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07-21-2010, 03:57 PM
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Mandevilla
Bought this plant, which was just sitting at the corner grocery waiting for me to stop by. I thought it was too cool to pass up, but now it is growing all over my window blinds and the neighboring plants. From the outside my windows look green, 
What do you guys think?
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07-21-2010, 04:35 PM
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i had one of these. i put it in the flower bed, and then i think it died over winter.
lol i thought you spelled masdevallia wrong  |
07-21-2010, 04:37 PM
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very pretty! guess it likes where it is growing!  |
07-21-2010, 04:44 PM
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These are everywhere in CO right now- I saw several beautiful specimens when I was in DC too. What a beauty!
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07-21-2010, 09:17 PM
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I just found another flower bud!!
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07-21-2010, 09:21 PM
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yay
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07-22-2010, 01:16 AM
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Zwoot!
They remind me of some convoluted(word of the week!) cross between a Plumeria (frangipani) and a Morning Glory.
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07-22-2010, 01:35 AM
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I like both leaves and flowers. Having a green window is cool But are you sure about the name? Google can't find many Mandevallia plants. Maybe is Mande villa. |
07-22-2010, 10:45 AM
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i think mine was called madevilla, but your flowers are exactly the same.
@izzie i was wondering about the convoluted thing. lol
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07-22-2010, 12:45 PM
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 Thats beautiful, Tindo! Your colors are very rich (probably because you have them inside). I have these plants, too. They have beautiful flowers. Remind me of allamandas, but are called mandevilla. The first ones I got were a special deep red cross from a guy up at the University of Florida. I had 2 pots of 2 plants each which I put it on the East and West sides of my shade house. West side died, but east side grew up over the top. Eventually it lost the lower leaves (up to about 5 ft) and didn't look so nice. So I went to Home Depot and bought a couple of similar colored Mandies to fill in at the bottom (I put them in the same big pot) and as they grew they wrapped around the leafless stems of the older plants and filled it in again. So now it has 2 diff colored flowers but most people wouldn't notice it. The summer heat has taken a toll on it this year. It looks much better in the spring. However I just noticed it is forming 5-6 buds (red) at the top! Here is a pic of a wilted flower from the bottom (pink).  |
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