order: gentianales
family: apocynaceae
genus: mandevilla
species: sanderi
first published on 03.05.2012:
I love mandevillas. The first one I've ever seen was two hybrid plants with very bright red blooms placed on both sides of the entrance to a japanese restaurant. They were beautiful. I learned that this genus also belongs to dogbane family, one that I like to collect.
I've got this plant in April for a fair price. It wasn't as expensive as those patented hybrids. One thing that I'm concerned with the purchase is that the pot comes with 3 plants. Every time I have multiple plants in a pot I hope that a friend will be willing to take some away, because I'm really having problem with space. So I'm hoping someone is going to ask me for this plant soon.
Both foliage and bloom are similar to those of a desert rose, a related genus. Although mandevilla's leaves are significantly larger and more rounded. Moreover I notice that, there aren't visible male and female sexual organs in mandevilla's flowers. Newly open flowers have intense pink colour that fades over a couple of weeks.
Care instructions? Moist soil (not soggy), bright, sunny site. It's normal that they drop their lower leaves. So in order to have a fuller appearance, it's advisable to prune back to where it should branch out new. To save space, fall would be a good time to do this, while moving the plant indoor.
>>Update:
By September 2012, my mandevilla has grown to be three times the size it was as I got it. Despite its climbing habit I did not provide it support, hoping that it can be trained to support itself this way. As for now I'm still quite happy with the result. New shoots that emerged from the trunk base are more vine-like with very long internodes. This could be the result of the frequent feeding with 8-8-6 fertiliser in the past few months. I've switched to 4-6.5-8 fertiliser beginning this month to encourage wood development. I hope this will stabilise the plant a bit. In one or two weeks when night temperature gets below 10°C, the plant will come back into the house. Depending on how much space I have, I might need to prune back longer stems.
family: apocynaceae
genus: mandevilla
species: sanderi
first published on 03.05.2012:
I love mandevillas. The first one I've ever seen was two hybrid plants with very bright red blooms placed on both sides of the entrance to a japanese restaurant. They were beautiful. I learned that this genus also belongs to dogbane family, one that I like to collect.
I've got this plant in April for a fair price. It wasn't as expensive as those patented hybrids. One thing that I'm concerned with the purchase is that the pot comes with 3 plants. Every time I have multiple plants in a pot I hope that a friend will be willing to take some away, because I'm really having problem with space. So I'm hoping someone is going to ask me for this plant soon.
Both foliage and bloom are similar to those of a desert rose, a related genus. Although mandevilla's leaves are significantly larger and more rounded. Moreover I notice that, there aren't visible male and female sexual organs in mandevilla's flowers. Newly open flowers have intense pink colour that fades over a couple of weeks.
Care instructions? Moist soil (not soggy), bright, sunny site. It's normal that they drop their lower leaves. So in order to have a fuller appearance, it's advisable to prune back to where it should branch out new. To save space, fall would be a good time to do this, while moving the plant indoor.
>>Update:
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| By September 2012. |
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