Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Dwarf Poinciana, Pride of Barbados

[SockUnicorn]

 

[Starfox]

That's different, I like it though.
You are going to make me dig up C. gilliesii that self seeds here if they take to pot culture as well as yours.

 

[Anthony]

Can you get Oxalis f.

 

[SockUnicorn]

Can you get Oxalis f.

I haven't seen it commonly anywhere

 

[SockUnicorn]

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

@SockUnicorn
Lovely flowers.
The flowers trump any flaw in the growth habits of the species. Nicely done.

 

[SockUnicorn]

@SockUnicorn
Lovely flowers.
The flowers trump any flaw in the growth habits of the species. Nicely done.

Concur. It's not truly a bonsai species and yet here I am in my second year with something tolerable. The flowers are quite pretty.

 

[Forsoothe!]

How old to flower?

 

[SockUnicorn]

I've had two and both have flowered within the year and a half that I've had them. The other grew to a few feet before flowering, this one stayed more to scale because of the tiny pot.

 

[Forsoothe!]

I just noticed you're in Florida. Question withdrawn. I'm in Michigan with a tree I've had for ~10+ years a tree that grows straight up, dies back a long way when pruned and doesn't seem to be near flowering.

 

[SockUnicorn]

I just noticed you're in Florida. Question withdrawn. I'm in Michigan with a tree I've had for ~10+ years a tree that grows straight up, dies back a long way when pruned and doesn't seem to be near flowering.

Haha tbh the growth habits are barely better in florida. Not a good bonsai species but we'll see.

 

[Forsoothe!]

Thanks, you've made my day. I'm going to stick my head in the toilet.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

Not trying to rub salt in a wound, but it took me a long time to accept that one can not grow everything, everywhere. No matter how good my winter light garden is, and it is good enough for many species of orchids, one can not keep all that many trees happy in winter. Most full sun tropical and subtropical trees need more light than even fairly fancy light gardens provide. Windowsills never provide enough sun, because glass of the window already eliminates 30% or more, and at northern (or southern) higher latitudes, day length is not long enough. For example, even under 1000 watt HPS lamps, I could not get good tight growth on a Japanese Black pine. Delonix really needs full sun or near full sun, which in winter we can not give adequately. They also need heat.

Some tropicals want tropical heat, where in winter most do not heat their homes above 78 F (25 C) many true tropicals want daytime temps above 78 F, or 25 C. The high humidities some plants require for good growth also limits choice of species. Ixora is a lovely flowering shrub, does not do well under lights because it likes warmth, & humidity, even though its tolerance of shade does mean many lights set ups are bright enough for Ixora, we fail because heat and humidity are not high enough.

theobroma - Cacao - the fruit of which yields chocolate - is a true thermophile. It will wilt and die at temperatures as low as 50 F (+10 C). It does not like a temperate climate.

So we have to pick and choose what we grow on windowsills and under lights.

 

[SockUnicorn]

 

[Forsoothe!]

How about a close-up of a flower bud in making? I'd like to know what to look for. I thought they bloomed in July like the red Poinciana.

 

[Potawatomi13]

Pretty.

 

[SockUnicorn]

It legit looks just like a new branch. Almost impossible to tell. Early on it converts to a cluster of buds. Always a cluster of little red dots. Unfortunately I don't think I have anymore coming.

How about a close-up of a flower bud in making? I'd like to know what to look for. I thought they bloomed in July like the red Poinciana.

 

[SockUnicorn]

 

[Forsoothe!]

Thanks for the photos.

 

[SockUnicorn]