I am going to try to post a few pics of this seedling using thumbnails.

This is a cross I made when I had Mango Crush. I only had Mango Crush for the one growing season. During the following winter I noticed that it came down with one of the stem blight diseases, so it was tossed. Anyway, Al Maas grew out this seedling for me. It bloomed the first year for him and he shared cuttings with me that fall (2005), but I could not keep it through the winter despite my best efforts. This past fall he shared a cutting with me again and I was finally able get it to live until this spring. So this is my first time seeing it bloom.

I had about seven people that received cuttings this past spring to evaluate it for me. But every one of them lost their cutting/plant. It seems that this seedling is hard to root and get going, but if you can do that, it goes on to grow well.

The blooms are very waxy and hold up to the heat very well. The bloom colors are a lot like its pod parent Mango Crush.

I don't know if that this one will be released, but I figured I would at least share pictures of it

David, don't you love the creative adventure of hybridizing brugs and seeing what turns up? It looks like you're following good steps in having your seedling grown out by folks in other areas & taking responsible steps to eliminate any plants that are diseased.

Through trials & tribulations, I have 3 seedlings I started in '05. I speak of them here every so often, but have yet to see blooms on the 3rd one. #1 strikes me as promising & has also performed well in TX. A mis-marked cutting of either #2 or #3 is blooming & has qualities I like, but nothing special in color...I'll need the original plants of #2 & #3 to bloom before I can ID this cutting. The original plants fared poorly during winter storage, so all have had to regrow from the base this year. A test in patience!

Good job on posting only small photos...we're trying hard to get people to avoid posting large ones, for the sake of those who can access the forum only on Dial Up. If you take it one step further & use Photobucket, you can post CLICKABLE thumbnails that will expand to a large size, allowing us to see the pics in greater detail. For anyone wanting an easy tutorial on this process, here's a link to Bob's instructions in the FAQ pages:

http://tinyurl.com/8ktbp

Patrick
Brug Moderator
USDA Zone 8b
Heat Zone 3
Sunset Zone 5
SeaTac, WA...one cool place

Its very pretty.

David, it's lovely.

Kathy
USDA Zone 5
Connecticut

Beautiful brugmansia, David. Thanks for sharing the different stages. I really like the way it unfurls from yellow to "mango" color. That's a keeper.

Jarie
Mission, TX
Rio Grande Valley
Zone 9

Hello David, I'm still new around here & I have a question. I heard rumors a couple of years back on another forum that MC was a carrier,. was that disproved then?


John~Travelling in Idaho

P.S. She's definitely a beauty!

Thanks everyone for your comments on this seedling. It is a very nice brug and the coloring is very similar to its pod parent Mango Crush. Which is its biggest plus for me.

Jarie, I am still mulling over whether this one is a keeper or not. Have to wait and see.

John, in response to your question of Mango Crush being a carrier. I am going to assume that you mean a carrier of SB - Stanglebrand or Stem Blight, whatever you want to call it.

I would not say that Mango Crush is a carrier, rather that it is suseptible to SB. Any brug that is infected with SB and is shared would be considered a carrier. Even brugs that are not prone to developing SB, or brugs that are suseptible, but not showing signs of SB at the time they are shared, could infect a persons' collection. Also there are many different plants, that are not even in the same species as brugmansia, that can be infected with stem blight in your surrounding area; which in turn can infect your brugs by way of insect vectors.




Jarie and others too, another thing that I like about this brug is its unique leaf shape. I'll post a picture so you can see for yourself what I am taking about instead of trying to explain it.

David, that is an unusual leaf. Don't think I've every seen one so round. Will be interesting to see how you finally view this new brug. By the way, if you decide to toss it, I'd be willing to give it continued life. Hopefully, though, you'll decide to keep it. Keep us posted.

Jarie
Mission, TX
Rio Grande Valley
Zone 9

I also like how it changes from yellow to orangish. Nice tendrils. That leaf shape is unusual, more round in shape. Do they get real large? I have one seedling that has developed quite large round leaves. I was thinking of putting a tennis racket next to them and taking a photo lol, because thats what they remind me of...

Lenette, several of my seedlings have very large leaves too. I think I mentioned one that measured 12" wide by 15" long, without the stem. Another is about 9" wide by 18" long. They're really taking up space now!

Patrick
Brug Moderator
USDA Zone 8b
Heat Zone 3
Sunset Zone 5
SeaTac, WA...one cool place

I'll bet they are at that size, Patrick. Wouldn't take many leaves to fill a space.

Jarie
Mission, TX
Rio Grande Valley
Zone 9

I agree they sure do take up alot of space. Especially if they want to open thier leaves all the way. I hope all my seedlings don't have big leaves. There are about 60 in the oven right now.