Dawn
This is a picture of my Rondeletia bonsai bloom. I made a mistake which I hope doesn’t cost me heavily. I had put in a a couple of years worth of work in training into this bonsai. I would normally never re-pot any plant in the heat of summer, but this time as the bonsai pot got cracked due to the widening roots I had to re pot this one. The summer heat and the inability to hold water due to the crack could have killed the plant, so I had no other choice but to replant it immediately.
Rondeletia ordorata is a four petal (sometimes species have five) woody stemmed, decorative plant. I had found this at a sale, it was almost dead then. I brought it home and nurtured it until it became a healthy bonsai bearing endless bunches of flowers.
After a couple of days into re potting the plant is loosing all its leaves and drooping. To save the plant I quickly trimmed away all the branches loaded with buds and trying to keep it moist continually. I hope it will survive and tell its story.
Rondeletia stands for ‘endurance’ and I hope it will endure this struggle too. There are about 150 species of rondeletia. The one I have is a beautiful pink. I hope to find the red with yellow centers too.
This plant requires a moist , rich, acidic soil and thrives in the subtropical climate. It is often mistaken for pentas, ixora and lantana.
I am keeping my fingers crossed and hope to see it healthy and blooming once again.
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I wish you luck and hope it survives.
Its doing much better thank you.
Thank you Tasartcraft the plant is looking much better now. I hope it will soon put out more leaves and buds so I can post a picture of the progress.
It is showing signs of flourishing already, thanks for sending those good thoughts. 🙂
A beautiful flower, I have never seen it. Of course, I want and hope you manage to keep this flower.
Thank you Vidocka, the plant is doing much better today, the remaining leaves are finally perking up, it is time to move it to a slightly warmer place where there is a tiny bit of morning sun.
fingers and toes crossed! Good luck!!!!
we work on something for a long time when something bad happens, we are invested and it is hard to see past that moment.
So true, but the good new is after all that misting and keeping the leaves and the soil moist the leaves are perking up today.
that is good news! it shows your master skills!!!
I don’t know about my skills but my love for the plant seems to work.
you have shared so many plants that you have brought to life.
in my books, you join the other Master Gardners here on Virily!
Thank you Doc, so kind of you to say so.
I hope everything will be okay!
Thank you Ellie, I love this plant so much.
Hope it comes to life. My African daisy died after being put in another pot. Good luck.
I hope it doesn’t meet the same fate as your African daisy.
You have this, I know it will be ok, you re a great gardener and photographer.
That is sweet of you to say so Carol. Positive words lift my spirit like none other.
It’ll bloom again. I just know it. I know you did everything you could. Love that color!
Thank you so much. I am trying so hard to keep this one alive.
My husband doesn’t allow me near plants. I am not good for them.
LOL I am sure you are good for them. You just have to discover your mojo