Tropaeolum 2015

[Maggi Young]

Can anyone tell me what this is, please?

[Matt T]

Tropaeolum adpressum?

[Maggi Young]

I think you're right, Matt - thanks!!

[Lesley Cox]

It looks to be a lovely plant Maggi. Is there a reasonable quantity of bloom to foliage?

[fermi de Sousa]

And is there a reasonable quantity of seed set to the bloom?
 
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

No idea,  Lesley, fermi - it was a someone posing the question on Twitter and I was puzzled.

[Lesley Cox]

Oh well, the possibilities were hopeful while they lasted.

[Jean-Patrick AGIER]

Hello,
This tropaeolum picture depicts a species from the serrato-ciliata section which is very confuse because the plants of this section are are very close to one another and are not currently in cultivation. And of course because their description is only taxonomic to this day. No one can tell what species it might correspond to by seing only 2 flowers and no leaves. The only reference we can rely upon is the taxonomic work by Sparre & Andersson ( which is a bit "technical" ).
The flowers doesn't seem to be pilose and the spur is red with a green apex. I think it could match with tropaeolum deckerianum. But this is only a possibility...
Maybe Graham could tell us more?
JP

[Jean-Patrick AGIER]

Tropaolum huigrense is considered a weed in Lyon's glass house.
The plant is self fertile and germinates quite easily here.
It can produce hundreds of seeds.
Flowers are quite small compared to the foliage.
JP

[Maggi Young]

Hi JP- I saw that you have what I think is the same photo , as this  perhaps adpressum on your site ( flikr, maybe?) with the Tropaeolum deckerianum possibility.  I think the flowers in the query photo are also not fully developed , so that is a further confusion ,eh?

[Paul Cumbleton]

Tropaeolum tricolor is making a good show outside  - this plant is in a container against a south-facing wall, kept outside all year round. In the glasshouse (just frost-free) Tropaeolum azureum is opening its very welcome flowers too.

Paul

[Jean-Patrick AGIER]

Hi,
Here are a few pictures of young 2015 seedlings.
Tr Moritzianum
Tr Fintelmannii ssp olmosense
Tr Argentinum
JP

[Jupiter]

In typical Tropaeolum form, this seed of Trop. peltophorum germinated after 2 and a half years in the pot, and practically forgotten by me.

[Jean-Patrick AGIER]

Two Tr INCISUM seedlings from the AGS seed exchange 2014 / 2015.
Curiously one of them has a  double shoot.
JP

[Jean-Patrick AGIER]

The conjunction of a sudden heatwave and aphids proliferation has prematurely put an end to growth and flowering of most of my Tropaeolum which I grow on my balcony. Some plants even didn't flower...
Here are 2 pics of Tr BRACHYCERAS. One plant curiously seemed not fertile ( no pollen ).
Sadly the 2 plants have  withered now.
JP