Botanical Name: Petraeovitex wolfeiSynonym: Petraeovitex bambusetorum
Origin: Malaysia
Family: Lamiaceae
Family: Lamiaceae
Common name: Wolfe's Vine or Nong Nooch Vine
Scientific name structure:
a) petraea/petraeus = rock-loving
b) vieo = to plait, tie up or twine
c) bambusa = bamboo-like
d) toreo = to bore through or pierce
c) bambusa = bamboo-like
d) toreo = to bore through or pierce
Common name:
Nong Nooch Vine comes from the Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden in Pattaya, Thailand.
The blooms consists of bright yellow bracts with creamy white flowers.
It is an amazing climber and grows vigorously. The blooms form on the tips of its vining stems and cascade down 2ft or more in length.
The blooms form a pendulous infloresence that opens for many weeks. A bloom cycle may last up to 6 months. Foliage is dense and dark green in colour, quite similar to those of the clerodendrums.
It is a free flowering vigorous climber which is suitable for a fencing or trained on a pole, hoop, trelis or pergola. Also suitable for containers and hanging baskets.
This recent introduction into the horticultural world was named after Dr. Eric Wolfe who discovered the plant in Kedah and presented it to Mr. J.W. Ewart, the Assistant Curator at the Singapore Botanical Gardens in 1938. Dr. EDP Wolf was the Deputy Director of Medical Services of The Federation of Malaya. This climber was first recorded in the states of Kedah and Terengganu in Peninsular Malaysia.
In Malaysia, we can quite easily find it at our local nurseries.
Have you see this plant before?
Are you growing it in your climate zone?
Are you growing it in your climate zone?
My sources of reference :
1. Newsletter of The Singapore Botanic Gardens, Volume 24, July 2005 ISSN 12-1688
2. Toptropicals.com has featured it as a rare plant and they also have the seedlings for sale.
Photographs taken by Autumn Belle at The Secret Garden of 1-Utama
Photographs taken by Autumn Belle at The Secret Garden of 1-Utama
My grateful thanks to Dr. Francis Ng, The Secret Garden of 1-Utama
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