Will I get a flower next year - Basjoo / Dwarf Orinoco?

geissene · 09-25-2015, 11:50 AM

Hi everyone

I have a dwarf orinoco and a few basjoo plants that have been growing all summer from 1 foot pups in May. They have now reached just more than 5 feet of Pstem but growth is slowing since temperatures are starting to drop.

I was curious if anyone thinks that I might be able to see a flower from these plants after next year's growing season.

Thoughts?

Thanks,

Erik
North Wales, PA

Olafhenny · 09-25-2015, 06:54 PM

You can only expect any flower on your basjoo, if you can keep it growing, albeit slowly
during the winter months in a heated, lighted indoor environment. All other forms of
winterizing will set your plant too far back to allow enough time for the blooming
process to evolve.

Best,
Olaf

geissene · 09-25-2015, 07:31 PM

Hi Olaf

Thanks for the reply. I was hoping that I might see a flower if I built a fancy outdoor shelter like yours.

The best I can do is protect some stalk outside or store it bare root indoors. I guess that I am out of luck.
Regards
Erik

CTPalm · 09-26-2015, 07:27 AM

Erik

I got an orinoco to flower by storing bare root in basement over the winter here in CT! That's it in my avatar pic.

Paul

geissene · 09-26-2015, 01:51 PM

Hi Paul

Congratulations! That is amazing!

How tall was your pstem at the start of summer?

Erik

CTPalm · 09-26-2015, 01:58 PM

4-5 feet not including rootball

cincinnana · 09-26-2015, 09:00 PM

Possible thread of interest Hibernating a basjoo
This might not work for everybody.....but I do know it works in many zones from sandy soil to poor soil.

You will almost never get a flower from a basjoo grown outside in an unprotected area in our zone 4-7.

But there is hope for the ole reliable Orinoco in a container..seems to be on a two year cycle for a flower for me.
Massive. 1 hand /three fingers at 12 grams.

Maybe much longer for your VC.

Orinoco....or poser
by Hostafarian, on Flickr

obdiah · 09-27-2015, 07:38 AM

My two season basjoo flowered in the last week of September this year I cut it back to 3 ft of pstem after the first light frost an placed a plastic barrel with both ends removed over it then filled it with dry sawdust and toped it with plastic survived several bays of 0 degrees last winter and really took off this spring

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