The most common types of tunbergia

Tunbergia belongs to the Acanta family. It is quite numerous, and in it can be found both shrub and liana forms. In total, there are about two hundred species, the native land of tunbergia are the tropics of Africa, Madagascar and southern Asia.

Due to the wide variety of colors, sizes and shapes, tunbergia is grown with pleasure both at home and used to decorate the garden. Most species require abundant watering. Tunbergia is a perennial plant, but because of its love for heat in the northern regions, it will grow as an annual. Flowering period - from May to September.

Tunbergia creepers

Types of tunbergia, which grow in the form of lianas, are much larger than shrub species. The most common varieties that are used in gardening, can be considered:

• winged tunbergia;
• fragrant tunbergia;
• large-flowered tunbergia;
• tunbergia related;
• tunbergia laurel;
• Tunzorgy mizorenskuyu;
• tutbergia battiskomba.

Winged thunberg

Origin: the tropics of Africa. Required humidity: not demanding. Winged tungermia - grass-like liana. Flowers have a very original look - bright yellow petals with a black center.

Stems curl and slightly pubescent. The leaves are up to 7 cm long. The winged scapes (partially or completely), the base is truncated, opposite, heart-shaped or triangular. Flowers reach 4 cm in diameter, arranged singly, axillary. Bracts (2 pieces) are egg-shaped. The rim is orange or creamy, with a wheel-shaped bend, and at the top is a swollen curved tube, with a dark brown color inside.

Fragrant thunbergia

Origin: India. Required humidity: not less than 35%. The climbing vine, which becomes woody with age, grows up to 6 m in length at home, but grows in average to 3 meters in a temperate climate. It has a ribbed branching stalk. There is also a “fluff” consisting of pressed hairs. The leaves grow in length up to 7 cm. The shape can be arrow-shaped, petiole, opposite or triangular. The top is always sharp, and the base is either heart-shaped or truncated, the top is dark green and the bottom is lighter. Flowers reach a diameter of 5 cm, arranged singly, axillary. Bracts (2 pieces) have an egg-shaped green color. The wheel-shaped limb of the corolla, five-membered, white in color, passes into a narrow straight tube. Limb bends truncated at the ends.

Thunbergia grandiflora

Origin: northeast india Required humidity: 60% or more. The only evergreen vine among all varieties. The shoots are almost bare, the leaves have a palmate-dissected form. They can be smooth on both sides or slightly pubescent. The flowers of the tunbergia grandiflora reach 8 cm in diameter, grow in dense, drooping tassels, and occasionally are arranged singly.The corolla is painted in all shades of lilac (occasionally white), two-lipped in structure, has two upper and three lower lobes. This species is also called tunbergia blue for an abundance of large blue flowers with which the plant is covered.

Thunbergia related

Origin: East Africa. Required humidity: not less than 35%.

The length of the vines reaches 3-4 meters. Shoots have a tetrahedral shape. Leaf plates are either flat or wavy, with wedge-shaped bases on short petioles. The flowers of akin tunbergia are one of the largest - up to 10 cm. They grow under an inclination and are in the leaf axils. The corolla is purple, and the mouth from the inside is yellow.

Thunbergia laurelleaf

Origin: Malay Archipelago. Required humidity: not less than 35%. This lianoobraznoe plant refers to annuals. Shoots are bare, filiform, on which the leaves are occasionally arranged oppositely. They are 15 cm in length, and up to 8 cm in width, and have an elliptical shape. Scapes rather long, within 5-7 cm.The flowers consist of five petals, which grow together at the base into a tube, almost without aroma, of a pale blue color.

Mt.

Origin: south india. Required humidity: not less than 35%. It is considered the most mysterious and strange representative of tunbergy. This plant is often presented as a source of mystical energy. It is believed that it contributes to the exacerbation of feelings and helps in self-realization. In the wild, this creeper grows to 10 m, but its domestic species does not exceed 6 m. Lianas woody with age. The leaves have an elongated shape and are pointed at the ends. Sometimes the edges may be slightly jagged, but mostly they are smooth. Flowers liana have an unusual shape. They hang with long tassels, with the length of such a peduncle reaching 50-60 cm. The bracts are colored purple-green, and the flowers themselves are yellow. The pharynx of the flower has a complex structure of four lobes: the upper spoon-shaped ones have a straight shape, the lower ones are tripartite, and the two lateral ones are twisted backwards.

Thunbergia Battiscombe

Origin: tropical regions of Africa. Required humidity: not less than 35%. Curly vine, for the growth and active flowering which requires support. The plant has many bare shoots, which grow large leaves.They have an elliptical shape, as well as a bright green color. Located opposite, and the edges are smooth. The flowers are blue-violet, while the petals are closer to the base and grow together and look something like an elongated tube. Zev from the outside is white, turning into a purple-blue, and its inner part has a yellow color.

Thunbergia bushes

In addition to the obvious differences from lianas, shrubs of tunbergia are quite similar to their fellows. They also have a beautiful look and are used as decoration. The most common shrubs are:

• Tunbergia Vogel;
• Natalia Tunberia;
• Tunbergia is upright.

Thunbergia Vogel

Origin: Masias-Nguema-Biogo island. Required humidity: not less than 35%. Shrub with straight branches. The leaves are glossy, dark green. The shape of the leaf may be different - from ovoid to oblong, wedge-shaped at the base, and at the edges they can be both smooth and notched.The leaves of this variety of tunbergia are rather large, reaching a length of 7-15 cm. The flowers have oblong buds, their color is white at the base of the corolla, and the inside is light yellow. The flower itself combines the contrast of a dark mauve base and bright yellow edges.

Thunbergia Natal

Origin: South Africa. Required humidity: not less than 35%. This shrub prefers a subtropical and warm temperate climate, even when grown indoors. The branches do not hover, but they are quite flexible. They are also tetrahedral, which is the hallmark of this plant. The leaves are dark green and the shape is ovate, elongated and pointed at the top.

The flowers of the Tunbers Natali are a funnel with petals accreted at the base. In color they are purple, with yellowish shades on the edges.

Tunbergia erect

Origin: tropical Africa. Required humidity: not demanding. This type of tunbergia is somewhat reminiscent of the Natalian tunbergia. Unlike her, the stems are ribbed here. Leaves up to 6 cm long, located opposite.They are smooth, ovate or broadly lanceolate. Bracts have a yellow-green color. The flowers grow up to 4 cm in diameter, grow alone. Five-membered corolla, with bright purple petals. The pharynx is white outside and yellowish inside.