would like plant ID

[Galapoheros]

I'm not expecting a whole lot here since the forum has mostly to do with animals/inverts. I collected the seeds and grew these things. The seeds are big, golf ball size. The root gets thick all of the sudden at the base and sends out smaller roots there sometimes. The blooms are red and look a little like honeysuckle blooms. There is a similar plant in the Texas hill country but it has white blooms and the seeds are smaller, they look to be very closely related though.

 

[spydrhunter1]

Horse Chestnut.... Aesculus sp.

 

[Sarcastro]

you got to it before I did spydr..Aesculus hippocastanum also know as the southern buckeye

 

[spydrhunter1]

Glad you knew the species...we have different species up north.

 

[Sarcastro]

yeah there's only 2 species in the texas area(that I know of) and it was stated that the pods were golf ball size so that kinda pegged it..I have an Ohio buckeye tree in my back yard. their awesome shade trees and depending on the species the blooms are beautiful mine are a pinkish to red hue..the Texas buckeye(Aesculus arguta) has the white-yellowish blooms

 

[Galapoheros]

Wow thanks guys, that was fast! I looked around after I saw the ID, I'm still not sure of the species, def the genus of course. The blooms on these look a lot like in this link. But I see that the leaves are different. I think I have a pic of the blooms somewhere but I think the pic is on a CD, it would take a long time to find. I'm going to look up the genus some more. Man I've been wondering what these are for about 3 or 4 years now. https://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~..._woody_plants/aesculus_pavia_SMITHCOL_01s.JPG

 

[Sarcastro]

wow!.. you learn something new every day there's a third species indigenous to northern Texas and on over to Florida with solid red blooms

 

[Galapoheros]

This seems to be it to me so far. Says they are in e tx. But I got the seeds out of somebody's yard, it might not be native to where the plant was.
http://www.swsbm.com/images/New2-2001/Aesculus_pavia.jpg

 

[Sarcastro]

This seems to be it to me so far. Says they are in e tx. But I got the seeds out of somebody's yard, it might not be native to where the plant was.
http://www.swsbm.com/images/New2-2001/Aesculus_pavia.jpg

that is the species I didn't know about it's the red buckeye

 

[Terry D]

Aesculus pavia

I'm not expecting a whole lot here since the forum has mostly to do with animals/inverts. I collected the seeds and grew these things. The seeds are big, golf ball size. The root gets thick all of the sudden at the base and sends out smaller roots there sometimes. The blooms are red and look a little like honeysuckle blooms. There is a similar plant in the Texas hill country but it has white blooms and the seeds are smaller, they look to be very closely related though.

Galapoheros, This almost certainly appears to be Red Buckeye. They are very common in upland areas here in nw La. They will do fine in sun or shade but do better in morning or dappled sun as the leaves will look extremely ragged by early August if exposed to hot afternoon sun. In our area they're an extremely underrated landscape plant and one of the first to be cut/bush-hogged to the ground. They are easy to transplant if grown from the large seed in a pot or seed planted directly in ground. Specimens 2-3' tall or larger can be near impossible to transplant. They like it dry but can handle a little more moisture in acidic soils on slopes near seeps, etc. They are an excellent source of nectar for ruby-throated Hummingbirds and an outstanding addition to the landscape. Hope yours does well!

Terry

 

[Galapoheros]

I'll use them somewhere. I've been growing stuff in pots for a while thinking I'm going to eventually move to a place that has dirt. There is just bedrock around here, I have an average of 3 inches of soil and I want to grow my own food, too hard to do around Austin. I'm ready for the country! yeehaww!

oops, just noticed I posted this thread in the wrong section