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Posted by joscience (My Page) on Fri, Jun 20, 08 at 21:20
I've got what I think is a complete check list of all the known Fouquieria. Are there any species I'm missing? Any hybrids or cultivars worth adding to the list?
- Fouquieria burragei
- Fouquieria columnaris
- Fouquieria diguetii
- Fouquieria fasciculata
- Fouquieria formosa
- Fouquieria leonilae
- Fouquieria macdougalii
- Fouquieria ochoterenae
- Fouquieria purpusii
- Fouquieria shrevei
- Fouquieria splendens
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| Great minds think alike...I was just going to start a Fouquieria photo thread. Have seen this floating around ebay, campanulata v. albiflora. I don't have ochoterenae and shrevei. My macdougalii is in flower. What do you have Jo? |
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I've got:
columnaris (small plant and a medium-ish sized one)
diguetii (medium plant)
fasciculata (a young plant)
formosa (a medium plant)
purpusii (small plant)
splendens (two "specimen" plants) The two splendens were collected (salvage permit) from my parents property in Tucson, AZ. They aren't really that spectacular compared to some other wild collected examples, but the sheer age it would take to grow them justifies the almighty "specimen" moniker (at least in my mind ;-) I'll work on getting some photos up of all of them. Here is a little taste for now...
Fouquieria formosa
Fouquieria formosa, new growth and old growth. The white stems turn back to purple if you get them wet.
Fouquieria formosa, stem detail. I don't what it is, but I have an intense attraction to papery bark, green striations, and wax bands... |
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Let's see...I have
2 burragei-seedlings
5 columnaris-medium to large
2 diguetii=medium
7 fasciculata-medium to specimen
4 formosa-seedlings
5 leonilae-seedlings
2 macdougalii-large
8 purpusii-3specimen
1 splendens-large my largest purpusii
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Ok, Now I have to brag also. I have:
About 6 big burragei
Lots of 1-8" stem seedlings and two big ones (up to 5 ft) of columnaris
several about 8" branched diguetii
4 fat fasciculata ( up to 1 ft in caudex ø) and seedlings
6 flowering size and several smaller formosa
2 medium size and ~ 6 seedlings of leonilae
3 large (5 by 5 ft) and many smaller macdougalii
1 big and some smaller ochoterrenae
several smaller and 3 specimen purpusii
3 up to 1.5 ft tall and many seedlings of shrevei.
3 +/- big splendens (the only ones at the curb in my front yard) I don't care for the splendens variety because then it might become even more difficult to produce pure seeds. Jordi |
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Jordi,
How about a few photos to back up your bragging rights? |
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| I hope both of you have lots of picures to share! Caudex1: That purpusii is gorgeuos! Let's see some more of your large plants... Jordi: I really want to see some pictures of your fat fasisculata! That is an impressive collection of Fouquieria. Not only do you have all the species covered, but it sounds like you have some really nice mature specimens of the majority of them. |
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Nothing easier than that. Though it's is hardly impossible to take a photo of the fat caudex of fasciculata. I might try this afternoon when one of those is in the sun.
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/CactusJordi/IMG_2242.jpg Jordi |
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| Jordi: I am just green with envy! Not only do you have some really sweet plants, but the sheer amount of growing space you have boggles the mind! Yours certainly put all of my potted Fouquierias to shame! So, do you intend to ever take these guys out of the ground? or are they more for propagation or landscaping? Thanks a bunch for sharing those pictures! I'm still working on getting some of mine up, but today's sweltering weather didn't exactly motivate me to spend time in the garden... |
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| Few of the highlights, the rest are in the album fasciculata-8in diameter
 fasciculata-3.5in diameter
 fasciculata-twin trunk-5in diameter
 columnaris-twin trunk-3in diameter
 columnaris-5in diameter
 splendens-1.5in diameter
 raised bed
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| Caudex1: Gorgeous plants, skillfully staged (as always!). Pretty much exactly what I hope to have some day! Do you think the ammount of growth you get is affected being in such a temperate area? Do yours ever seem lacking on light? Well, these seem pretty weak now in comparison, but I'm still very proud of these plants. In fact, despite their size, they are among my very favorites.
F. columnaris, my little Boojum with a 3" diameter trunk.
F columnaris old and new groth. This species dramatically illustrates the evolution of modified leaves as armature, or, spines. The first season, they are long slender leaves, but the thin green parts drop, and a tough, sharp spine is left behind. In this photo, you can see a new spine still in leaf and an old, bleached spine. Also, note the secondary growth at the base of the spine. These leaves will grow and drop every season, but only the very first leaf makes a spine.
