Saritaea magnifica

Plant Characteristics

Habit		vine-climber
Height:	⇕	25 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 25.
Width:	⇔	8 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8. to 15 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15.
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun, part-sun
Features:	✓	evergreen, flowers
USDA Zones:		10 to 12
Flower features:	❀	blue, purple

Scientific Names

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Saritaea magnifica The single species in this genus, which belongs to the trumpet-vine family, native to Colombia and Equador. The stems are almost round in cross-section, and are marked with longitudinal stripes. The 10 cm leaves have 2 leaflets and a further 2 leaflet-like appendages at the base of the leaf stalk, plus a tendril at the tip. The leaves are smooth and leathery. The plant is a very spectacular flowering, evergreen tropical climber. The large heads of showy rosy mauve to purple coloured, bell-shaped flowers 8 cm long with hairy yellow throat, borne at the end of the branches often display all year-round . When in flower it is regarded as one of the outstanding climbers of the world. Their nectar is collected by the male bees of the tropical genus Euglossa, which pollinate the flowers by brushing against the pollen and transferring it. The fruit is a long flattened capsule containing 2-winged seeds.

Read about Saritaea magnifica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Bignonia magnifica, Bull. Free-growing and floriferous, needing warm treatment: Lvs. ovate-elliptic, stalked, entire: fls. panicled, large (3½ in. across), ranging from mauve to purple-red the throat primrose, limb wide-spreading. Colombia.—Requires hot sunny position under tropical conditions. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

The plants needs a warm-subtropical or tropical climate to be seen at its best, as well as well-drained moisture-retaining soil with lots of humus. Propagate from seed and cuttings.

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References

• Ellison, Don (1999) Cultivated Plants of the World. London: New Holland (1st ed.: Brisbane: Flora Publications International, 1995)
• Graf, Alfred Byrd (1986) Tropica: color cyclopedia of exotic plants and trees for warm-region horticulture--in cool climate the summer garden or sheltered indoors; 3rd ed. East Rutherford, N.J.: Roehrs Co
• Lord, Tony (2003) Flora : The Gardener's Bible : More than 20,000 garden plants from around the world. London: Cassell. ISBN 0-30436-435-5
• Botanica Sistematica
• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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