Anyone Growing Delonix Regia?

[adenium]

Hi,

I have been growing a Delonix regia for around three years now. It does very well in my bathroom, the problem is that it maybe does too well. Still, there is a problem it never branches, so the main stem always gets taller. The plant is rather impressive, it is around 5,7 feet tall. So I wonder if I should maybe cut it back to force it to branch, but I'm reluctant to do it, because I don't want to harm the plant.

Are any of you growing this plant and who could give me advice on its culture?

Thank you

[MrSeedy]

I started growing my seed grown one many years ago and quickly learned it would be too tall for my ceilings, so it's been cut back many times over the years, but I doubt, since they need to grow into large trees , I think?, before they can flower, I'll most likely never have fowers on it. I just love the leaves, but mine does have a tendency also to have those periodic "shedding' spells, when it will drop all those very small leaflets and make a horrible mess in my home. It' doesn't like the move back indoors from outdoors in the fall, and shortly afterwards will drop nearly all it's leaves every year. Not the neatest of my plants!!

[Rich]

It looks like a kind of mimosa. What are the flowers like?

[adenium]

It looks like a kind of mimosa. What are the flowers like?
Yes, it belongs to the same familly. The delonix regia of Flame Tree is one of the most beautiful tropical trees. When it flowers, it's an explosion of color, it looks as though it were on fire. Here is a picture.

[adenium]

And the detail of one flower

[MrSeedy]

Thank you so much for the "detail" picture , since I've looked long and hard for one in various sources. I've never seen one up close to see the detail on the flowers . They're of course related to the mimosas as well as the Robinias or locusts and many other plants in the legume family, and most likely Jacarandas as wel, which are another of my favorites. I got used to seeing the Jacarandas in full bloom , when I lived in California years ago, and I do love those feather fern like leaves. Seems to be a common characteristic of many plants in that family and of course many have those "compound" leaves that make them look so lacey.