F splendens with impressive branching and a slightly stout trunk. 
F splendens close up of the main stem.
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| Nice columnaris! I have that same pot too. I'm on the edge of temerate, we get more heat and colder temps than the bay area. Summers average around 95,but as high as 105. Things grow fast here compared when I lived closer to the bay, higher temps during the growing season and longer days. Fog was a constant problem for my heat lovers. No problems with light here, the get about 8hrs sun a day. Hot too at times, the heatwave we just had shut the columnaris down. They'll releaf now that is has cooled down. fasciculata does not seem to bother by the heat, they're still in full leaf. The growth I get is mainly effected by free root run. When I had these in pots growth was slow. columnaris was always going dormant during the summer months from the roots getting too warm. |
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Keith,
even in habitat columnaris goes dormant during summer. And to my experience working as a volunteer in the Baja Garden of the San Diego Wild Animal Park they rot easily if watered too much (or at all?) between May and October. Jordi |
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| With my columnaris, I recently pruned back a couple of branches that were wildly longer than the others. I obviously did the pruning out of season for the columnaris. However, the branches I pruned have thrown out lots of new growth during the last month or two. I suspect it is a pretty confused plant, because I have also been providing it with water. My understandig was that Fouquieria could take water any time they were in leaf without much risk of rot. So Jordi, you are recomending a totally dry summer dormancy for boojums?
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Yes, I do -at least when they are planted in the ground. I have no experience with Idrias in pots.
This is different to all the other Fouquierias which leaf out again every time they get water in warm weather. Jordi |
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| I water all as long as they are in growth, and so far all has been successful. Just keep mind how fast your medium drains and dries out. |
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Ok, do what you think works best for your plants!
The rotten Idrias I am referring to have been growing on rocky slops mainly consisting of DG and have been watered by sprinkler for max 4 hours ONCE a week.
Maybe, only once gone dormant they can't stand being watered in summer?! Jordi |
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| After 4wks sitting in a pale of water...SUCCESS!! 
purpusii cutting finally rooted
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| Nice collection Tristan! My large fasciculata flowered last year
 but nothing this year |
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| Thanks, caudex1! And, if I do get some of these (besides macdougalli & splendens) to finally bloom this year, I'll be sure to post photos! Regarding the reference to other varieties of Fouquieria, etc. and the reference to "campanulata v. albiflora": - Fouquieria campanulata used to be considered a separate species from the common Ocotillo, F. splendens; however, it is now accepted to be lumped as a subspecies of the latter.
- albiflora is a variety of campanulata. Thus, these are the types of Fouquieria splendens:
- F. splendens ssp. splendens
- F. splendens ssp. campanulata var. campanulata
- F. splendens ssp. campanulata var. albiflora
- F. splendens ssp. breviflora campanulata & albiflora are primarily differentiated from nominate splendens by their purplish-pink (campanulata) to white (albiflora) flowers, while breviflora has a combo of misc characters (wider growth form, short flowers, paler flower color, etc.) that can be found in other populations of splendens, but come together in S Mexico populations. Plants of the Southwest Nursery (www.lithops.com) sells both campanulata & albiflora varieties of F. splendens, as well as the nominate form. Another Fouquieria name you sometimes still see around is:
Fouquieria peninsularis. However, this taxon is now considered to be a part of Fouquieria diguetti. The DBG in Phoenix still has their diguetti labeled as "F. peninsularis". Thus, there are indeed 11 species of currently recognized Fouquieria. Hope that helps!
