Mirabilis longiflora
Garak (Sun, 24 Jun 2018 06:13:09 PDT)

Hi Judy,

thanks a lot for those pictures, I've added them to the wiki. I've been
unlucky with M. longiflora myself, for me they are just about surviving
for a few years, but never flower. Just like you I've got them in a
container, keeping them dry in the frost free garage in winter. I wonder
what's wrong with eitehr my climate or my method of keeping them...

Martin

Am 24.06.2018 um 04:03 schrieb Judy Glattstein:

I have had this plant for decades. The seed came, if my memory is
correct, from a friend who was working at Monticello. The by now
rather large, dark brown, rough textured cluster of tuberous roots -
look like fingers pointing downward from the single crown - lives in a
pot year round, spending the winter in the garage, ignored and
un-watered.

It is doing quite well this year, probably because I gave it a
substantial top-dressing rather than just hauling it outdoors and
giving it a drink of water.

I went to the wiki, and was surprised to find only one picture,
comparing seeds of M. jalapa and M. longiflora. None of M. longiflora
flowers or plant. Hopefully, I have attached two images of the
flowers, from 2016 and 2008.

It always sets generous seed - would anyone be interested?

Judy in New Jersey where Habranthus martinez is nicely in bloom, and a
pink rain lily whose stamens appear to be equal lengths so I'll go
with Habranthus robustus. What say you all?

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