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Tropical/Subtropical Vines


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This vine is also weedy in Darwin.... Clitoria ternatea/Blue Pea Vine.  Really is a pest species that smothers and kills host plants. Loathed by Darwin gardeners despite the pretty flowers.


 

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7 hours ago, greysrigging said:

This vine is also weedy in Darwin.... Clitoria ternatea/Blue Pea Vine.  Really is a pest species that smothers and kills host plants. Loathed by Darwin gardeners despite the pretty flowers.


 

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Can be a bit aggressive in favorable places, but Clitoria ternatea is a very easy ( and stunning ) vine. has a tendency to die back a bit in the winter in cooler 9b areas. May die to the ground, but often will return later in 9a if it's rootstock is protected. Like the single-petaled form myself. Also growing a rather uncommonly seen species, Clitoria mariana whose range extends from the Southeastern U.S., to the mountains / southeastern part of Arizona. This species tends to stay much smaller, be more wispy than C. ternata. Also produces new leaves that can be Coppery Red/ Bronze.

Last picture is actually a sp. of Centrosema, which looks like Clitoria but differs in a few ways.. Have seed of 3 sp. atm. Many species in the genus are used for Livestock fodder. Southeastern U.S. thru South America. Introduced extensively elsewhere.

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Some other vines that do well here in AZ:

Yucca Vine/ Yellow Morning Glory Vine, Merrimea aurea. Easy going, Summer growing vine from central and southern Baja ( primarily ) you don't see as often as you should here. While it will typically die back to the roots in most areas in winter, can remain evergreen / nearly evergreen is warm areas. Can be somewhat aggressive during it's growing season, but never becomes a monster like some other Merrimea species. Two possible variations seen in the species, one whose flowers have a brownish colored throat, and another whose flowers lack the extra coloration. Hardy to about 25F. Tuberous roots may withstand lower temps if protected.
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Yellow Orchid Vine, Callaeum macropterum Another "heat lover" that can get a bit aggressive, but is easily controlled. Typically stays evergreen/ mostly evergreen most years. Can flower all year ( in full sun ) also. Used to be commonly sold as Mascagnia macoptera which is now a synonym.  Large, winged seedpods are interesting, but can be a little messy when produced in heavy crops by large specimens. Northern Sonora, Baja, thru Central America. Range may extend to areas in AZ right along the US/ Mexico Border. Hardy to 24F.
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Purple/ Lavender Orchid Vine, Mascagnia lilacina Much less common than it's yellow flowered Sister, and prefers more shade to do well/ look nice. Flowering season tends to be concentrated in the summer/ fall rather than year round. Can be winter deciduous in cooler areas.  Hardy to 15F. Native of Mexico, especially in areas of the Chihuahuan Desert.
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Pink Throat Morning Glory, Ipomoea longiflora. As strange as it may sound, for quite some time, all of Arizona's native Morning Glories were placed on the state's noxious weeds list out of pure miss- guided fear that they were just as aggressive / invasive as several introduced species, including one that used to be commonly sold at many garden centers here and in California. The big fear has been that if seed from any Ipomoea species were to find their way into Agriculture areas, Cotton fields esp. it would be too hard to control once established. 

Unlike the invasive species, most, if not all of our native species tend to be far less aggressive and hang out along moister, shady canyon areas, especially in the southern half of the state.
Recently, the AZ. Ag. dept revised their list, doing the right thing in removing several native Ipomoea species off of it. This includes perhaps one of the most stunning native Morning Glories whose range extends north from neighboring Sonora into parts of Arizona primarily south and east of Tucson.

Unlike most, Pink Throat Morning Glory grows as a sprawly Ground Cover rather than a climbing vine. Like all other native sp. here, it is a monsoon season grower that disappears to the large root in the winter. Considering where it grows ( 8a-9a areas of the southern AZ. ), hardiness is likely in the teens. Hopefully this great little vine will  start to show up in some of the specialty nurseries in Tucson soon. Is considered threatened by some authorities.

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8 hours ago, Johnk9 said:

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Gloriosa lily..... grows well in Darwin. Is declared weedy in south east Queensland and northern NSW where it has escaped from gardens into the bush. ( All parts of the plant are toxic and deadly ingested. The rhizomes/root tubers have been mistaken for yams and sweet potato )
On our local FB gardening pages, there are all sorts of dire warnings about its weediness potential in Darwin, but speaking personally, I think our severe hot/wet/dry climate is not really to its liking and it doesn't 'escape' from the confines of the irrigated back yard.
I have it my front verge ( for over 20 years ) where it scrambles along producing those gorgeous flowers. Dies back in the dry season without water. Native to tropical and sub tropical East Africa ie Rwanda, Mozambique etc

 

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I have orange and blue jade vines at my place in Hawaii. (Mucuna benettii& Strongylodon macrobotrys).

