Thursday, April 1, 2010

Mysore clock vine - Thunbergia mysorensis

Spectacular and strange
Yellow, rust and orange.

13 comments:

  1. it's very beautiful, may be i saw that in discovery channel.

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  2. Never seen anything like this. Are they specific to the Mysore area?

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  3. i've long wondered what these are called!! beautiful pictures.

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  4. there is one in the botanical park in rome. Great! anyone has it?

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  5. Kamini, I have no idea why its named thus...and I saw it in Yercaud, and Anonymous has seen it in Rome!!

    Arati, where did you see them?

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  6. No Jagan, I dont. As mentioned above, I saw it in Yercaud.

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  7. you can beautifully see them at Kamay ni Hesus in Lucban ,Quezon

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  8. ya i had seen its very nice flowering and also it can be grow as a shrub

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  9. I saw them in Yercaud n bought one but after 2 months, it's become bare, with just 4 leaves browning at the ends.... n when I had given up hope, I noticed tiny shoots....it takes up to 2 yrs to mature n flower! Hope they hold! The flowers r absolutely lovely when they hang from above!!!

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  10. lovely, is it seen in Mysore?

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