Preuss' Strophanthus, Poison Arrow Flower

In Key West, this vine does very well most of the year outdoors. It blooms for me 9 or 10 months out of the year, and declines a bit in ...Read Morethe winter, losing most but not all of its leaves. At some point in February, I will cut it back very hard, and it will flush right back out and be ready to start its bloom cycle again. I have not experienced any bug issues yet, and it does like its water. A wonderful plant for the Keys and South Florida.

Is any one afraid of this plant? i have strophanthus petersianus as seedlings right now and due to the nature of their history i wear glo...Read Moreves when handling them. just wondering because both species are very capable of giving an elephant a heart attack.

This plant does very well in Florida. It starts blooming in spring and continues until it gets cold. Flowers are smallish, about1.5 cm...Read More across, but the long tails and abundant blooms make it very nice plant.

This plant is extremely beautiful and has a graceful arching habit. I didn't not a scent.

It's very hard for me to grow si...Read Morence I don't have an accessable greenhouse. Providing the high humidity it craves is almost impossible so I usually have it confined to a large, clear, garbage bag.

I've brought it outdoors b/c we're having a humid summer so we'll see how it does.

Update: The summer is over and it's getting cold outside so it came back it.

It did VERY well outside. It dropped nearly all it leaves but put them back on much lusher.

I found out that it resents heavy fertilizer applications so I either diluted or used orchid fertilizer, depending what I was watering at the time.

I did use both bloom inducing forumulas but have yet to get it to flower. It was in bloom when I bought it three years ago.