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I really don’t know where the color lavender ends and the color lilac begins. I’ve always referred to these as my lavender gumamela. We have two varieties, the smaller ones that we bought in Los Baños, Laguna, years ago, and the bigger ones with overlapping petals from a cutting given by Jay and Jet David about two Christmases ago. The following photos are flowers from that cutting.
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Nice pix! The gumamela on the right is lilac while the one on the left is lavender. Lilac has a more reddish tint (similar to mauve) whereas lavender is more bluish – in the violet spectrum of colors.
wow.
ang ganda naman ng bloom nila ngayon. natutuwa ako at talagang nagbunga (literally) yung regalong binigay namin sa inyo.
ingat.
jay
Abaaa… at buhay pa pala ang lavander gumamela mo ha. Kamusta na kaya yung samen?
Have you made cuttings from that original one? You could plant it all over your yard and have several from that one cutting. Ganda ng lavander gumamela no?
Where can I buy the variety that Jay and Jet gave you?
Al, ah I see. I always wondered where mauve fit in. I think I like lilac better than lavender then.
Jay, we put the plant where it only gets morning sun. Ayaw yata nya talaga ng sun the whole day. Salamat ulit. Talagang showpiece pa rin.
Jet, pinapataba ko pa yung trunk. Takot ako mag-cut baka magtampo. hehehehe
Oliver, I don’t know hehehe but there are varieties (sickly though) that we bought in Los Baños.
you can search the manila seedling bank at Quezon Avenue. they sell the gumamelas there from time to time.
Nakabili ako last Sat., 8 Sept. sa Orchid show sa QC compound, 1 lila and 1 white (double petals) @P50.00 each. (mura ano) May collection na ako – yellow, yellow orange, red, pink, orange (cute sila)
Luz
Wow, mura nga. Yung lilac at white kasi mas rare usually yan mahal. Lucky you!
medyo marami na rin akong collection but ang dami png kulang. Beautiful gumamela flowers!!!!!!!!!
sana may mgbigay ng gumamela sa akin. tnk u.
ang ganda ng lavender na bulaklak meron ba kayo nito????????????????
hello ang ganda naman ng gumamela enge naman ako pls………………………>_
ano po b ang element na nasa gumamela flowers that good for shoe blackening?
pki answer lng po..
kasi knakailangan lng tlga namin..
thnx….
hi there.i’m from Cebu and i collect different colors of Gumamela.there is something about the plants that really made me love them!yet i don’t know why?
hi Mam.is there a place here in your site where i can possibly share my own pictures of my Gumamela?to share it with you.thanks
Joresa, why don’t you email them to me? I’d love to see them.