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I have never been able to collect the red one. I also have the black one (nigricans) and, a yellow one (sloanii), but don;t have photos. I thought I HAD Mucuna bennettii but when the vine bloomed it turned out to be the Brazilian Flame, I forget its name, starts with a C. It was so very aggressive I had to eventually remove it

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The red jade vine, Mucuna bennetti is the next one on my list.  It was the second plant I ever owned back in 1996 from the Tropical Rainforest Seed Company.  Small seed packets were sold in the Discovery Channel Store and this is actually what sparked my interest in plants.

The seeds sprouted in a month or so after scarification and the vine grew really well but then I planted it out in the woods behind my house and either dryness or cold killed it.  I had another one about 10-12 years ago that I had for about 2 years growing in a pot on a tomato cage.  I was always fighting spider mites as I had to keep it indoors for several months per year and it eventually declined and died.

There's always next time.

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Cryptostegia grandiflora, also known as a rubber vine... I think is a pretty invasive plant in the tropics, but probably isn't a problem here in Southern California... I have one in my backyard, and while it does require a lot of pruning, It is a pretty plant with very colorful flowers... The sap does irritate the skin some and it is a pain to get off once dry... Not to mentioning ripping the hair off my arms when pealing the residue off :bummed:...

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On 6/7/2020 at 1:17 PM, Mangosteen said:

I have orange and blue jade vines at my place in Hawaii. (Mucuna benettii& Strongylodon macrobotrys).

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Swoon!  These are hands-down my favorite tropical vines.

I intend to try both again in large pots with a large tomato cage in each to support the vine.  Maybe as the vines grow further I could add a trellis to each pot or let them just grow on the walls until it gets cold enough they need protection them trim and bring inside.

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 Heres one of my favorite vines Banisteriopsis Caapi aka Yage.84225478_1054618671585292_4632878370613362688_o.jpg.74e2cdd045792aeb1252cfcbacf721c8.jpg
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Looking for:  crytostachys hybrids, Pseudophoenix sargentii Leucothrinax morrisii, livingstona canarensis

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2 hours ago, Chatta said:

 Heres one of my favorite vines Banisteriopsis Caapi aka Yage.
 

Interesting side note: "Banisteriopsis caapi is a South American hallucinogenic vine in the Malpighiaceae plant family, and is well recognized as a main ingredient of the famous sacred drink called 'ayahuasca' along with the plant Psychotria viridis."

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6 hours ago, Butch said:

Cryptostegia grandiflora, also known as a rubber vine... I think is a pretty invasive plant in the tropics, but probably isn't a problem here in Southern California... I have one in my backyard, and while it does require a lot of pruning, It is a pretty plant with very colorful flowers... The sap does irritate the skin some and it is a pain to get off once dry... Not to mentioning ripping the hair off my arms when pealing the residue off :bummed:...

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Butch

This is right up there with the worst weeds in Tropical Australia....a WONS ( Weed Of National Significance ) and declared as such. 
Pretty flowers.....
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2 hours ago, greysrigging said:

This is right up there with the worst weeds in Tropical Australia....a WONS ( Weed Of National Significance ) and declared as such. 
Pretty flowers.....
https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/52544/IPA-Rubber-Vine-PP11.pdf

I read that... I guess we need to watch what we import... I hear they are bad in a lot of countries with tropical climates ... I think Florida has a problem with them too...

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3 hours ago, greysrigging said:

This is right up there with the worst weeds in Tropical Australia....a WONS ( Weed Of National Significance ) and declared as such. 
Pretty flowers.....
https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/52544/IPA-Rubber-Vine-PP11.pdf

Cryptostegia grandiflora is rife in Northwest Queensland and Cape York Peninsula. The seeds are wind blown, which for a vine in the tree tops means they cover a  lot of distance. In the NT we have Cryptostegia madagascariensis which is also a declared weed but some consider it to be a "sleeper". Although it hasn't yet, it's thought that at some stage it will take off. Both species look relatively similar. I've found C. madagascariensis in a number of places in the NT but reporting it no one seemed concerned enough to take any action. Guess we'll find out in time.

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Just dug out one of my photos of Cryptostegia madagascariensis (below). It looks identical to the Cryptostegia photo above which must also be Cryptostegia madagascariensis.

The most readily recognisable characteristics are that the leaf petiole and midrib of C. madagascariensis is a pale green. Those of C. grandiflora are reddish/purplish. The former has flowers usually evenly bright pink or purplish. In the latter the flowers are a pale pink with a much deeper coloured throat.

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The humble Garlic Vine ( Mansoa alliacea ) is the flavour of the month among Darwin gardeners atm. A bit of 'dry season' colour. Its an exotic for us....
 

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This Allamanda, described as a bush or a climber (so perhaps it could be considered vine-like, this one seems to grow like a vine) is doing well in full sun in the backyard.

