Thread: Thai flowers, your pictures

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Originally Posted by Propagator

Don't think it is Hibiscus.

I found it - i'm wrong so will go and stand in corner as penance.

It is the HIBISCUS MUTABILIS. Also called the Cotton Rose, Confederate Rose or Changeable Rose. An erect shrub up to 4 m high. Its a year round bloomer and the root may be boiled or ground up with water, which can be applied topically to relieve itching and skin allergies.

The Thai name according to my book is Phuttan.

Good work. Green for you. I read that it is easy to propagate by cuttings and is a native of China. I'm going to look see if I have space for one in the new house....

^ Yep more specifically Southern China. Semi hardwood cuttings are best but could also be grown from the seed.

I don't see White Ginger around here much so when I spotted one in a nursery I snapped it up. Only 80 baht....

The flower is very delicate and wilts quickly if picked. The fragrance is heavenly; perhaps my favorite.

Yeah! I have one of those at home. When I was leaving for Thailand, I didn't trust my younger daughter who lives in my house to look after it and I took it to my other daughter's home. She now tells me that she has divided it several times and has some in her garden and a pot and my big pot of it is still doing well.

Water lily.


Plumeria


Heliconia.

BH. Keep going, I'm actually starting to learn some plant names!

I am sure that somewhere I saw the Thai name for White Ginger, but am obviously going blind, as I now cannot find it, what is it please?

Off track, I know, but have a good trip to Saipan this week, and enjoy seeing your daughter and grandaughter.

Originally Posted by a. boozer

I am sure that somewhere I saw the Thai name for White Ginger, but am obviously going blind, as I now cannot find it, what is it please?

King Hom - King is ginger, hom is nice scent....

Thanks for the wishes about the trip. It's gonna be strange for me!

Some different coloured Hibiscus:-

This ones a mystery to me-



Nice orchid-

Originally Posted by sabang

This ones a mystery to me-

Its the Spider Lily - Hymenocallis littoralis
In Thai Phlap-phlueng-tiin-pet

Sabang, you have a nice range of colors in your hibiscus. Interesting that they are all singles.

The white orchid is indeed nice. I'd like to have a pure white one like that, but haven't seen one for sale.

The following three flowering trees all happily coexist crammed in together in a corner of the garden. They all get morning shade but full sun for prolly seven hours a day, and are quite happy with it. This ones about 6.5 feet tall'



These two are around 8 foot and growing. Might need a trim soon- they started around 5.5 foot tall-





I don't know the names of any of them to be honest.

This ones a pink frangipani (or plumeria if you insist, frangipani sounds so much better).



Love these trees. I have three white frangipani trees too, but they are not doing as well as my pink one, some flowers on two of then but not so many leaves, the other one looks like it's on the way out. The white trees are all quite exposed though, this ones in a more shady position and protected from the wind.

Some more. This one occurs in the garden, but not flowering right now. This was taken next to the canal in fronf of the estate-



We have a couple of these- are they one of the Bird of Paradise family?



These grow out front but not in the garden. They are a despised feral pest in Australia. Is it an African violet or something? They like it shady and by the water anyway.



Any help appreciated from our botanical experts.

Originally Posted by sabang

Any help appreciated from our botanical experts.

What, no response from BH ! He must be must be busy in his new home, and like me, musing on how to get an internet connection with a reasonable speed.

^Yeah.

(Or maybe I just don't know!!!!)

But, I won't be on much the next week. Headed to Bangkok Monday and to Saipan early Tuesday morning. That is, if I wake up in time to make my flight.

Sabang, yep, the second one is bird of paradise (Strelitzia). The third -- the flowers look like morning glory but the stalks do not -- too woody and the leaves are too shiny. If the Thais eat it, it's morning glory.

This one looks as it is from the Ipomoea family. Also known as Morning Glory possibly the Ipomoea purpurea. Definitely not the African Violet.

Other pics are more difficult to identify but hope to come up with results in due course.

Originally Posted by sabang

I have three white frangipani trees too, but they are not doing as well as my pink one, some flowers on two of then but not so many leaves, the other one looks like it's on the way out.

If it is a Pacific Plumeria, it will lose its leaves in the cooler months and come back again when it gets hot again. Sometimes they get a black fungal dust on them and you can remove it with soapy water.

The third pink flower on #138 looks like it could be a kind of Oleander, I think.

^ Thanks Lily, just noticed your Post. Yep pretty sure thats an oleander- the leaves are the same.

The Hibiscus are flowering very well at the moment. I guess they like the cooler weather. This is my favourite-



Another shade I've not photoed before. Quite impressed with how many colours of Hibiscus are around the garden.



And a common or garden orchid. Common here that is- they drool over them back in Adelaide.

The color on that pink single Hibiscus is gorgeous. Nice shots.

Yep, Sabang, lovely.

That could be another painting subject for me.

Couple more Hibiscus then. This one has a nice deep orange colour-

Very lovely. Time to head for the nursery....