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Unknown Brug any ideas?

21 years ago

I got this plant from a local nursery this spring as an unlabeled established cutting. The leaves are beautifully variegated and the scent from the blooms is very nice, almost like a citrus perfume. The blooms open light yellow and fade to creamy white. I was thinking it might be a Brug. candida cultivar but am not sure.

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I think this is my new favorite Brugsmansia.

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Comments (13)

  • 21 years ago

    Wow, it is beautiful. It would be my favorite too.

    No idea of what it is, but who cares, it is wonderful.

  • 21 years ago

    It could be one of any of the verriagated ones Mike... Look in the Brugmansia Gallery here:
    Gallery
    and look up Maya, Peaches and Cream and Sunset and see if these look similar. Remember you bloom colours may be different due to your environment, this is what makes 'IDing' a plant from a single image so difficult.
    It's pretty, in any case.

  • 21 years ago

    Wow! What beautiful tendrils!

  • 21 years ago

    I'm with Ruth_Ann. I also think it is a Maya, But no matter what it is it really is beautiful....

  • 21 years ago

    Well the blooms that opened over the last few days have a more salmon colour, I am assuming it is due to the cooler weather.
    I think I remember seeing some plants labeled as Sunset at the nursery but I am not sure what I have here.

    I really like the long tendrils on the blooms as well. The blooms last much longer than my other brugs and I enjoy their scent more than the other I have.

  • 21 years ago

    Mike, I found the very same (so it seems) plant at a nursery
    over the weekend. Mine is labeled as Sunset and the blooms are suppose to change to a sunset color somewhere down the line....let us know if this happens. I don't know much about brugs but that one is a winner for sure! Margaret

  • 21 years ago

    I know this is a horrible photo but it gives an idea of the colour of the blooms now. They were white for a few days and then changed a light salmon colour that is sort of marbled with white. The blooms just began to fade today in the heat.

    Thanks Margaret I guess it is safe to label my plant as Sunset now. That's great that you found this plant as well, it's definitely a winner.

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  • 21 years ago

    Check this link if you want:

    Here is a link that might be useful: Sunset

  • 21 years ago

    RA, do we see a Nodding bloom on this one? I know I sent some to Europe area when it was allowed.

  • 21 years ago

    Mike, I would hesitate to give any Brug a name if it didn't have it when it was purchased/aquired . It is too easy to be incorrect and that error just keeps being passed along down the line with any cuttings that are shared, or with the pollen you may use. I was pointing out to you just some of the possibilities and how hard it is to tell one from pictures when I gave you that Gallery link, sorry if you misunderstood my intention.

    I was at Native Habitiat Ethnobotanicals in Florida 2 years ago and brought back (using a phytocertificate) a cutting the two owners gave me of a double orange Brug. While I am certain it is a named one, one they even bred themselves at their nursery, at the time I labeled it 'NHE versicolor Double Orange' and that it what it will remain for me.
    Too many look-a-like hybrids get wrongly ID'd from pictures to be able to do it safely/correctly.

    I have 4 different verriagated Brugs here and if the labels fell off, there are 3 that I would not be able to ID even though I know their names.

  • 21 years ago

    I agree with RA, DNA testing should be done if you want the proper ID, isn't that what Ms V taught us?

  • 21 years ago

    I was not aware that there were so many Brugsmansia hybrids that this would be an issue. I am used to orchids I guess and with thousands of hybrids in each genus you really never know what you have unless it is labeled. Brugsmansia flowers can change so much due to environmental conditions I can see why it is easy to confuse the hybrids.

    Thanks Ruth Anne I will keep it as an unknown hybrid to be safe.

  • 21 years ago

    I have had the Variegated Brugmansia, several times over the years. Have two presently. One here in Canada and the other in Florida.
    I find the plant grows so well and the leaves are stunning. But I have never had bloom.
    I can't believe that plant of yours Mike.

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