Plant growing in Malaysia

Hi all,

Friend just back from Malaysia wants to know what this plant is.

It is a garden escapee growing in the Cameron Highlands and is about 4' high. The leaves are an interesting shape.

I've tried but cannot identify.

Hope the photos work

 

Cameron Highlands...that brings back memories.
Sorry cant help you with the plant.
robert

 

It looks similar( although smaller), to a plant Kedi Gato wanted IDing a couple of months ago growing in Florida.
I'm not sure but I think Bob came up with the answer, cant remember what it was now though.

 

Hi has been and also pete ...

The plant from Sis in Florida is Tithonia diversifolia (Bolivian Sunflower) and I thought of that as well as the Euryops species when I looked in earlier. I keep looking at the leaves .... and the Florida one COULD be right ....

I shall be starting some of the Tithonia seeds off soon .. not sure about Bob, although I sent him some I seem to have lost him ...

 

Hi Victoria, I though you had gone AWOL as well.:D

Thithonia rings a bell, but as you say it might not be that, it just sprung to mind.

Have you got rid of the ads BTW?:thumb:

 

No, pete, I'm still here .. difficult to get rid of me .. you of all people should know that ... :lollol:but thanks for that link which t'other half may or may not get around to doing .... :dh:

Bloody nuisance, just try to ignore it as and when I 'visit' now ... :hehe:

 

just download firefox adblock plus, its under add ons.

It seems to work for me.


I just turned it off, I see what you mean.
Dont think I would still be here if I had to put up with all that.

 

... and because it's not necessarily 'geo' linked or whatever it's called (I'm a technophobe like you) I get Portuguese flashing ads as well ... whey hey ... ne'r mind, guess new members don't mind it ...

 

spot on Victoria - thanks

and Pete

 

You're welcome, has bean ... assuming pete and I are correct ... he led me up the garden path to identity ... :lollol: :yho:

This is probably the best link for it ...

http://www.floridata.com/ref/t/tith_div.cfm

 

I love this forum. It introduces you to all manner of plants you don't come across in the local garden centre.

Having grown Tithonia rotundifolia for the first time this year, I will have to try this some time. I read on one site that it can reach 25 feet. 25 feet flowers would really wind my neighbour up. :D

 

but I cannot find a seed supplier

 

This is the only one I could find. http://www.b-and-t-world-seeds.com/carth.asp?species=Tithonia diversifolia&sref=77811

I keep coming across B&T when Googling. They are French and seem to stock more seeds than any other company, but I have never tried them. They are into the wholesale trade, often selling seeds by the kg. But they will also supply 1 gram (300 seeds) of Tithonia diversifolia for â?¬7. Its a bit more than the usual seed prices, but I don't think that matters if you are getting something that is so unusual.

I haven't decided yet what seeds to get for next year, but I am coming round to the view that 'weird and wonderful' can be a lot of fun. It must be the influence of members of this forum. :D

 

Peter, you pipped me to the posting ...

I have a few I could spare that my sister brought from Florida ... Peter I think I have your address if you want some. Has bean, if you want a few, please PM me your name and address.

I certainly plan on trying to get some going here ...,. :yho:

Here is the link showing the tree in Florida ...
http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/florida-daisy-tree-t21533.html

 

Vicky - thats very kind of you. I was trying to post without making it look like a request for some seeds, because I know you are so generous and would offer. I will tell you what - you grow it and get a quantity of seed and we can talk about it next year.

As I said, I am really getting into the 'weird and wonderful' plants - with the encouragement of you and others. The most valuable service that you all can provide is information. Once you have the information, everything else can be made to happen. But without the information nothing happens. I am currently growing Brugmansiaa and Daturas with seeds from Walnut, which have done wonderfully. I am growing two types of Echium, some of which are already two feet high. I can't wait to see what they will do next year. And I already have plans to try some other Echiums next year. Also I am pleased to have got Fuchsia arborescens flowering.

My next door neighbour is a very good friend and also a keen gardener but, unlike me, the sort that doesn't want to know what the full plant name is. So I enjoy winding him up. Earlier this year I said I had some spare Fuchsia plants, that I had grown from seed - did he want some. I specifically asked him if he wanted to know their full name and how big they would grow - knowing full well he wouldn't want to know, and he didn't. So I gave him these plants and he said he would put them in his hanging baskets. Well they are now over three feet high and will continue to grow to 15 feet, if he overwinters them. :D

I do however suffer from it being not very hot, up here. You kindly sent me some cuttings of Leonotus, a couple of years ago. Last year it grew well, but it was so cold it didn't flower. This year, I was hoping it would flower earlier - but now I am starting to see the red buds appearing. Its most exciting waiting to see a flower that you have never seen before.

So, thanks for the very kind offer, but I shall wait till you have got some up and running, and a good quantity of seed. In the meantime - keep all that knowledge and information coming. :thku: