Makaha Sunn #300

An incredible brilliant red and gold. Very substantial petals, outstanding jasmine fragrance. The tree was discovered several years ago by Bud Guillot on one of his trips to Oahu. He named it Makaha Sunn, for the legendary female Hawaiian surfer, Rell Sunn. 4” and is an eye stopper with its bright hues. Leggy if over watered. Golden yellow orange blooms, elliptical moderately overlapped oval petals 3". Upturned inner edges, dark red on the inner edges, blending to orange and yellow into the dark orange center with dark red bands on reverse. Strong jasmine fragrance. Keeping quality is excellent with a high tendency to fade. Very symmetrical compact grower. Listed as compact, but in my experience it isn't. Grows very fast at first and then slows down. Needs a lot of heat and humidity to be happy. Branching is average. Elliptical dark green leaves have acute tips and red edges. Hard to root – should be grafted. Prone to BT. Fruity fragrance is exceptional. Does poorly on the coast and in Socal, even at Bud's. Needs consistent year-round heat to do well. Tends to lose inflos, especially on small plants. Very difficult plant to grow in the mainland and often suffers from the cooler, drier climate, especially the nights. Prefers to be kept on dry, and prefers filtered sun. Extremely cold sensitive. Branching is very easy to identify, it tapers in and out. In other words it will go from thicker to thinner to thicker to thinner etc. Nubs and rots all the time and the tree will look ugly shaped from all the amputations. Smells absolutely incredible and flowers are the best coloring. Very fruity smell. Only problem is she grows funny and black tips in cold weather. Also near impossible to root, must be grafted. Hard to find and keep alive. Sets seed.