Common name:
Pink Peacock flower / Pride of Barbados / Pink Bird of Paradise
A small tree or shrub native to the tropics of the Americas with feathery foliage and beautiful, orchid-like, pink, red-and-orange or yellow flowers that are held in long panicles. While evergreen in the tropics, it may be deciduous or partially so under cold or drought conditions. A popular, easy and fast growing ornamental for tropical and warm temperate climates in USDA Zones 10 and above. It will also grow in USDA Zones 9 and even 8 but will freeze back every winter.
Caesalpinia pulcherrima is a species of flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae, native to the tropics and subtropics of the Americas. It could be native to the West Indies, but its exact origin is unknown due to widespread cultivation. Common names for this species include poinciana, peacock flower, red bird of paradise, Mexican bird of paradise, dwarf poinciana, pride of Barbados, flos pavonis, and flamboyant-de-jardin.
It is a shrub growing to 3 m tall. In climates with few to no frosts, this plant will grow larger and is semievergreen. In Hawaii this plant is evergreen and grows over 5 m tall. Grown in climates with light to moderate freezing, plant will die back to the ground depending on cold, but will rebound in mid- to late spring. This species is more sensitive to cold than others. The leaves are bipinnate, 20–40 cm long, bearing three to 10 pairs of pinnae, each with six to 10 pairs of leaflets 15–25 mm long and 10–15 mm broad. The flowers are borne in racemes up to 20 cm long, each flower with five yellow, orange, or red petals. The fruit is a pod 6–12 cm long.
It’s a pink variety of the common peacock flower and is rarely seen. The flowers are quite beautiful, already appearing in the second year, and after pollination, pods grow which burst open (you can clearly hear this), presenting brown seeds. It’s a fast grower with beautiful, pinnate leaves and can be kept as a container plant too. Move the plant indoors when it freezes outside and provide a sunny spot.
Germination instructions:
First soak the seeds in lukewarm water for 24 hours. Then sow them in sowing mix and let them germinate at 20-25 degC.
Sowing time:
All year round
How to grow?
Soak the seeds in to the water at least 12 hours.
First it should prepare Nursery pot to germinate Seeds.Mixture should contain Garden soil,sand & Compost in to 1:1:1 ratio. Lay the seeds in to certain distance in row & column, like 1x1 inches.
Seeds Lay half inch under ground in the Nursery mixture.
Watering the Nursery pot day after day when it necessary. after 5-12 days you can see Sprouts of Seeds.
Care maintenance must be important.after 2 or 3 weeks it can transfer to the growing area.Growing area can use big flower pots or Ground Area.It should the mixture when used to Nursery mixture.compost is better for ground permanent planting.
How to fertilize?
Fertilize can be start in the 2nd week, after transferred to the growing area,(It may 3 - 4 weeks aged plant)
maximum 1 teaspoon full of Nitrogen,Prospers & Potassium mixed fertilized (NPK) can use once a month.It is much better you can add compost or any other carbonic fertilizer, substitute of chemical fertilize.if you use compost or other carbonic fertilizers add 2 - 3 tablespoon full per plant once a month.Annually 200g of NPK or 500g Compost mixture is sufficent.
Normally we grow this plants using 100% carbonic fertilizers like compost.
In favourable conditions the flowering starts about 5 - 6 month and after the germination and continues until the temperatures and soil humidity allow it.this plant more prefer Sun shine & always allow to direct sun light.
Bloomed flowers consist in 5 -6 days as a bunch.
most of use as Flower decoration works and flower bunch preparation in the ceremony occasion & functions.
Hardiness Zones 8-12
Minimum Temp 32°F
Shape Upright
Growth Rate Medium
Sun Preference Full Light
Soil Type Any
Soil Moisture Keep Moist
Growth Period Spring - Autumn
Foliage Color Green
Package:
50 Seeds Packets or 100 seeds Packets as per your order
Sealed Pack with Bubble Wrapped parcel.