Jacaranda mimosifolia - Jacaranda Flowers

Just a feast for the eyes!

I cant believe they are such a beautiful colour .............Do the blooms last for long Andy?

Bernieh:

It is a feast for the eyes...I like the very dark blue and purple colored flower verses the lighter colored ones like in this photo.

Milky:

I don't think they last a very long time. It's just there's so many thousands of flowers on a tree it blooms for 2 or 3 months.

My word! that's why there's no shortage of seed, aye?

Avis:

Thank you for the comment!

Lori:

Not all flowers produce seed pods...however, most trees can produce an abundance of seed pods.

So what's the botanical term here, D1? It's heterozygous? it produces both male and female flowers? like pumpkin and squash?

Lori:

It's a monoecious tree (one plant will produce viable seeds) not dioecious (needing to a female and male tree to produce seed pods). This is a very simplistic explanation.

ahaha...had my genetics terminology askew ...lol. I suppose what I meant is better put like this: As in the case of pumpkins and squash...that vine produces both male and female flowers in sequence, male flowers first, female/fruiting flowers later... is this the case with Jacaranda?

Lori:

It's similar...if you google "moniecious" it will be explained further. : > )