Cheers,
Tristan |
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Here are mine and watch out for the hummers when they are in bloom!  Just ignore the neighbors house in the background of the first picture. ;-] 
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| Tristan: Really nice collection there. You've got some nice variety, but they are all just so well grown! They look great. Thanks for the info about the Ocotillo sub-species! It would be really interesting to see some genetic studies done on the various varieties. Sometimes I think some nurseryman just makes it up to sell more plants! The rest of your garden looks wonderful too. I'm sure we'd all love to see some more pictures if you get a chance! Owning a Carnegiea seems like the ultimate accomplishment of a cactus collector... Ankraras: Awesome photo! I know just what you mean about those hummers. They are unbelievably territorial for being such little things! |
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| joscience: Thanks for the compliments on my plants! Now I just have to find some space in my garden to plant them as they are starting to get too big for their pots! FYI - the definitive study of the Ocotillo family (Fouquieriaceae) - and still the standard for today - was James Hendrickson's 1972 monograph (Aliso, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp 439-537). Includes helpful drawings of flowers, etc. as well as range maps for the different species. Of course, newer studies have been done using more modern genetic techniques, but really have simply corroborated what Hendrickson indicates (e.g., Schultheis & Baldwin 1999, using Molecular DNA sequencing). Regarding my Carnegia - when we moved to Phoenix in 2001, one of my requirements when house-hunting was that I just *had* to have a saguaro in my yard - and they take so long to get a good size, I didn't want to be on my death bed before it bloomed! Well, just 3 years ago, it finally bloomed (though strangely enough, this was the first spring when we didn't get blooms since then!). Am I nuts, or what? (don't answer that - I don't want to know!) = ) Maybe next spring when lots of stuff starts to bloom, I'll put up a separate post with some of my more interesting plants! (I specialize in "less common" New World species in my garden) Cheers,
Tristan |
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FYI - I was at the Fall Plant Sale @ the Desert Botanical Gardens on Saturday, and for the first time (at least since I started going 7 yrs ago), they were selling several VERY good-sized Fouquieria of 3 species I had not seen them sell before:
- F. shrevei
- F. purpusii
- F. formosa All were available in specimens up to 2-3 feet in height!
I wonder if they will have any of these available in the gift shop now... Of course, they also had the usual F. splendens & F. columnaris, although I didn't see any F. macdougalii, which they usually have. Great variety of plants this year!
Now, I just have to get working on my garden again to get them planted! Cheers,
Tristan |
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| How much were the purpusii? Those were big specimens of such a rarity... |
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| I didn't look at all of the price tags, but for the larger ones, I saw $90 as the highest price. Good deal as far as I am concerned - they were beauties. Large shrevei specimens were only slightly less at $75 (and frankly, I see shrevei available much less frequently than purpusii). Put my purpusii and shrevei to shame! ; )) Cheers,
Tristan |
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| Smokin' deal for either one of them! I paid $40 for my purpusii, and it is maybe 10' tall! |
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Hi all!
I'm cautiously VERY excited...I just got home from a week long trip out of town, and jut went our to look to see how my Fouquieria's were doing.
Most are starting to lose leaves (macdougalii, diguetti, splendens, purpusii, formosa) and go into dormancy, but a couple are still showing signs of growth (shrevei is almost bare, but one branch is still green & growing, fasciculata is very green & bushy, and my new ochoterane [the one I pictured above I presume is dead since it hasn't changed at all for almost a year, so I bought a seedling a couple months ago] is also growing some). However, my leonilae that has been REALLY taking off this year (see above photo), has a couple of the ends of branches looking like this:
 Dare I imagine or hope that these are bloom panicles??? Certainly doesn't look the same as new branch or leaf growth!
Anyone have experience with blooming leonilae to tell me for sure??
I'm VERY excited!! Although I've been keeping all species of Fouquieria for years - and have some really pretty good-sized, established specimens - the only blooms I've had so far are from splendens & macdougalii!
I would never have guessed that my next species to bloom would be my leonilae. Any clues? Anyone able to burst my bubble? ; ))
Cheers,
Tristan |
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| You dare hope and I actually know, this is the typical start of an inflorescence of F. leonilae. Great!
 Jordi |
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WOW! How exciting! Those inflorescences are beautiful!
It looks like mine have quite a ways to go before they open, as they look like they get quite long before the flowers open (which is a good thing for me as I leave for out of town for another week on Monday, and I don't want to miss them opening!).
I am so jazzed - I can hardly wait.
I know, I know...."a watched pot never boils"...= ) Beautiful pics, Jordi! I just knew that you'd be able to tell me for sure what I had!
Thanks!
Tristan |
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| Congrats Tristan! I'm glad we get to live vicariously through you, as all my Fouquierias are years away from blooming. You could say I'm "green and golden peeling bark" with envy! |
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Well, it is REALLY slow-going for my almost-flowering leonilae...these inflorescences have only grown slightly longer (ca. 3" now), though the buds are larger and getting a nice color to them.
I'm heading out again for a week tomorrow, so I hope they wait until I return to open!
In them meantime, here's what they looked like this morning.
