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cajunace
Ace, TX (Zone 8a)
June 10, 2002 6:13 AM Post #32166
| I received this at a swap and I have no idea what it is. 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
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Baa
June 10, 2002 6:33 AM Post #278077
| There are a couple of species of Zauschneria with broad, ovate leaves like this. I may be way out here but it looks like one of those. I will have to dig about for the species names though. |
JustJen
Dansville, NY (Zone 6a)
June 10, 2002 9:19 AM Post #278091
| my first thought was red ruella.
let me look some more also
jen |
cajunace
Ace, TX (Zone 8a)
June 10, 2002 2:37 PM Post #278233
| If I can offer any more info, please just tell me what you need. |
Baa
June 10, 2002 5:07 PM Post #278344
| Cajunace
First may I say hello! Please forgive my tardiness in my welcoming you to DG :)
Any info would be great please, is it shrubby? Does it have a scent, approx how tall and wide the plant, leaves and/or flowers are? Does it flower now in your area or is this an older picture? |
cajunace
Ace, TX (Zone 8a)
June 10, 2002 11:40 PM Post #278566
| Thanks for the welcome Baa, I am glad I found this place. First off I got it at a swap and it was a tiny little thing. I kept it in the greenhouse up until this spring. Right now it is approximately 18" tall, and the blooms are about an inch to an inch and a half, they are sort of trumpted. I just put it in the ground about a month ago and it seems much happier. I have never tried this in full sun. First the greenhouse and now it is planted int he shade.
The picture is new! |
cajunace
Ace, TX (Zone 8a)
June 11, 2002 12:13 AM Post #278592
| I ran a search on Zauschneria and that dosen't seem to be it. At least from the pictures my search brought up. This reminds me of something in the Bleeding Heart Family with the foliage and the way the blooms droop. |
JustJen
Dansville, NY (Zone 6a)
June 13, 2002 1:53 AM Post #280231
| cajunace, if its what i think it is its called ruellia elegans. heres a link to ithttp://uga.ovationsoftware.com/SummerTrials/2001/images/Ru...
hope it helps id it
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cajunace
Ace, TX (Zone 8a)
June 13, 2002 1:47 PM Post #280553
| Sorry MSJen that's not it either. Thanks for trying! |
toadlily
Grandview, TX (Zone 7b)
June 13, 2002 3:01 PM Post #280604
| cajunace,
It looks to me like Cuphea 'David Verity'?
http://www.lanset.com/pathline/cuphdverity.htm
Toadlily |
cajunace
Ace, TX (Zone 8a)
June 13, 2002 8:44 PM Post #280858
| Nope, still not it, I have the Cuphea. I have made a journal page with a total of 3 photos, this may help. http://davesgarden.com/editgj/viewentry.php?rid=16876 |
Baa
June 13, 2002 10:18 PM Post #280921
| OK could it be Mitraria coccinea? (sorry guys don't know the common name if it has one)
http://images.google.com/images?q=mitraria&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&ta... |
JustJen
Dansville, NY (Zone 6a)
June 14, 2002 12:02 AM Post #280973
| http://www.butterflies.org/hortcltr3.cfm?plantID=130
how about this one? |
cajunace
Ace, TX (Zone 8a)
June 14, 2002 4:10 AM Post #281110
| That's it Ruellia graecizans THANKS MSJen!!! |
Baa
June 14, 2002 9:33 AM Post #281171
| Phew!
Well done MsJen! That was a tough one :) |
JustJen
Dansville, NY (Zone 6a)
June 14, 2002 12:33 PM Post #281227
| i knew it was "red ruellia" just didnt know the correct name for it. i have one also, but had it labeled elegans..need to change it now..
had no idea there were so many ruellias available.
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cajunace
Ace, TX (Zone 8a)
June 14, 2002 1:19 PM Post #281248
| I love this place, everyone here is the greatest! |
JustJen
Dansville, NY (Zone 6a)
June 14, 2002 1:31 PM Post #281250
| tell that to my kids??? lol |
cajunace
Ace, TX (Zone 8a)
June 14, 2002 1:35 PM Post #281254
| Got kids too, understand completely, just remember, when they become parents we will become genuses! Until then we are complete idiots! LOL! |
