Saturday, November 19, 2011

What is the name of this flower?

(they are caribbean flowers, thats all I know...)








http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbvi...





http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/caribbean/poison...





thanks!

What is the name of this flower?
Both are plumeria species , in common language they are called 'Frangipani'. The second one is probably Plumeria alba











1 ) The first one is Plumeria rubra ( Rubra means red or reddish pink ) of Family Apocynaceae .





See the photo on the link below ==





http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...





2 ) The second one is also Plumeria but the species is different . It is Plumeria alba . ( Alba from albino i.e.white )





Click on the link for photo==


http://www.flickr.com/photos/schreibblog...


http://www.flickr.com/photos/thedutchlad...


http://www.flickr.com/photos/23213019@N0...





Click on the link for more information ==


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumeria
Reply:fred ??
Reply:They are called "Frangipani"


Latin names: Plumeria alba (white) and Plumeria rubra (red)


They produce flowers ranging from whitish yellow to pink and red. They are native to Mexico, Central America, Venezuela and Hawaii.

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