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Myrciaria Madness and Eugenia Mania

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roblack:
Hello Everyone! Wanted to start a thread showcasing the various rare eugenias and myrciaria many of us are collecting.  Lots of speculation going on, please share your experiences.  Hopefully, some of these actually are as good as they sound.

It is important to remember with all these “new” varieties and species, there could be considerable variability in fruit quality and other characteristics. The 1st mango I tried was not good. Some have been bad, even when eaten at the right time. It is important to not be too quick to judge. With time and selection, who knows how good some of these newcomers may be.

Big thanks to Bellamy Trees, Anderson Tropicals, and other forum members and collectors who are sharing all of this new plant material.

Happy day today, noticed these sprouts of eugenia sp. purple plum (Bellamy) rising up for the equinox.







Seeds always create anxiety for me, and prefer obtaining seedlings, but sometimes that's all that's available and rare seedlings are crazy expensive.  I am sure we have all run up some auctions on each other.

brian:
I've got a whole bunch of these.  A number of new eugenias are flowing for me now, I'll hopefully get to try a half dozen new fruits this spring. 

The myrciaras have really pretty, tiny leaves.  Do the leaves stay tiny as they grow?  They seem like they would make amazing bonsais, with small leaves and small bright round fruit.

The tendency of pre-germinated eugenia seeds to show up looking shrivelled and dead, and then push new roots and shoots, is still hard to get over.  I don't quite get how a dry dark brown or black root suddenly grows a new white tip, but I am glad they are resilient.  They do seem to croak when they already have green stem or even leaves on arrival, though. 

The myrciara seeds have been reliable with germination, too, but I don't think they have been coming pre-germinated.

gardenGnostic:
I have a few of these, I'm most excited for Myrciaria sp. "Pastora" which is a real pretty little plant with tiny glittering leaves with pink edges. Myrciaria sp. "Canelada" looks a bit more ordinary foliage-wise and the fruit isn't as hyped up, but its bark is starting to peel and I'm sure it'll look as awesome as the pictures eventually.

I've got two new baby Eugenia sp. "Jaguar Claw", and they're very weird looking plants. A friend bought the seeds for me, I never would have tried it otherwise.
Take a look at how the coloration on my oldest one's leaves has changed over time:




Here's its sibling, which started out tar-black rather than burgundy and matured to a more solid green (it's also a bit lumpy?):

roblack:
Excited to see what's going on with your collection Brian! Getting flowers and fruits for the 1st time is one of the best things about collecting. Please share pics and updates here.

...and you are right about bonsai potential. E. ligustrina is excellent for bonsai, with tiny leaves and bright red fruit. Also, seems to root easily from cuttings.

Not many people I know of growing jaguar claw gardenGnostic. Even if it doesn't taste all that good, at least it looks cool (plant and fruits). I will post pics of my 2 soon. Also growing a little m. pastora, cute little leaves. I do believe leaves are larger on mature plants, but would be nice if they stayed micro.

Here is e. arrandanos:





Have another smaller one. Leaves are pretty big for a eugenia. Has a nice growth habit. I like the idea of a blueberry-like fruit; have failed at growing blueberries here so far.

pineflatwoods:
I'm only growing the native ones right now. E. Axillaris and E. Rhombea. Axillaris- has a small black berry that is slightly sweet- I leave it for the birds. Rhombea hasn't flowered or fruited yet. I'll try to post pictures later. I'm still looking for E. confusa- the latter two are very rare in S.Florida- mostly being found only on North Key Largo, and scattered locations in the Caribbean

If I have success, I'll try growing some of the other rare S. American ones. I like the very slow and bushy growth habit of these plants.

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