 Wish me/them luck! = ) Cheers,
Tristan |
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| Still waiting for my leonilae buds to open (though should be any day for the first [basal] ones!), and Jordi sent me pics of HIS leonilae that is also sending up (many) inflorescences too, so it must be the season for them! But, in the meantime, I was wondering if anyone has any photos of their Fouquieria blooming? I've seen pics of all spp blooms EXCEPT for ochoteranae & purpusii. Anyone able to share what the blooms of these look like? I've seen B&W drawings of the inflorescences in Hendrickson's monograph, but I'd love to see pics if anyone has them! Cheers,
Tristan |
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macdougalii seedling
 fasciculata
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Finally....after over TWO months since I first discovered the start of an inflorescence on my leonilae, just TODAY the first corolla broke open! Right after a nice night of winter rain. I simply love how Fouquieria's often throw up their flowers and lose their leaves at the same time...that's what this leonilae did. When I first noticed the start of the inflorescence, the plant was almost totally leafed out - now, it's almost bare.
Gotta love the Fouq's! Here are a few pics from this morning.
Thanks for letting me share!
Cheers,
Tristan
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| Beautiful! now I know what mine will look like one day. |
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| I had to post a couple of the boojums at the end of my shade house; [img]http://www.rsigrowers.com/images/boojum001.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.rsigrowers.com/images/boojum002.jpg[/img] |
TurtleMan's pictures
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| These are TurtleMan49's pictures from the previous post: 
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| Tristan: Thanks again for coming back to share. It might have been slow to do it, but boy was it worth it!!! That color of red is *so* intense. TurtleMan: You've got to tell me about those Boojums! I am so totally jealous! You ever sell plants like that? |
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| Tristan, surprising that the inflorescence of your F. leoniae stayed that short compared to those of my plant. I also would like to know a little more about these Idria, like hight, age and watering regime in AZ. Did you grow them from seed? Jordi |
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| I was also surprised, Jordi, that the inflorescence didn't continue to lengthen after seeing yours - and also seeing the drawing of the inflorescence in Hendrickson's monograph. I would assume that two factors can be affecting the difference between mine and "normal"-growth inflorescences:
- this is the first year it's bloomed and so it is still a fairly young plant (only last year at this time, it was a 7" seedling!); your plants - and the ones Hendrickson describes in his monograph - are much more mature plants.
- my plant is potted; not sure if/how this would affect inflorescence length, but I suppose it is a possibility. I plan on planting this guy in the ground this off-season, so even if next year's inflorescences (assuming it gets them next year too!) end up being longer, we may never know if it was due to one or both of the above - or some other unknown factor. That's what I love about the Fouq's - unpredictability!
Cheers,
Tristan |
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Thanks for re-posting my images joscience .. seems I can't remember basic HTML
As far as selling them........ yeah I sell them all the time. Things in the US these days have slowed buying down on specimens that size (6 and 7 foot). but I have about 4000 in the greenhouse growing right now, just seedlings though. They'll move out of there in a few weeks and into the ground for field growing. |
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| Can't imagine how much $$$ a 6-7ft tall Idria would be when a 12in tall plant is $300. The last large specimen I saw for purchase was a twin trunk 3-4ft tall plant and was $2500 |
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OK - one last photo of my F. leonilae inflorescence...this time, with all but the last corolla fully opened! Almost daily, a new corolla would open, but that last one might be a few more days.
As Jordi points out, my inflorescence didn't turn out as spicate as is typical for the species (or like his!), but I did read in Hendrickson's monograph that leonilae does sometimes lean toward racemose inflorescences, so I guess mine aren't that unusual!
The hummers are just lovin' these flowers!
 Here's to another species of Fouquieria blooming for me in 2009! Cheers,
Tristan |
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The Desert Botanical Garden's "Sonoran Quarterly" newsletter for garden members just had a brief (2 page) article in it about the Fouquieria genus - it covers all but leonilae (which is inexplicably left out).
Very nice write-up for this great group of plants! Nice to see them get publicity (other than splendens & columnaris, that is!). Cheers,
Tristan |
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| Well, it's been a long time in coming, but I am FINALLY getting an inflorescence on another species of my Fouquieria; this time it is F. burragei! I'm very excited, but it is slow-going. I first noticed this at the beginning of April that I suspected was the start of an inflorescence:
Sure enough, it definitely was, so I've been tracking its progress daily. As of today, it still probably has a few more days at least until the first flower opens:
 However, the display shows promise - this is one of the species that gets pure white to pinkish flowers...Mine definitely have a bit of pink tinge, so I wonder if thefully mature flowers will also:
Can't wait! It is a weird time for this species to bloom as they apparently typically bloom over the winter season. But, the wet winter may have thrown off my Fouquieria's because not only is my burragei blooming, but my F. leonilae is also throwing up its own inflorescence this month (first one since it bloomed in the pot in winter 2008/2009! See prev posts). Thanks for letting me share!
