candlemissy Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Here is my dancing dolphiin vine finally blooming after 2 years I wish the vine would get bigger but it is pretty..thought I would share... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Mungaknuts Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Awesome it is! It's a columnea similar to the one someone else had up here not long ago. I've never heard it called dancing dolphin before, usually it is goldfish plant. Your flowers sure do look like dolphins though! Good name for that one. There are lots of different kinds. I've got one with the rounder flowers that look like little fat fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 KOOL, NICE PIX.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snellma Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 What a perfect name. How neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
say_it_isnt_so Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 did you grow them from seed or did you buy it as a starter plant?.....any info on where ou can purchase them?....I know of a few dolphin lovin people that would love them!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipcat Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 that is so neat. I would like a plant like that too. Where can you get one? I am the one that had the gold fish pic up before. It is not blooming as well as it did a month ago. Must be going into hibernation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candlemissy Posted October 14, 2008 Author Share Posted October 14, 2008 I bought this out of michigan bulb and thats what they call it, it comes as a starter plant I just don't understand why it has taken 2 years just to get that big.Cause the pictures they show sure are bigger...LOL as always.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I bought this out of michigan bulb and thats what they call it, it comes as a starter plant I just don't understand why it has taken 2 years just to get that big.Cause the pictures they show sure are bigger...LOL as always.. 'Cause they are weird! I actually have 3 of them. One is huge and got really leggy after being brought back in about 3 years ago. I cut it back and have lived with stubs ever since. It blooms but it never has really grown out. Now I see that I am finally getting some growth. I don't know that it will vine out but the new leaves are an improvement. They seem to take a very long time to adapt to any changes. Maybe once yours has settled in it will take off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsywannabe Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 It reminds me of a lipstick plant. Are they related? It's really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 They are all Gesnariads but then so are African violets. The lipstick plant and the flying dolphin plant are different genuses. It goes family, genus, species and variety if there is one. They do look more alike than that degree of closeness, don't they? Looks aren't necessarily what they base the classifications on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsywannabe Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Hey, Lavender, As you know I'm 100 miles southwest of you and the rhodos, azalea and clematis are all blooming here! Is there a different type that blooms in the fall or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Ask snellma. There is indeed a southern azalea that blooms in the fall. I didn't believe it when I read it but she confirmed it. There are also, I hear but never have seen, repeat bloomers in the Rhody clan. The only fall blooming clematis I know of is the white sweet Autumn clematis. Now, I really have to go finish with the canning. Somebody gave me tons of eggplant. I started canning caponota last night and never did get finished. I had too much for the two pressure canners I had ready to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snellma Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Yep - I have some azaleas blooming right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 What a cute plant! I'll bet you were so tickled to see the blossoms! Thank you for sharing the photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candlemissy Posted October 16, 2008 Author Share Posted October 16, 2008 Thanks and yes I was...I just wish it would vine more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 Hey, Lavender, As you know I'm 100 miles southwest of you and the rhodos, azalea and clematis are all blooming here! Is there a different type that blooms in the fall or what? Some Clematis will bloom till frost kills the tops. I imagine that Rhododendrons and Azaleas could rebloom in a very long summer also. Other plants can too. How lucky to have two bloom times on those plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candlemissy Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 Look at it this month , I wish it would get more vines though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 It seems to be doing well; see where it is getting new growth. It is just a really slow grower. Winter isn't a good time for even house plants to grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 If anyone wants to order seeds for some of these unusual plants, you can do it here: http://www.gesneriadsociety.org/ I will be happy to share an order if there is a minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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