Saturday, December 5, 2009

Yellow flowered Impatiens mirabilis aff


This is one of the several caudiciform Impatiens I have right now - it may be Impatiens mirabilis or something closely related to it. The inflorescence is sequentially flowering and the caudex fist size and corky. I am not sure how large it can grow but a true I. mirabilis is of tree-like proportion. Many new caudiciform Impatiens are being discovered in this part the world as I speak and this could well be one of the new discoveries - I am including more pics here with the hope of someone suggesting an ID one day.

Generally caudiciform Impatiens are difficult - some of them just die without rhyme or reason. This species seems easier than others, it even produced a crop of viable seedlings for me !

26 comments:

Hon E said...

The flowers are too small to be mirbilis I think and the long inflorescence does not look like mirabilis also. Anyway, let me know of there's any one to spare.

Hon E

Claude said...

I know absolutely nothing about these plants, but it is quite a remarkable specimen. The form of the flower is unusual... is this to attract a specific polinator?

Hort Log said...

Actually its related to the jewelweed of USA - Impatiens capensis. I have seen plenty of them around in upstate NY area during warmer months.

You can know more from Derrick's website http://www.mrimpatiens.com/

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H said...

Not bad. I don't know shit about plants and their names but the pictures are quite good.

Do you publish them under a Creative Commons license, or are all rights reserved?

H said...

Nevermind, just saw the note on the right-hand side. Too bad. They're still good though!

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Fantastic photos. Fantastic specimen. Great blog / post.

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Hort Log said...

thanks all

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zog zog said...

Impatiens adenioides

PetterOskar said...

Hello
Its Impatiens adenioides. I have two of them. The flowers are smaller and more delicate. They are very easy to pollinate. I got a lot of viable seeds that germinated a couple of days ago.

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