Flora

Adenium obesum (Desert rose)

Sub-Saharan origin, poisonous milky sap.

Adenium obesum Adenium obesum Adenium obesum
Adenium obesum Adenium obesum Adenium obesum

Sinningia speciosa (Florist’s gloxinia)

Or gloxinia for short, Brazilian origin, showy flowers and tuber. Real gloxinia has no tuber.

Gloxinia Gloxinia Gloxinia

Daisy

Asteraceae family.

Daisy Daisy

Hibiscus

Hibiscus or Rosemallow is a large genus of about 200-220 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world.

Hibiscus or Rosemallow

Torenia fournieri (Wishbone flower)

If you know their names, please contact me.

Other flowers

If you know their names, please contact me.

Comments

4 Responses to “Flora”

  • fara on March 8th, 2009 20:34 1

    nice..

  • Barry Nealy on July 17th, 2011 6:29 2

    Your “other flowers”
    ID for right-hand column, middle photo
    This is known as Lucifer in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

  • 万教授 on November 13th, 2011 19:44 3

    Row 1, Col. 1 & 2: Cuphea Hyssopifolia (Mexican heather)
    Row 1, Col. 3: Portulaca (Moss rose)
    Row 2: Red lily
    Row 3, Col. 1: Double-flowered lily
    Row 4: Heliconia

    ;-)

  • Adrian Hoe on November 17th, 2011 16:37 4

    Thanks for the help to identify the flowers.

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