[David Dickinson]

The flowers were hanging over a wall so it was difficult to say if it was a true climber or a few stems of a bush but it looked more like a climber. There was a breeze blowing so the slightly out-of-focus pic attached was the best I could do. The seed pods are square in cross section with "four wings".

Any help, as always, gratefully received.

[oron peri]

Sesbania punicea

[David Dickinson]

Thanks Oron. I feel a bit of a fool now as I had just ordered seeds of this plant and didn't recognise the plant when I saw it in the flesh! Happy I did order it now as the flower colour is very strong even in the bright summer light of Rome. I soaked the seeds I had received from a supplier (Jungle Seeds) as instructed but nicking them in addition and put them into sand/compost mix a couple of days ago. 2 had germinated by the following day and 8 by this morning.

I now have the seeds I collected which may be redundant. If so, I will send them to the MGS seed exchange and hope that Chantal will find good homes for some of them.

Thanks again :-)