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Flower I.D. anyone??

MrsGardenMrsGarden Posts: 3,951

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Found this beauty when googling for something else. I'm just interested if anyone knows what it is. Thank you.

 

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    It doesn't look real does it. My knowledge of tender exotica is almost non-existent, sorry



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Lavender Beauty for sure.

  • Jim MacdJim Macd Posts: 750

    I thought it might be a Hibiscus but the stigma looked wrong.

  • MrsGardenMrsGarden Posts: 3,951

    Thanks everyone. I do hope it is real. Hibiscus lavender beauty is close but as Jim says the stigma is different (is it possible for it to be cut down for photographic style?). Those photos by Sharon Web are stunning Edd!

  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,038

    I agree about the stigma, I have seen quite a few Hibiscuses [ hibisci ? ] in the Carribean and they all have the long Stigma.

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Lion SLion S Posts: 263

    It is Alyogyne huegelii. This is an Australian genus in the same family as Hibiscus, the Malvaceae. It's also named  Blue Hibiscus and Lilac Hibiscus.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alyogyne_huegelii

  • Jim MacdJim Macd Posts: 750

    Well done Flowerchild. You're right. 

  • chickychicky Posts: 10,409

    Wow Flowerchildimage  The wealth of knowledge on this site NEVER ceases to amaze me imageimageimage.  I suppose its a case of a hundred gardening heads being better than oneimageimageimageimage.

  • MrsGardenMrsGarden Posts: 3,951

    Thanks SO much Flowerchild, I'm so glad I asked the question!

    Here are a few more of the same I have now googled!

    https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRk0iLZrp6awhzpAiWHFY1oXygxPSaw9wKV-KIPqlYgWbEF2B8Dsg

    https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQl4rmoJjqYHETAYxHEqq3CRAkGiB4Q1ifSCruN1BdiuHVIRXXd

    https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRa-vMhVDw7MghMymdetxpgGG1Dx9YUwJVOS6jOedk8HrhOrxl63g

    Oh my goodness - also seen  or sale on Ebay!!! Think I should just settle with my simpler Hibiscus Bluebird though for now!

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