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Rare & Very Rare, unusual and endangered plants

Lapageria rosea, Copihue, Chilean Bellflower

Fuchsia boliviana var alba White Bolivian Fuchsia

Musa paradisa variegata
Ae Ae Banana

Deppea splendens Extinct in the wild, very endangered world wide

Monstera delciosa var. borsigiana aka: Monstera borsigiana Variegated Monstera, Split Leaf Philodendron
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Rare plant and seed nursery
Specialising in hard-to-find and very rare plants you can't find anywhere else
San Diego, CA

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Contact info: eleonor.england @ gmail-dot-com
Plants shipped once per month - 1st week in the month
Must order plants by last Friday in the Month to make the shipping day

Worsleya procera (aka Worsleya rayneri) Empress of Brasil, Blue Amaryllis

We now have Worsleya procera/Worsleya rayneri available for the spring in 2007. Get your order in early before the botanical gardens get them all. Worsleya procera/Worsleya rayneri is the same plant but two different scientific names (it got named twice!). It is nearly extinct in the wild and our Worsleya procera/Worsleya rayneri have been captive bred and not gathered from the wild. Worsleya procera/Worsleya rayneri is from ONE hill in Brasil. See why they are going extinct? And are highly sought. Order yours today for April delivery via Priority mail or Express mail.
NOTE: We are having a delay in shipping some orders due to the extended recent heatwave and the heat-sensitivity of some of our plants. Thanks for your understanding.
Open to Public
We are open to the public once per month on the 1st Saturday of the month and have more selections available there than through mail order- check our cash and carry website out

Rare Plant list


Updated July 5 2006
By plant habit
(type of plant - tree, vine, bush, houseplant, etc)



VINES

White Lapagerias - age 5-7 years. 		Lapgeria 'Misson Lace' Cultivar avail by pre-order only for Sept 2006 Red Lapageria rosea, available now (posted July 2006)


Red Jade Vine - Mucuna bennetti (aka: Mucuna Novoguineensis, New Guinea creeper (wrong name but sometimes called that), beneti, benneti, benetti)

  • Mucuna bennetti (aka: Red Jade Vine)
    • Vine (vigourous and shrub-like vine)
    • spectacular winter floral show - hundreds of lilac-shaped racemes hang down in bright red!
    • Very hard to find
    • pictures and info (POPUP) on Mucuna bennetti (aka: Mucuna Novoguineensis)
    • starts and older plants available in Feb 2007


    Thunbergia mysorensis (Thumbergia mysorensis)

  • Thunbergia mysorensis
    • Vine (vigourous grower)
    • considered one of the most spectacular vines on earth - hundreds of lilac-shaped racemes hang down in bright yellow and maroon!
    • Hard to find
    • pictures and info (POPUP) on Thunbergia mysorensis
    • starts and older plants available in Dec 2006


    Strongylodon macrobotrys (Turquoise Jade Vine, Green Jade Vine, Jade Vine, Blue Jade Vine)

  • Strongylodon
    • Vine (vigourous grower)
    • considered one of the most spectacular & unusual vines on earth - hundreds of lilac-shaped racemes hang down in bright yellow and maroon!
    • Hard to find and the color is not often seen in flowers
    • pictures and info (POPUP) on Thunbergia mysorensis
    • starts and older plants available in Feb 2007

    Deppea splendens, nearly extinct mexican shrub
    - a young plant struggling at Strybing Arboretum
    *stunning* camera phone capture! I got a new camera
    though so stay tuned! I find these platns easy to grow
    but they do not tolerate frost and are extinct in nature
    so preserve what we have and bring your plant in or
    cover it during a frost.
    Deppea splendens, my mother plant
    which is the 'Cristobal' strain.
    Notice the texturized irridescent
    leaves. This thing is gorgeous
    even out of flower. Cloud Forest.

    SHRUBS/MEDIUM SIZE PLANTS TO 6'

    • Deppea splendens var 'Cristobal' ---- 15'-25' (expect 8' or maybe a bit more in most US gardens)
      • Deppea splendens is extinct in Nature - aka: Golden Fuchsia
      • One of the rarest plants on the planet, Deppea splendens is from the Chiapas mountains originally and is a relative of coffee.
      • Amazing chiapas Deppea splendends likes the cooler weather and grows great in shade. Deppea splendens full sun but part sun is great.
      • All Deppea splendens pants in cultivation today originate from seed collected by Dr. Breedlove in 1881. When he returned to the spot, formerly the only known stand of these plants, they had (you guessed it) the remaining Deppea splendense had been bulldozed to make way for Some Important Thing.
      • Leaves of Deppea splendens are lush and textured and it makes a great foilage plant when it is not in bloom. See Image form UCLA Deppea splendens
      • Deppea splendens blooms late summer with bright yellow flowers from red sepals. One of the most stunning, showstopping shrubs a girl could want (or a boy for that matter)...
      • Deppea splendens is unavailable in the trade - has been offered by several nurseries but time and time again has been relegated to indefinitely "temporary unavailable"
      • I will be propogating Deppea splendens on request - half down by check to be cashed when your plant roots. Remainder due just before shipment. Estimated wait: 6 weeks.
      • 4" pot (starter) Deppea splendens - $150 includes shipping
      • Ours available in August 2006 - they are starts that will likely by in large 4" pots or gallons. We'll have one only after our wait list clears. These are going for over $200 on ebay. Ebay...seriously.

