Tropaeolum

[fermi de Sousa]

Tropaeolum tricolor is back in flower again - in the middle of winter.


cheers
fermi

[Tecophilaea King]

I am pleased to report that the first of some of the exchanged Tropaeolum seed has germinated, with hopefully many more to come.
I am not sure if any or more of the remaining pots outside will germinate, considering the renowed unpredictable nature of the seed.
Don't worry, I will percevere with pacience and good cultural practise and will keep every tropoholic informed of this exciting venture.
Many thanks to Steven McFarlane, J-P, Emiko Tsujii, Michael Götz, Eric Locke, Tazuka Ouuma, for their generous, valuable contrbutions.
That's what I like about the SRGC forums, we're one big happy family.
Tropaeolum beuthii
Tropaeolum hookerianum
Tropaeolum X lepidum

[Maggi Young]

Exactly, Bill, and we enjoy doing what other families do.... exchange "baby" photos- Your new Tropo babies are coming along nicely! 

[Eric Locke]

 

[DORA]

Hi everyone,

At first,  J-P，many thanks  for offering your T. moritzianum seeds. Next season it won’t be  good environment for growing Tropaeolum because of a major renovation of our condominium. But I’d like to challenge to grow them indoors.

Steven, your T.argentinum is wonderful!!
There was no germination this spring in my place , so I hope they start to germinate in autumn.
I’d like to know a secret of success to let them germinate.

Bill, congratulation!!  You've gotten so many seedlings, we’re looking forward to seeing their flowers.

Now, it’s summer in Japan. It’s abnormal weather, very hot summer.  Even in Nagano, the maximum temperature exceeds 30 degrees recently every day. It’s extraordinary. Almost Tropaeolum had dried out.

Under this environment, some T.smithii still keep flowering though the number of flowers decreases. It's amazing. T.tuberosum is alive, but I couldn’t see flowers at all this season. Maybe it’s too hot for it to bloom. So I hope to see its flowers next spring.

DORA

[Steven McFarlane]

Hi everyone

I thought that I should update you on the "other" T. smithii.  This is the plant that I received from Gary Fisher of Cotswold Garden Flowers and that I thought I had lost. As I mentioned earlier this year a few seeds germinated in April, about a year after sowing, having spent the winter in my unheated greenhouse.  Since then the plants have grown well, flowered and started to produce a few seeds. Hopefully this will allow me to keep it going and perhaps have enough seed to offer a few later this year.

I have been trying to get the plant properly identified but without any luck so far.  Perhaps someone can help.  Whatever its correct name it is a pretty flower and should be kept in cultivation.

Steven

[Jean-Patrick AGIER]

Another pic of Tr RHOMBOIDEUM

[ashley]

Tropaeophiles will be very interested in Curtis' Botanical Magazine September issue.

[pehe]

Tropaeolum tuberosum 'Ken Aslett' in the garden today. In the Greenhouse tricolorum is about 20cm.

Poul

[Regelian]

OK, I'm excited!  One seed from the last SRGC seed exchange had germinated...and is growing wildly.  Have no idea what it is other than a hybrid and can't wait until we get some flowers.  Do you think I should pot it up directly into a larger pot with a sandy loam mix?  It is in a 4x4 seedling pot at the moment.  How much root run do they generally like? Manno, this is exciting.  My first seedling after trying for I don't know how many years.

[fermi de Sousa]

Tropaeolum azureum is back in flower after taking a year or two off!


cheers
fermi

[Jupiter]

Haven't posted here for a long time, Tropaeolum season is in full swing in the Southern Hemisphere now. I have flowers on a seedling germinated this year, seed sold as T.lepidum, but seeing the flowers and comparing to photographs online I'm thinking it COULD be mislabeled? Looks a lot like pictures I've seen of T. hookerianum ssp. atropurpureum. Can anyone help me ID the plant?

[Paul T]

Congrats Fermi!

Excellent purple on that last one Jupiter.  Never seen a Trop like it.

[Darren]

Jupiter - you are correct. I had seeds under the same name (lepidum) and they were kindly identified by other forumists as T hookerianum austropurpureum.

[Maggi Young]

Jupiter, those photos are terrific... the detail of the markings on the calyx and spur is great!