Sunday, March 25, 2007

Flowers - look and you will find

Alpinia purpurata
Jungle Queen
Family: Zingiberaceae
Origin: South Pacific islands

Pseudocalymma alliaceum

Garlic Vine

Family: Bignoniaceae

Origin: Guatemala

This climber has made its way to the top of a roadside tree.

Spathodea campanulata

African Tulip tree

Family: Bignoniaceae

Origin: Tropical Africa

Calliandra emarginata

Powderpuff plant

Family:Leguminosae

Origin: Tropical America

Heliconia

Unknown to me

Inga edulis

Ice-cream bean tree

Family: Leguminosae

Origin: Tropical South America

Cratoxylum formosum

Pink Mempat

Family: hypericaceae

Origin: Indo-China, Malaysia, Philippines

Neomarica longifolia

Apostle Plant, Yellow walking iris

Family: iridaceae

Origin: Mexico to Brazil

Flowers and buds of the Saraca tree

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