Cheers,
Tristan |
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| Cool! Never seen burragei flower before. Keep an eye out for a fasciculata x purpusii cross, has the best of both plants. Fatness of fasciculata and striations of the epidermis like purpusii. Has flowered for me yet. |
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| Well, it finally happened - the inflorescence on my Fouquieria burragei that started over a month ago - wouldn't you know opened its first flowers during the week I am out of town!! ARGH! Luckily, my spouse was able to capture a couple of decent photos, so I just had to share! If some are still open when I get home next Monday - as I certainly hope they are! - I will try to get better photos! I have to say this is now officially my favorite flower! :D Gotta love the Fouquieria's! Cheers,
Tristan
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Gorgeous plants ya'll. I saw a bunch of these in El Paso, they were sprouting leaves like crazy. One of the nurseries I went to had about 8-10 varieties, all too big to put in a suitcase! I just love this group of plants even if for the most part they do not like our humidity. A few can hang in here. Jeez, my "I NEED this plant" list is getting long.
Tally HO! |
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Hi all!
Back home for the rest of the Fouquieria burragei show - it is spectacular!
@beachplant - do you remember the name of the El Paso nursery? I'd like to look them up and see what they have! 
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As the last flowers of my burragei bloom this week, I just noticed a new "growth" at the tip of one of the many branches of my Fouquieria diguetii that is definitely different than any other branch or leaf growth I've seen before on that plant.
It LOOKS sort of like how the burragei inflorescence started, and they ARE closely related, but because the flowers were red, I guess I assumed the inflorescence would just start coming in red from the beginning, like the inflorescence of my F. leonilae. However, I *have* noticed that F. macdougalii - also fairly closely related to diguetii - inflorescences also start very green, but do get the red color very early on in their development. My diguetii is well over 7 ft tall (started as a 3 ft plant in 2004) and has flourished, but has NEVER given me any flowers...so, I'm not sure what to expect! Is anyone out there familiar with the early stages of diguetii inflorescences that might be able to confirm (hopefully) that this is the start of an inflorescence? Otherwise, I may have to wait a few more days or more to find out for sure...and I'm not that patient!! ; )) Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Tristan
p.s. - here's the last burst of color from my burragei!
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| It looks very similar to the start of an inflorescence of F. formosa. So you might get what you are hoping for in a month or so. Jordi |
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Well, I can tell it's definitely an inflorescence now, but the excessive recent heat (110+degrees) is hitting it pretty hard...I hope at least some flowers survive long enough to bloom!
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The Fouquieria diguetii inflorescence finally made it to blooming, despite being scorched by temps upwards of 110 degrees this month (although the heat took its toll on flowers on the west side of the inflorescence - all on that side were scorched off).
Here are a couple of pics.
Enjoy!
Tristan
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| Just an update on my burragei that bloomed for the 1st time a couple of months ago with beautiful pinkish flowers. Well, the 2nd inflorescence opened up this week - and is totally different - stalk is green, flowers are pure white! In this pic you can see the old spent stalk next to the new stalk.
 Here's a close-up of the flowers...compare to the shots earlier in this thread of the 1st flowers from the same plant!
 And, much to my surprise, I also noticed this week this same plant is sending up a ANOTHER inflorescence on a different branch this time! Love the Fouqs!
Cheers,
Tristan |
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One last pic of the Fouquieria burragei Show - Part 2, which is almost over.
 And, the Part 3 should start blooming in about a week - and this inflorescence is larger than both of the previous ones! Cheers,
Tristan |
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| saw this incredible plant (F purpusii) in a private garden last week... plant about 8' tall or more 
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WOW!!! That is a GORGEOUS plant! Where is this located? (CA, I assume?)
I can only dream of seeing my purpusii's that large....looks like it blooms profusely too!
Again.....WOW! |
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| Lzddr, I second what Tristan's wrote - that is an incredible plant to see! I guess it's liking the water now. |
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I've never seen a cooler Fouq!
It looks like one of those wild, snaking conifer cultivars!
