Caesalpinia mexicana

Closely related - I see a theme emerging here...............

 

To be honest I've never succeeded with Caelsalpinia in a pot.
It was only when planted out on a hot wall that it actually made a real move.
Mine has actually suckered since I planted it, so its not really that tidy.

But the flowers are so unusual I'm reluctant to do any thing that might up set it.

 

Pete, I grew all my Gillesii in pots, never planted any outside and flowered regularly and got seed from them each year (pollinated them myself). The summers are never that hot for it to grow and flower well outside here.

 

I must admit we need a good summer, by that I mean dry, otherwise I find the flowers rot, but I've never had a year with no flowering and I find spraying the buds with fungicide helps a lot.
Mine has produced seed.


I know you did grow them in pots, also Bauhinia, but its never worked for me, mainly because they get big and the greenhouse space was not available.

Anyway they are hardy and the free root run works wonders once established.

 

This September, was not that great weather wise but it still flowered quite well and you can see the seed pods forming.