Well, this is a surprise. I didn't think it would flower in the summer, unless it can do that at different times a year. Winter was my guess for two reasons. First, I got it with a dried up flower. Second, Steven Hammer writes he has successfully created hybrids of Neohenricia and Titanopsis (Neonopsis) which would mean they flower simultaneously, i.e. in winter. Maybe the plant is just confused like the fulviceps, it's only one flower after all. So far. Nevertheless I'm excited to see it. :)
The flowers should be odoriferous. But I guess there need to be twenty of them to notice something. Here's a picture with my finger still in it to show how tiny it actally is!
PS: Avonia alstonii has developed flower buds, too. I'll be away next weekend - hopefully both plants will bloom before (or after) that.
H'm, mine is flowering these days too. Or, to be precise, flowers open in the evening mainly. This plant can keep on flowering for several weeks, developing new and new flowers instead of old ones. And, if I'm not mistaken, I remember it blooming the other season... So, I assume, Neohenricia is able to do it more than once a year depending on the cultivation conditions. Besides, Mr.Hammer writes that there are summer-flowering Titanopsis too. So, Rika, I think your Neohenricia is not confused ;). And you will be able to feel the single flower's odor if to smell it close ))).
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for all the info Eugine! Your comment are always very helpful :)
DeleteGood to know that the flowering will keep going for a while, I'd love to see it. And you're right, I've discovered two more buds today (so tiny!). Did S. Hammer mention which Titanopsis it is? I didn't know that, very interesting.
Haha, will try to smell it for sure!
What a lovely little plant, a real cutie!
ReplyDeleteNicely textured leaves for such a little plant, too :)
Deleteit's so cute and so small, I love mini-plants!!
ReplyDeleteIts leaves are tiny but it is able to spread and make a bigger cluster very quickly~
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