Maurandia

Maurandia subsp. var.
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Maurandia (after Maurandy, professor of botany at Cartagena, Spain). Also written Maurandya. Scrophulariaceae. Perennial herbs, grown for the showy flowers and for the climbing habit of some of them. Botanically, this genus is near to the snapdragon, though the throat of the fl. is not closed. The plant known to the trade chiefly as Maurandia antirrhiniflora is now referred to Antirrhinum. (See Antirrhinum, Vol. I, p. 305, where this plant is described and figured.) It is a climber and requires the cult, of maurandia. Maurandias climb by the twisting of the lf.- and fl.- stalks. They are glabrous or pubescent: lvs. alternate, or the lower ones opposite, triangular or halberd-shaped, angular-lobed or coarsely toothed: calyx 5-parted: segms. narrow or broad; corolla-tube scarcely bulged or gibbous at the base, essentially funnelform, with bearded lines instead of a palate; posterior lip 2-cut; anterior lip variously parted; stamens 4, didynamous: fr. a caps, with winged or wingless seeds.—About 6 or 8 species of Mexican and Arizonian plants, mostly climbers, with showy, irregular trumpet-shaped fls., white, rose, purple and blue, the throat usually white or light-colored, somewhat 2-lipped. Perhaps the commonest cultivated species is M. Barclaiana, which is procurable in a greater range of colors than the others. Maurandias are desirable vines for winter-flowering in cool greenhouses, but since they bloom the first year from seed, they are almost wholly grown for summer bloom outdoors and treated like tender annuals. They have a slender habit and grow about 10 feet in a season. In autumn the vines may be taken up and removed into the house if desired. In some of the recently introduced species the habit is prostrate or pendulous rather than climbing. Maurandias can be increased either by seed or cuttings. When grown from seed, the pans or flats should be given a liberal amount of crocks, and this covered with some coarse material. For a compost use four parts new loam, two parts leaf-mold, one part sand, well mixed together. Fill the pans to about ½ inch from the top, firming the material. For covering the seeds, screen some of the compost and cover about three times the size of the seed. Water with a fine hose. Place the pans in a house with a night temperature of 60˚. Cover with glass and keep shaded until they start to germinate. When large enough to handle, pot off into 2- or 2½-inch pots, using the same compost, adding about one-fourth part of well-decayed cow-manure. When intended for the conservatory, they should be shifted along until they are in 6- or 7-inch pots. For these larger shifts use a compost of four parts of fibrous soil, one part each of cow-manure and leaf-mold, and a small amount of bone-meal. Maurandias can also be grown from cuttings taken any time after the middle of January, using an intermediate propagating-bed and grown on as above stated. For their general culture, they like a night temperature of 55° to 60° with a rise of 10° to 15° with sun heat. Water should be given when they show dryness at the roots. On bright days they should receive a good syringing to keep the foliage clean and healthy. When they have filled the soil with roots, liquid manure given about once a week will keep them vigorous. Train the shoots and give them additional room as they may require. Maurandias are largely grown for baskets, vases and the like. The most troublesome insects are red-spiders and aphids. Syringe to keep the former in check and fumigate frequently for aphids. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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