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On 6/26/2020 at 2:49 AM, palmsOrl said:

This Allamanda, described as a bush or a climber (so perhaps it could be considered vine-like, this one seems to grow like a vine) is doing well in full sun in the backyard.

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Allamanda cathartica has a lot of varieties/cultivars. The species is very tall growing but some of the cultivars are small and shrubby. When I bought my place there was one on my front boundary where it never gets any artificial watering. It dies back in the dry season but then grows back and flowers prolifically in the wet season. Some Bougainvillea further along the boundary that were getting additional water died after I cut their water off. The Allamanda kept on keeping on, they're remarkably tough.

In the wetter parts of Queensland they're considered an environmental weed and they're commonly seen scrambling up into the forest canopy in settled areas.

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All of the vines shown here that I have seen so far in Puerto Rico try to take over. 

I have more vines than I should have in big pots awaiting a soon to be erected sturdy shade house.

Delayed by circumstances the roots of most of them have grown through the heavy plastic underneath the pots plus the vines attack anything they can reach. 

My plan was to plant them at intervals around the perimeter of the tall shade house with lawn surrounding and mow horizontal expansion, but allow vertical growth.

No trees close by.

Let them fight for space once they reach the top perhaps? But now not sure they can be contained at all and regret giving in to the idea of those all lovely flowers....

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1 hour ago, Cindy Adair said:

All of the vines shown here that I have seen so far in Puerto Rico try to take over. 

I have more vines than I should have in big pots awaiting a soon to be erected sturdy shade house.

Delayed by circumstances the roots of most of them have grown through the heavy plastic underneath the pots plus the vines attack anything they can reach. 

My plan was to plant them at intervals around the perimeter of the tall shade house with lawn surrounding and mow horizontal expansion, but allow vertical growth.

No trees close by.

Let them fight for space once they reach the top perhaps? But now not sure they can be contained at all and regret giving in to the idea of those all lovely flowers....

Some of them sucker from very long roots or underground stems. Some have wind blown seed. Vines can be risky, unless you like to set yourself up for a future of hard work.

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On 6/7/2020 at 4:47 PM, metalfan said:

I have never been able to collect the red one. I also have the black one (nigricans) and, a yellow one (sloanii), but don;t have photos. I thought I HAD Mucuna bennettii but when the vine bloomed it turned out to be the Brazilian Flame, I forget its name, starts with a C. It was so very aggressive I had to eventually remove it

I had both the (Mucuna benettii& Strongylodon macrobotrys).I still  have Strongylodon macrobotrys and Camptosema grandiflora. Common Name: Dwarf Red Jade Vine. alone with Gmelina philippensis ( Parrot's Beak ) , Thunbergia mysorensis,Thunbergia Coccinea. The Mucuna benettii was to small and very  cold sensitive and I lost it

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Camptostemma. That is the one. The Dwarf Red Jade. I had to chop it down, it tried to over run my greenhouse. It was shading out everything. It totally survived in the extreme heat of the GH attic. probably 120F at times indeed summer.

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Photographed it today, asked the owner for the name ( of which I have completely forgotten )
Anyone recognize it ?

 

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5 hours ago, greysrigging said:

Photographed it today, asked the owner for the name ( of which I have completely forgotten )
Anyone recognize it ?

 

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Passiflora, but not sure which one..  Stems remind me of P. quadrangularis.

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A friend on our local FB Gardening Group has a Tecomanthe Vine flowering at the moment. Not sure if it's the one native to Queensland, or the more tropical species from New Guinea and islands to our North.
 

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This was in the Cooktown Botanical Gardens labelled "Fraser Island Creeper, Tecomanthe hillii. They were selling them in Bunnings (Palmerston) a couple of years ago. Your photo doesn't look different, but I don't know what the NG one looks like.

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My Mansoa alliacea  (aka Cydista aequinoctialis), which is commonly known as 'garlic vine', just arrived today in very good condition (and via free shipping!). It's a borderline species for my zone, but it may survive once the stems become more woody. From all I've read it's well-behaved, but smelly when the leaves are crushed. I see greysrigging grows it in Australia. It seems to be very common in some states, except here in NorCal. http://mgonline.com/media/Images/G/GarlicVine02.jpg

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On 6/24/2020 at 9:12 AM, Butch said:

Cryptostegia grandiflora, also known as a rubber vine... I think is a pretty invasive plant in the tropics, but probably isn't a problem here in Southern California... I have one in my backyard, and while it does require a lot of pruning, It is a pretty plant with very colorful flowers... The sap does irritate the skin some and it is a pain to get off once dry... Not to mentioning ripping the hair off my arms when pealing the residue off :bummed:...

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Butch

Got rid of this guy about a year ago (Too much work to keep trimmed)... Still eradicating the stump and misc seed propagation.. Not a major problem, but I need to keep it up, until all of the residue is gone.. I could see how it could be a big problem in more tropical locations...

Butch

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