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Anybody else grow it? Anybody flowered it?

You might need to be a little more specific Mike. There are over 120 species in the genus.....

Ok but I doubt there are many takers. Lysistemon then but I'll take any Erythrina!

I have considered the smaller species but a 10 metre tree would be a little too much for my little bedroom. I love the look of the flowers.

I assume you have seen the cultivation tips at PlantZAfrica?
http://pza.sanbi.org/erythrina-lysistemon

I have but I don't have the African climate.

It grows well, looks good, but no flowers yet.

Has it lost its leaves yet? The flowers come in August-October in the Southern Hemisphere, before or with the resprouting of the deciduous leaves.

No. Just sprouting now.

Perhaps it needed a good African chill over winter to get the leaves off and mature the flower buds?

Possibly. It has to share the space with Stapeliads at 10c I'm afraid. And I meant yes, it lost it's leaves some time ago.

I've seen crista-galli in flower but it was an old plant that had been pruned within an inch of it's life.

Herts Mike wrote: ↑Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:36 pm And I meant yes, it lost it's leaves some time ago.

Oh, in that case it could flower anytime from now to 10 metres tall. Just keep doing what you are doing and extend the greenhouse upwards.

I keep bumping this thread up in the hope that some Erythrina enthusiast spots it, but it is not working.