Stictocardia beraviensis..first flower

What do you think Ron..beraviensis?

That's a beauty! Sure wish I could grow it here.

I just saw my first flower last week. They really have a dayglow look don't they?

Envious here in the desert!! My 2 seedlings croaked!!!

I think they like very high humidity

Hi Marie,Did you plant all the seeds...how many did I send you 4 or6? Maybe if you try to start them now with your weather really warming up.I wasn't expecting to see any flowers on mine until much later so it was a real lovely surprise!
rj,no humidity here either,so I will just have to see how it fares although we are in our last month of autumn and I will have to protect it over winter

Yes, mabe it's just high heat then? AZ has plenty of that eh?

I have read it should be impossible to grow them here and achieve blooms due to the intense heat and lack of humidity. :( I love it, it's so beautiful, but have decided not to pursue it myself.........I still endeavor with my hawaiian woodrose however lol Sorry you lost your seedlings Marie :( was pulling for them!

Yes, I too try and grow things that have a small percentage of success. I have the Hawaiin Wood Rose too, and in fact it's growing all over the place..but it hasn't bloomed yet. Not enough humidity during the winter is what I suspect.

RJ how difficult is Hawaiin Wood Rose to root from cuttings. I know they grow these in Central FL, and I was thinking of trying it here.

Thanks,

Dee

Dee,
I can't speak for other folks, but I've tried 3 times, and the last time with the help of Zone9tropicals.com - I used his greenhouse with auto misters, plant hormone etc. no luck at all. Apparently they are very susceptible to fungus, and this next round coming up soon we are going to spray the vine with anti fungal agents before taking the cuttings. I've tried woody and green cuttings..haven't had even 1 work yet.

What about simple layering, did you try that?

No - haven't tried that yet.

brical1-Judy - Very glad to see that you got such a nice bloom here
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=4944112

The bloom does look pinkish...

Here's the deal...the color of the blossoms cannot by itself be reliably depended upon to determine most species due to the fact that the corolla colors can change as affected by numerous environmental factors in addition to particular strains of a species having corolla color variations...

The details that are needed are clear closeups of the sepals and seedpods...including measurements of the sepals,pedicel and leaves including notating the absence or presence of any hairs...

The details collected must then be compared with a professional quality description of Stictocardia macalusoi
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/119823/
There are at present no professional quality descriptions of Stictocardia macalusoi available on the web (at least not for free)...and the descriptions provided by the various merchants is simply marketing descriptions emphasizing the flower colors and these are insufficient for a legitimate differential species determination...

Please document whatever details that you are comfortably able to so we have a basis with which to compare to other plants that are being grown by other enthusiasts...

The plant that you have looks to be healthy...try to hand pollinate the blooms to insure more seed production...

TTY,...

Ron

Judy you sent me 4. 2 germinated but I lost them when they were about 6 inches high.

mine was flowering when i bought it a couple months ago. it is already taking over the coral tree.

this is what is looked like when flowering

Clear closeups of the sepals would help in determining the species...
here are some nice sepal shots of some other MG's for reference

Ipomoea hederacea
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/125102/
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/125101/
Ipomoea stans - excellent view of both the inner and outer sepals
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/139488/
Ipomoea ochracea
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/121572/
Ipomoea orizabensis - excellent view of both the inner and outer sepals and lower secondary bracts
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/139479/
Ipomoea pandurata
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/121818/
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/121819/
Ipomoea purpurea - a superb sepal study photo series of the highest value for differential species identification purposes
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/146083/
Ipomoea quamoclit sepals closeup
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/128496/
Ipomoea setosa
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/84212/
Merremia verecunda
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/127276/

The sepals most usually (!) (but not always ! ) take precedence over other important structural characteristics when trying to identify many MG species...

The above links showing such excellent clear closeups of sepals on various MG's should be helpful to those who are interested in learning what the sepals are and what structural differences to look for that are often crucial in differential species identification...

Enjoy your MG's...(!)

TTY,...

Ron

Something to look at again