Tres Marias (three sisters)

These specimens are still in their growing pots, these are decades old specimens.

These set of bougainvillea's came from a single trunk from an elementary school in Ilocos Sur which are already 50 years old. Some of the plants are still there and are carved out, resembling big baskets, well most of it, but the others are merely in a round shape or odd shapes. The trunk was removed because it cannot be shaped to anything that could be a source of inspiration because of its old age.

Luckily I was there when they cut it out and I was one of the lucky ones who got a piece of it. It was divided into three parts, and me getting the middle part of the trunk. I cut it into three parts for source specimen and brought it home and planted in a pot for confinement. I am still finding a suitable display pot to put into.

Bougainvillea's are easy to propagate but very hard to manipulate. These specimens are valuable because of their age. A visiting friend of mine (an american) is so interested in it that he wants to buy it for a hefty price. I'm still thinking about selling it, what do you think?