Caribbean Agave, Agave angustifolia "Marginata" |
One section of the garden was devoted to an assortment of Bromelias. There was also a Cinnamon tree which was in flower and even has one ripe berry. This was fortuitous as I had not yet obtained any photographs of the flowers or fruit of a Cinnamon tree.
Flowers of the Cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum verum |
Ripe fruit of Cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum verum |
Pink Torch Ginger, Etlingera elatior |
Rhododendron zoelleri |
Hibiscus |
When I saw the shrub below I was not sure but suspected that it might be closely related to Duranta erecta. I was not sure because the flowers look quite different from the ones I have although I must admit that that is in relation to the colour only but when I saw a few orange berries I was sure it was related. Then after I did some research I was surprised to find that it was most probably a cultivar of Duranta erecta rather than a separate species in the Duranta genus.
Vanya Taulealo's Skyflower, Duranta erecta "Sapphire Showers" |
Among its cultivars are 'Alba', 'Aurea', 'Aussie Gold', 'Gold Mound', 'Geisha Girl', 'Sapphire Showers', and 'Variegata'. I think that the variety that Vanya has is "Sapphire Showers".
Showy Asian Grapes, Medinilla speciosa |
Additional Information:
Binomial Name: Agave angustiflora
Common names: Caribbean Agave(English); choka baïonnette
(French - Réunion).Taxonomy: Order: Asparagales – Family: Asparagaceae – Subfamily: Agavoideae – Genus: Agave – Species: Agave angustifolia
Binomial Name: Cinnamomum verum
Common names: True Cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon, Sri Lanka
cinnamon (English); cannelier, cannelier de Ceylan (French); árbol de la
canela (Spanish); cannella, cinnamomo (Italian); Ceylon-Zimtbaum, Echter
Zimtbaum (German); Kulit kayu manis (Bahasa Indonesian); Tinamoni (Samoan)Taxonomy: Order: Laurales – Family Lauraceae – Genus: Cinnamomum – Species: Cinnamomum vera
Binomial Name: Etlingera elatior
Common names: Torch Ginger, Ginger Flower, Red Ginger
Lily, Torch Lily, Wild Ginger, Combrang, Bunga Kantan, Philippine Wax Flower,
Xiang Bao Jiaing, Indonesian Tall Ginger (English); Boca de Dragón, Rose
de Porcelaine (French); bastón de emperador (Spanish); Rosa-de-porcelana (Portugese); Kecombrang, kantan, honje (Bahasa Indonesian) Taxonomy: Order:Zingiberales – Family Gingiberaceae– Genus: Etlingera– Species: Etlingera elatior
Binomial Name: Rhododendron zoelleri
Common names: Rhododendron zoelleri (English) Name
(Language)Taxonomy: Order: Ericales – Family: Ericaceae – Genus: Rhododendron - Species: Rhododendron zoelleri
Binomial Name: Duranta erecta
Common names: Golden Dewdrop, Pigeon Berry, Skyflower (English);
Mavaetangi (Tongan); vanillier de Cayenne (French); Xcambocoché (Nahuatl);
Sinyo nakal (Bahasa Indonesian)Taxonomy: Order: Lamiales – Family: Verbenaceae – Genus: Duranta – Duranta erecta
Binomial Name: Medinilla speciosa
Common names: Showy Asian Grapes (English) Name (Language)Taxonomy: Order: Myrtales – Family: Melastomataceae – Genus: Medinilla – Species: Medinilla speciosa
Acknowledgements:
Isabelle from New Caledonia: Identification of Rhododendron zoelleri.
Nynette Sass: Identifying the Agave angustifolia (Caribbean Agave) as being a Sisal type plant and speeding up it's identification.
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Bonjour and thank you to show us Vanya's garden
ReplyDeleteThe orange flower you don ' t know looks like a
Rhododendron zoelleri, from New Guinea but maybe i'm wrong
Merci Isabelle from New Caledonia
Merci Isabelle de Nouvelle Calédonie pour votre message et sur tout pour l’information sur la plante avec les fleurs orange. Je pense que vous avez bien raison que c’est une Rhododendron zoelleri, qui viens de Nouvelle Guinée.
DeleteThanks Vincent for the beautiful photos of Vanya.s garden, love the red hibiscus and great to see a pix of the Cinnamon flower. I use Cinnamon a lot with my oatmeal. What is the Samoan word for Cinnamon? Wonder if it is Akoge. ...enjoy looking at all the pixs. Fa'afetai lava..Rosalina Sapolu from California.
ReplyDeleteFa'afetai lava Vincent, the beautiful red ruffled hibiscus was my joy as a youngster 6 to 8yrs old to pick for my aunty Alo'alo in Sapapali'i back in the fifties... She wud order me to pick 4 to pige sulu onto her fa'apaku of the same colour n wud send me back if I mixed up her colours with orange, pink n yellow, LEAI GA'O LE AUKE MU-MU OU KE MAGA'I IAI ...R I P aunty Alo'alo it was an honour to serve u with your bright colour preference... I sneaked in a white ruffled hibiscus from Tonga but did not grow *sad*... Tasi le pati ma le po 4ur efforts n study, Alofa tele mai Utah/Ko Netzler.
ReplyDeleteHi Rosalina I think that teh Samoan word for Cinnamon is tinamoni
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