Young Rivea corymbosa Flowering

[vual]

My Rivea corymbosa (Sorry about title of thread, originaly this was a ID thread save making a new post i just added to it, the life cycle of my plant) is flowering, im so exited, I grew it from seed only about 20months ago and its flowering already, I am rather happy about that

Is that normal? IF i remember correctly they are ment to take years to flower?

Here are some pic's:

From this a year or so ago...

http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/uploads_gallery/1301368879/med_gallery_6737_328_360279.jpg

To This today...

Another one i planted at the same time from seed, didnt quite take off.....

(EDIT: This is a seedling i planted at the same time, both were raised in posts this one just seemed to not grow..)

Any idea's why 1 grows fantastically and the other just dwarfed? They were practically in the same environments until 1 year ago, the dwarf one has growth around the base that looks like cactus pups 0_o

I am postivie its Rivea corymbosa but maybe it was Argyreia nervosa anyway to tell other then waiting for flowers?

What organic fertilizer can i give it to help flower / fruit , etc?

Used coffee grounds?

The QLD weather must of been perfect conditions lately, all i have done is give it a heavy dose of cow poo every now and then.

-Vual

[vual]

To answer my own question, the ideal thing to give it now would be potash/potato skins and banana skins for the potassium?

[Heffa]

The bottom picture is a HBWR while the top is a rivea, in my experience with hbwr, they seem to just stop growing all together if they stay in a small pot, so they need regular pot changes.

My oldest hbwr in a small pot is around a year old and looks almost exactly the same as yours. If you had planted out the woodrose around the time of your rivea, they maybe around the same size, the rivea slightly more dense maybe.

Thanks for the photos

[vual]

Thanks heffa check PM to in regards to our talks before i went MIA ><

I will be applying Human urine diluted with water to it , apparently phosphorus is the best thing one can give to a plant about to go into bloom

Its going to be interesting.

Edited April 10, 2011 by vual

[2Deep2Handle]

Heffa you are right...insane conditions this gone summer...my HBWR have absolutely boomed in a period of like 7 months

[Bert&Ernie]

any chance you will be sharing you will be sharing some of the seeds u get vual?

[vual]

I have seeds now, FRESH, some fresh, all ready, not dried yet, still very very FRESH, as FRESH as they get... PM me.

Pics coming when i fix camera.

-V

[Teotzlcoatl]

Yeah is this HBWR or Ololuiqui? They are two different genera!

[vual]

Yeah is this HBWR or Ololuiqui? They are two different genera!

 

Just read the thread and you will see, unfortuantly the title cant be changed when this was posted.

But as you can see its "Rivea corymbosa". (and that is known as Ololuiqui.)

the BHWR in the bottom pic is still the exact same size.. its a permanent part of my bonsi collection ><

Thanks,

v

Edited September 7, 2011 by vual

[Teotzlcoatl]

Somebody can ALWAYS edit the title, just ask.

[Amazonian]

Somebody can ALWAYS edit the title, just ask.

 

http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=27109&st=25 Post # 27,... we can edit our own thread titles

[Teotzlcoatl]

Yeah exactly.

[vual]

IF a mod can change the title of the post please do

For i can not

Update on pics:

[Teotzlcoatl]

yes you can, hit edit and go to the full editor and edit it.