Lapageria

Easy way around that - buy her a Lapageria for Christmas!!!!!!

 

Have you ever done it? .....what uppen after?

her cats are destroing my plants , so no even more indoor plants

 

Think it through Sal - if she had a Lapageria it would only be fair for you to buy yourself one of these...................


Cantua buxifolia!

 

Can`t buy anything , saving money for the holiday

 

Is that Cantua yours LongK - I am growing one but it hasn't flowered yet.

 

You are BAD !!!!!!!!!

 

I wish! They bloom in the spring on last years growth, so don't prune. I've got two now as my sister bought me one for my birthday.

Kristen - I've no idea what you mean!

 

Sal - Charlie replied to my post on another forum:-

There are two good sources for fresh seed http://www.chileflora.com Michael has started sending the Lapageria seed out still in its pods usually in our spring time.
and not sure how he is placed at the moment (last time I spoke he had a bit of a crop failure) but Mike Jeans at http://www.tomorrowsplants.com also produces some fresh seed mostly in our autumn time.
The trick with them is just patience, they are not too bad germination wise (usually about 4-6 weeks) but after that they are just plain slow!

He also showed his Lapageria flowering in its third year.

 

PeterS , thank you ever so much , when I post a thread my hope is to get an answer like that , those site will never appear on google search...
thank you again

 

And after a long long search , finally my plants are flowering



the white




and the pink just lost al flower with no fruit , on the other hand , finger cross the red I`ve hand pollinate it`s seam it`s producing flowers ..finger cross

 

@sal73 - I am seriously jealous!

 

Wonderful Sal - well done

 

Longk , I travelled 3 hours to get the plants , for the simple reason that I wanted to know any secret about them , actually there is a secret about this plant .
I hope that they will produce seeds , I pollinate alle the flower and it seams that work , but not sure yet untill will have them , but finger cross If I manage to get fresh seeds you and anyone else will have seeds .... this plant it`s not easy unless you respect the few simple rules

 

unfortunatly the only way to get a plant it`s by seeds ...end of story .... no division , no cutting , no other way of propagation , that`s the main reason of the price and why the are so rare to get ...

 

Which are ?

I believe Charlie Pridham, http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk/ ,won't send them through the post because they won't travel.