Thank you, Josh |
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| Can they be started from a cutting? When? I think I may have two don't know which ones they are, they are seed grown and about 20 years old. It does produce seed and has a strange smell when I touch the leaves. I don't have room to plant them in open ground. Norma |
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Ocotillos of the genus Fouquieria can definitely be started from cuttings. Although I haven't tried myself, I've even seen folks root the top part of a tall boojum and get it to continue to grow and flower! Not having experience myself in rooting them, I can't help you with the "When?" part of your question. Jordi surely can though.
20 years old! Cool! What type of flowers do they produce (long spikes? shorter bunches?) and what color (red, white, orange, pink, & yellowish are all possible with the species in the genus)?
If you have any photos you can post of them (or that you can send), we can probably ID them if they are that old.
Would be great to see pics of your Fouquieria!
Cheers,
Tristan |
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| Norma, Are you sure you're talking about Fouquieria? Your 'strange smell' sounds like Burseras, which are notorious for giving off an odour (which I personally like) when their leaves are brushed against. |
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| Fouquieria burragei Show (2010) - Part 3 3rd inflorescence going strong - even in this heat! And most of my Fouq's are now leafing out with just a couple of days of monsoon precipitation.
 And, this plant is like the energizer bunny (especially considering it had never bloomed before 2010!) - it is now starting TWO more inflorescences (just below the spots where the 1st & 2nd inflorescences came in)!!
 Love these plants!
Cheers,
Tristan |
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| Very cool! How large is the plant? |
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Thanks! Here is a photo of the plant last week - was pretty bare until the recent monsoon storms. It is about 6.5 ft to the tip of the tallest branch; about 5-6 ft in diameter.
Got it in 2004 as a 16" seedling. Went in-ground in 2005.
This one seems to do a lot of growing 2x per year (spring & late summer/fall). Has grown more rapidly than most other species.
Blooms have been towards the lower left of the plant in this picture.
 Cheers,
Tristan |
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| Whoa! mine has a way to go to get to flowering size. |
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But, remember mine was only a 16" seedling in August 2004! They seem to grow fairly rapidly with root run.
I obtained a 10" mono-stemmed seedling burragei in mid-May of this year, and I potted it in a fairly good-sized pot; since then, it has grown about 3-4" in height and added 5-6 new branches (some of which are 2-3" long already)!
Then again, flowering may be a factor more of age and/or temperature/soil conditions than size.
My leonilae (see above in this thread) was purchased as a 7" seedling in Sept 2007 and remained potted. It grew by leaps & bounds in Spring 2008, then in Oct 2008 actually flowered in the pot! However, since I planted it in-ground in Spring 2009, it hasn't grown a lick (though it did flower again)!
So, don't give up - it may happen sooner than you think...the Fouq's just seem to be really unpredictable!
Cheers,
Tristan |
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Here's the #4 & #5 inflorescence of 2010 on my Fouquieri burragei at its peak a couple weeks ago (the last corollas are flowering today...):
 But, another branch started a crazy FOUR pronged inflorescence at the tip of another branch earlier this month (inflorescence #6 thru 9 for 2010) - can't wait for these to put on the show early next month!
 And, lo and behold, I noticed ANOTHER (#10 for 2010!) coming in on another branch!
 Going to be hard to beat this year's Fouquieria crop of flowers! FIVE species have bloomed for me in 2010 (splendens, macdougalii, leonilae were repeats, while diguetii and burragei were firsts)...can't wait to see what will happen NEXT year! Cheers,
Tristan |
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The Fouquieri burragei parade has continued through the summer and into the fall - gotta love 'em:
 And, my *seedling* (!!) Fouquieria formosa decided to beat my two older specimens of formosa at blooming for me and is proceeding to give me my first ever flowers for that species:
 The structure is a bit different than pics I've seen of F. formosa inflorescences, but based on the literature is within the realm of variation...probably not many bloom this young! This was a 24" mono-stemmed seedling in a 2" pot when I bought it this past July. Still the same height now, but has grown a new branch towards the base. The inflorescence is coming right out of the tip of the main/tall branch.
Can't wait to see this one open!
That's 6 species of Fouquieria blooming for me this year - only 5 more to go! = ) Cheers,
Tristan |
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My Fouquieria formosa opened its first corollas today - that's 6 species of Fouquieria blooming for me!
Wonder which one will be next??!! = )
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Latest Fouquieria that I have blooming is Fouquieria shrevei.
Pretty cool flowers that are borne singly at the base of spines - unlike any other species of Fouquieria!
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| Very Nice!! Like the way flowers are among the spines |
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