Jade Vine

Strongylodon, do you actually have one? Is your Avatar a picture of yours? I saw a picture of the red one from New Guinea - identical except with red blooms and strangely even a different species ... Mucuna bennetti ... I certainly would love one of those!

 

Unfortunately no. I first saw one in Singapore botanical gardens back in '83 and was stunned by the turquoise colour. I grew one from a cutting when I worked for an exotic plant nursery which closed down later and the plant went to Wisley, might still be there. They are a truly tropical vine so not much hope of growing it anywhere other than a palm house or similar.

 

Think it might still be at Wisley, I think I remember seeing one there, did you propagate it strongy?

 

We have two "exotic" centres here .. some day on my travels I shall look into this. I understand they are rare ... whoa, this makes me want one! Watch this space ..

 

There is a magnificent one in the Cambridge Botanic Gardens. You walk through a great curtain of these hanging clusters. Lots of other exotics too - watch this space!

 

I really miss those gardens. I used to walk round regularly.

 

Pete, the one I grew from a cutting was taken to Wisley in '88 it may be the one or they may have propagated from it later, I haven't been there since '81.
Hornbeam, a beautiful photo of a beautiful vine,you have it colour correct which is difficult. it often appears blue or greeen instead of true turquoise.

 

I took this picture at Wislay in 2003.



[ 01. August 2006, 12:35 AM: Message edited by: Rich ]

 

HORNBEAM WHAT A LOVELY PIC.THE NAME PLEASE AND STOP TEASING :D :D

 

Teasing :confused: The Jade Vine's botanic name is Strongylodus macrobotry

 

HA HA HA !!! NEVER YOUR ARE HAVING ME ON :D

 

Guess I spelled it incorrectly, but here it is http://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/jadevine.htm

 

I can't see your last two photos in this thread, Hornbeam!

... and Fancy seems off in a world of her own at the moment! :rolleyes:

 

I have just found a nursery that is selling them but at �£35+12.50 p+p I am not tempted, even if I had my own greenhouse, particularly as they need a minimum winter temp of 15c to grow well.
www.exoticplantsdirect.co.uk/ is the place (mail order). It is the online part of the nursery which holds the UK Callistemon collection and sell all kinds of exotics now.
I'll just have to be satisfied that I grew one once.

 

Thank for coming up with that nursery strongy, its not far from me and looks worth a visit.