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Myrciaria Madness and Eugenia Mania
Julian R:
Here's a couple I quickly snapped pics of this morning. I've got a bunch of other species out there that I can add later.
E. Burkartiana:
The older growth has some spider mite damage. There's another one in a pot next to it. 2/3 Seeds have made it this far. The one in ground took 28 degrees briefly when that arctic blast came through. They make absolutely stunning rainbow colored growth when it first pops out.
E. Anthropophaga:
These guys are incredibly strong plants. I have one out in the ground thats taking full sun. It looks burnt up but I think once it starts raining regularly it will explode. I have about 5 more in pots. Germination rate and growth rate on these are high, similar to Uniflora in that regard.
E. Caipora:
Just potted these guys up. They're all root at the moment... expecting a bunch of green growth to pop out soon!
SHV:
You’re not kidding about E. burkartiana being a real show stopper. Once they get going, the plant really takes off and the new growth is spectacular. I’m planning to get her in the ground this spring and it seems to be handling direct sun ok, so far.
roblack:
Lovely Julian! We have similar taste in eugenias =)
Curious to hear about and see your FL native eugenias, PFW. We are into feeding the birds here too.
Funny SHV, up until recently would've disagreed about the beauty of burks, as mine were looking like crap. Spring (Miami Spring that is) has brought new growth, loving the burk:
brian:
roblack your "e. arrandanos" photo isn't showing up for me.
All my myciaras look like this, I have a few different types but the plants look identical so far.
And the small leafed eugenias look really nice too, I assume "minutifolia" literally translates to "small leaf"
Julian R:
--- Quote from: roblack on March 21, 2025, 01:47:03 PM ---Lovely Julian! We have similar taste in eugenias =)
Curious to hear about and see your FL native eugenias, PFW. We are into feeding the birds here too.
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The only native Myrtaceae I have is the Simpsons stopper (I think used to be classified as a Eugenia but is now Myrcianthes?):
I also have a non-native Myrcianthes Pungens outside. It's about 1.5 - 2ft tall now and looking a little trashed from our cold spells:
Some other Eugenia...
E. Pyriformis, should be the Sweet Uvaia:
E. Candolleana, in ground and a little burned from the cold last winter:
E. Repanda (black), got tons of these:
As for Myrciaria...
M. Cuspidata:
M. Floribunda (purple)
I have some larger fruited variety yellow jabo (m. glazioviana) and blue jabo (m. vexator) as well. But here's my random variety yellow jabo I rescued from Troy's Tropics a few years ago:
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