Vines!!!

[Gbarce]

I was playing around with the camera today taking pictures of and around the house ( I am thinking of picking up Photography as a hobby) and I found this vine that has opened up a flower.

Show us all what vines you are growing

[Gbarce]

By the way can anyone ID this?

The color is a really intense red/orange.

[Gbarce]

I am playing around with the Macro setting here.  Please indulge me.

[Gbarce]

I think this is the closest my camera could handle

[Gbarce]

Show us your vines

[Carlos Simón]

Hello Gene,

Your vine is a Passiflora, but I am not sure what species it is. It could be a hybrid. Anyway I would say Passiflora coccinea or P. coccinea x

It´s very nice indeed.

Regards,

Carlos

[Carlos Simón]

Of all the vines that grow on our farm, maybe the Lundia cordata is one that I enjoy the most. Strongylodon ( macrobotrys and siderospermum ), Mucunas, Entadas, Aristolochias, etc are impressive, but the L. cordata is special. Another important thing is it blooms in winter ( North hemisphere ) and it gives a touch of color to the garden.

[cagary]

Here's the Strongylodon macrobotrys I have that is trying to take over the inside my heated greenhouse here in southern California.

[Carlo Morici]

Fantastic Lundia and Strongylodon. Carlos, I am glad to here you have Strongylodon established outdoors. Did it bloom?

Carlo

[Carlos Simón]

Carlos, I am glad to here you have Strongylodon established outdoors. Did it bloom?

Carlo, S. macrobotrys blooms easily. It´s a very agressive vine, more than some mucunas and Entada gigas.

S. siderospermum is a fragile vine, very sensitive to strong winds and they have not bloomed yet   .

[amazondk]

Gene,

Your passiflora is a wild form of passion fruit found commonly here in secondary vegetation.  You can use the fruit like passion fruit to make juice.

dk

[Tropicalken]

I was wondering if anyone is growing Lundia cordata in Florida, California, or Hawaii? Is there a known source for this vine?

Ken

[metalfan]

I don't have any vines in bloom at the moment to show off, and you guys have seen the photos of my Green Jade before. I have a ton of different Hoyas in the greenhouse that I really like. They are really going to town in there, growing up the walls and onto supports everywhere. They are such easy growers.

[Jeff Searle]

(Tropicalken @ Jan. 06 2008,16:31)

QUOTE

I was wondering if anyone is growing Lundia cordata in Florida, California, or Hawaii? Is there a known source for this vine?

Ken

Ken,

   I would like to know this as well. I would love to find this.......can trade for a nice choice palm from my collection...... . But I never have heard of this one before. Does anyone out there have any?........please help.

Jeff

[Walter John]

Do Alamandas count as vines ? I have 3 different ones.

[ariscott]

I got heaps!! At the moment growing IN my shadehouse over everything. I can't take photos unfortunately. I have jade vine, jasmine (not sure what type... I forgot now), rangoon creeper (can't remember the latin name), and a few others that are growing into each other... creating a mess. My shadehouse looks like a jungle going wrong at the moment... .

That Lundia Cordata is so pretty though... worth considering. Is it tropical?

Regards, Ari

[Eric in Orlando]

Heres a few.......

Quisqualis indica 'Flore Plena'- Double Rangoon Creeper

Aristolochia cymbifera

Strophanthus gratus

Chonemorpha fragrans

[Eric in Orlando]

Thunbergia mysorensis

Millettia pachycarpa

Callaeum macropterum (Mascagnia macroptera)- Butterfly Pod Vine

Aristolochia gigantea

[Eric in Orlando]

Mansoa hymenaea- Garlic Vine

Clerodendrum splendens

Passiflora platyloba

Passiflora coriacea- Bat Wing Passion Vine

[Texeltropics]

Hi,

I'm shocked! These plants are really beautifull.

Is it possible to find seeds from these plants? From the Lundia cordata and these plants from Eric?

Im from holland so plants would be difficult for me.

[Walter John]

I was taking some night pics down the yard so I thought I'd capture these, Allamanda cathartica in yellow and what is known as Jamaican sunset.

[ariscott]

I got several cuttings of those Aristolochia gigantea and they are doing well (touch wood!!). Are those tough enough to go in sun, Eric? Or should I just plant it in a hanging basket on the verandah for the moment? I don't want to put it into my jungle mess (shadehouse). How fast do they grow?? Thank you... they all look fantastic by the way!!

Regards, Ari

[Eric in Orlando]

Thanks.

Aristolochia gigantea will grow in sun or shade but flowers better with more light. It will grow fine in full sun.

Here, a native butterfly, the Pipevine Swallowtail, lays eggs and the larvae defoliate it several times a year but it comes back very fast. One day it is full, 2-3 days later it is stripped and a week later it is full again. It is amazingly fast but is not borderline invasive like the stinky A. grandiflora;

[Texeltropics]

eric,

the quisqualis indica is that an easy plant? Does it need high temperatures and sun?

:cool:

[ariscott]

Mine in full sun!! And it is growing like weeds....

Thanks Eric, good to know the aristolochia can take sun. I might try to put something up for them to climb. Maybe Scott can knock up some steel structure over my path.... BTW, they don't stink too badly, do they?

Regards, Ari

[Eric in Orlando]

Texel

The Quisqualis is an easy plant, a bushy vine. I have seen them trained as small trees, the long rambling branches kept pruned back. They do best in full sun and moist soil but are semi drought tolerant once established. It is a subtropical/tropical vine that gets killed back below about 28-29F.

