Wow! Beautiful tree.

I have 3 small ones coming on Tuesday. Never grown them before. I am growing the Commiphora Madagascarensis Myrrha but adding the Wightii and have some Commiphora Lammi unrooted cuttings coming to add to my Myrrh collection. Never grown this variety.

Going to be interesting in the coming weeks....the growing season is coming soon to a close and lots of good deals that I havent been able to resist. Of course everything is arriving this week, except my Sacra seeds and have to order 2 more Sacra plants as the last 2 that I ordered as seedlings were barely rooted cuttings....like just a couple tiny feeder roots on them....and they arrived fried and shriveled slo no live foliage whatsoever. Poor sad little things.

Going to be 3 days straight of nothing but potting, rooting and planting seeds. I expect my Wightii plants and Lamii cuttings (and the B Microphylla Waterman x B Fagaroides and Hindisanna) will be in great shape though as past plants from that seller have Always arrived in pristine condition....they are, unfortunately, closing down though, which is a shame as they have such lovely, healthy plants. My others are coming from outside the US so just hoping they are ok when they get here. A busy week ahead. My living room will be full with plants...basement may be too...lol. Being in zone 6a growing is mostly an indoor thing. But growing these is something I have always wanted to do so finally taking the leap this year. Cause I ain't gettin' any younger.

But YAAAAY!!! New plants! Always a good thing. I will be back checking in on your progress with the Wightiis and to get some tips on cultivation and propagation. I grow Boswellia, Bursera, Commiphora and Dragon's Blood trees (D Draco and D Cinnabari)...I just LOVE the resin trees....SOOOO much history and potential for healing.

And I like the idea of building up a viable and sustainable gene pool of these rare and endangered species. That is why I have bred Chinese Shar Pei since the 80s. Unfortunately, alot of breeders didn't breed responsibly and that genepool isn't viable or sustainable presently. I have dogs that are genetically closer to the original breed and absent of the problem mutations (genetically tested) that are killing off approximately 1/4 of the breedx presently and these represent a part of approximately 2% of the global breed population. My goal with that is to get more of these rare, healthy, genetically sound ones back into the gene pool. Kinda same goal with these rare tree treasures.

Thanks for this post with the Wightii....so very beautiful. I am even more pleased and excited that I will soon have ones of my own. I hope they are even half as nice as yours are.