      • Impatiens var 'African Queen' ----
        • Impatiens 'African Queen' is hard to get in the industry to my understanding. I scored on recently and we'll have them in the autumn for our plant sale and maybe for mail order after that.
        • I dunno much about 'African Queen' Impatiens except the flowers are stunningly coloured and the plant we progoated from was covered in them!
        • Price will be determined by the going rate and difficulty in propogation - we'll post the price in June
        • Angel's trumpet 'arborea' sold out
          • Night fragrant - good fragrance
          • Pretty rare
          • Blooms are white and very small for a Brugmansia - hang downwards like bells
          • Small tree or large bush
          • Needs lotsa iron
          • This is a very special Brug. It is a species plant and has a vanilla-like fragrance from small night-fragrant flowers. the flowers are very unusual looking and seem to almost have petals because they are not all the way fused the way other brugs are. This is a stunning flower with great fragrance and I didn't hafta sleep with someone smelly to get it but I WOULD have...(don't tell the guy I got it from...)
          • 4" pot (starter) - SOLD OUT

        TREES/LARGE PLANTS
        see also shrubs above - some are kinda between these two categories or in both

        • Passionflower TREE (see passiflora list (in vine section for the rare passiflora trees - Passiflora lindeniana)

      • Plumerias (rubra) 'Bali Whirl'
        • Cultivar: Bali Whirl - 1 plant available
        • very very fragrant - said to be smellable through a closed door
        • Likes warmth
        • Rare and hard to obtain - this is the only cultivar (to my knowledge) that has double blooms
        • Drought resistant - likes heat, does best if humidity is present though (you know, like here)
        • Well-established 1 foot tall plant - has bloomed already $125
        • Photos/writeups available at Dave's Garden--- http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/101477/index.html

      • Plumerias (rubra) ACW ('Ammaron's Curly White')
        • Cultivar: Ammaron's Curly White available - 1 plant only
        • Likes warmth
        • Outrageously rare and almost impossible to obtain - this cultivar is said to not be available commercially and has a long-petaled flower that hangs down and curls gently - very unusual and very pretty. So rare I ALMOST had to have sex with someone smelly to get it. See the extra mile I go for you guys?
        • Drought resistant - likes heat, does best if humidity is present though (you know, like here)
        • GRAFT 1.5-2' $200 2 years old
        • More info/images available on this cultivar on PLumeri1.com - an excellent resource: http://www.plumeria101.com/master_gallery/ammarons_curly_white.html


      COLLECTORS PLANTS

    • Lapageria rosea (chilean Bellflower) - cultivars and seedling see above in vines
    • Passiflora antioquiensis (see above in vines)
    • Passiflora parritae (see above in vines)
    • Deppea splendens - Golden Fuchsia, Cristobal - (see shrubs - above)
    • Mucuna bennetti - Red Jade vine see vines

      SPECIAL REQUESTS

      Is there something we should carry? We do take suggestions for plants to track down and make available. We tend to want to do this for plants that are endangered and rare. If your candidate is one of the rarest plants in the world, that sounds like our bag! Let us know and we wil ask around and if we think it can be done & will help save the plant from extinction, we will track it down and make it available if it's in our power. We have done this, for instance, with Deppea splendens and Passiflora parritae. Run it by us, if it's endangered (or just rare and interesting), we might be able to get it faster than you think (faster than we think in some cases!).

      TRADES

      Although we don't often do trades, we will for these plants (if you wonder, shoot an email over with what you got):

      • Passiflora cirrhiflora (got it!)
      • Passiflora ischnoclada
      • Impatiens psittacina (if this exists we'll have it by 2008 - check back)
      • Passiflora tico
      • Passiflora sanctae barbarae (next on the hit list for me)
      • Passiflora parritae (we're set up for life on this now - thanks)
      • Almost any rare passiflora that cannot be ordered online - especially tree forms (arborea, lindeniana, etc)
      • Lapageria rosea cv's we do not have listed, esp english cultivars
      • Couroupita guianensis ("Cannonball tree")