[Eric in Orlando]

We are growing several Aristolochia but so far only A. grandiflora has an odor. I think some odors do but you have to put your snout right into the flower to detect it. The color (and scent) attracts flies and beetles to pollinate it. A. grandiflora can really smell, like there is a dead rat somewhere around. It seems the scent is strongest in the morning. Its interesting as the flower will close up and trap insects in there for the day. They crawl around looking for an escape and in the mean time get covered in pollen. The flower secretes a liquid that the insects can feed on. The next day it releases them and they go on to another flower repeating the process and pollinating the other flowers.

[fastfeat]

Ari--

Aristolochias are very easy in sun. Chain link fence is probably the best place to grow them, though anything small diameter (for them to twin around) and strong enough (can get fairly heavy) will work.

Eric--

I'm surprised how hardy Millettia and Callaeum are--both grow here in Austin.

Here's one of my favorite vines, Distictis laxiflora, Vanilla Trumpet Vine:

[Eric in Orlando]

We don't have have D. laxiflora but are growing D. x rivers which is a hybrid of D. laxiflora and D. buccinatoria. It tends to flower on and off almost all year but heavier in the summer;

[Eric in Orlando]

The Callaeum is hardy at least into the low 20sF maybe lower. Millettia is is good even lower. There are 2 Millettia vines in the trade and both are similar and have had recent name changes. The most common is M. reticulata which is now known as Callerya reticulata. This is the one known as Evergreen or Tropical Wisteria, which is wrong on all 3 counts; its not evergreen, tropical, or a Wisteria (but distantly relatives in Fabaceae).

Then there is Millettia taiwaniana which is now M. pachycarpa.

C. reticulata

M. pachycarpa

[fastfeat]

(Eric in Orlando @ Jan. 09 2008,09:18)

QUOTE

The Callaeum is hardy at least into the low 20sF maybe lower. Millettia is is good even lower. There are 2 Millettia vines in the trade and both are similar and have had recent name changes. The most common is M. reticulata which is now known as Callerya reticulata. This is the one known as Evergreen or Tropical Wisteria, which is wrong on all 3 counts; its not evergreen, tropical, or a Wisteria (but distantly relatives in Fabaceae).

Then there is Millettia taiwaniana which is now M. pachycarpa.

C. reticulata

M. pachycarpa

Eric--

I'd imagine the one here is reticulata.

Those two species sure look pretty similar. Looks like someone had too much time on their hands splitting them off into two separate genera... Of course, I'm just looking at a couple of pics, not at details through a 'scope.

Is M. pachycarpa in the trade? Looks like a few small pods are forming there. Does it set viable seed for you?

[fastfeat]

(Carlos Simón @ Jan. 05 2008,14:45)

QUOTE

Of all the vines that grow on our farm, maybe the Lundia cordata is one that I enjoy the most. Strongylodon ( macrobotrys and siderospermum ), Mucunas, Entadas, Aristolochias, etc are impressive, but the L. cordata is special. Another important thing is it blooms in winter ( North hemisphere ) and it gives a touch of color to the garden.

Carlos--

That Lundia is gorgeous! Is it a common vine there? Does it set seed for you?

[Gbarce]

Internet is finally back in the house!!!  I can finally join in - I check out the forum at work but its just difficult to indulge myself in that environment.

Wow-  I never realized there was such a wide variety of vines around.  Most of these here I have never seen even in just pictures.

Here's a nice little hoya--pretty common I think.

[Gbarce]

Here's a shot from teh back of 2 other clusters that haven't opened yet

[Gbarce]

Here's a vine that was probably planted by my grand parents over 50 years ago.  I think the common name is the Sandpaper Vine because the leaves are so rough.

Does any one know the scientfic name?

The "bark" of the vine is silvery gray and I've always thought that it has a very elegant and graceful growth habit.  

The vines have gotten pretty thick over the decades and is more wood than anything at this point.

I don't have pictures of the whole vine now but I'll take shots tomorrow and post them.  This sucker is probably 3 stories tall.

[Gbarce]

Nice blue flowers.

when we were kids we use to throw the dried flowers  out the window and watched them spin downwards like helicopter propellers.

[ariscott]

Is it Petrea volubilis? Well, that is what I know as sandpaper vine and it does have blue flowers.

Regards, Ari

[palmmermaid]

Does indeed look like Petrea volubilis.

The Lundia resembles Tecomanthe venusta - pink petticoat.  The butterflies love it.  I like it because the flower clusters hang down so you can see them when you walk under the vine.  

I also love the chalice vine.  It is in bloom here now.  I only have a small one and it hasn't bloomed yet.

[Gbarce]

Ari and Kitty - I looke it up and YES it is!!!  Thanks for the ID.

[Carlos Simón]

Hi,

I´m back!

Wow... What so beautiful pictures have you been posted guys!

That Lundia Cordata is so pretty though... worth considering. Is it tropical?

Ari, Lundia comes from coastal forest of Brazil.

Darwin can be a good place to plant it ;-)

That Lundia is gorgeous! Is it a common vine there? Does it set seed for you?

No, it´s rare here and I´ve never seen any seeds :-(

By the way, Ken, Eric, your Distictis are fantastic, I´ve never seen them before