Chalice Vine

[Molly Taco]

I got a cutting of this beautiful flower last year at our Garden tour. I planted the rooted cutting and to my surprise got a bloom almost a year later. The Bloom is about 6" tall and 3" wide.
Solandra hartwegii
( Chalice vine )

[Cjcorner]

Wow...very pretty!

[Brutal_Dreamer]

That is cool! How does the vine grow? Is it winter tough?

Cheers,
BD

[Molly Taco]

Sorry BD it is a tropical vine that needs support, Southern Living Garden book says that it grows rampant and is sprawling but mine have been much more timid, we will see in their second year.

[Brutal_Dreamer]

Sorry BD it is a tropical vine that needs support, Southern Living Garden book says that it grows rampant and is sprawling but mine have been much more timid, we will see in their second year.

I thought as much. Hopefully when I reach retirement age, I can move somewhere tropical and grow my orchids and tropical plants outside.

Cheers,
BD

[Molly Taco]

It is a pretty cool thing to do, We just put 10 bare roots on the live oak yesterday, now if the squirrels will just leave them alone........

[Cjcorner]

It is a pretty cool thing to do, We just put 10 bare roots on the live oak yesterday, now if the squirrels will just leave them alone........

What do the squirrels do if they are in the tree?? We have tons of them around here.

[Molly Taco]

The little B&%$#@^s eat the new growth on the orchids.