there!] I thought I
would throw in my two bob's worth. The Brachychiton will flower even in
climates which receive heavy winter and spring rainfall such as here in the
South West of Western Australia. The flowering is unpredictable every where,
even in it's native habitat. Sometimes half the tree is lit up with blossom
while the other half is bare!
I think the non-flowering must be due to something other than the winter
wet. But I wouldn't give up hope!
Cheers,
Margaret.
----- Original Message -----
From: Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com>
To: <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 1:04 AM
Subject: Re: Brachychiton? Re: Another mystery tree
> Thanks, Moira,
>
> If Brachychiton requires a dry winter and spring, that answers why it
> hasn't flowered (although 30 years from a seed isn't unusual - I've
> had rhododendrons take that long to flower). I'm sure the roots are
> outside the greenhouse, so there's nothing I can do about keeping it
> dry in the winter, which is when we get all our rain. It might have
> flowered if I'd kept it in a pot. Too late for that, now, and it
> doesn't look like the sort of plant that would root from a cutting.
> Maybe I could try air-layering. Back when I had a mist system for
> rooting rhododendrons, the nearby fig tree grew long roots on a large
> branch closest to the mist.
>
> Diane
>
