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ardesia
Saint Helena Island, SC
(Zone 9a)
July 25, 2009
01:23 PM Post #6863669
| This seems to be some sort of Euphorbia - at least it bleeds a milky substance like one. Any ideas what it might be?
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
July 25, 2009
01:24 PM Post #6863688
| I think your on the right track, those leaves are huge ! |
ardesia
Saint Helena Island, SC
(Zone 9a)
July 25, 2009
01:25 PM Post #6863694
| This one came from Thailand and has a lovely gardenia like fragrance. Is it some sort of gardenia??? 
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ardesia
Saint Helena Island, SC
(Zone 9a)
July 25, 2009
01:28 PM Post #6863709
| Another picture of the variegated one. 
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rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
July 25, 2009
01:30 PM Post #6863719
| I have a variegated Gardenia, but the leaves are very glossy...that's not to say this one isn't...just info. |
ardesia
Saint Helena Island, SC
(Zone 9a)
July 25, 2009
01:34 PM Post #6863732
| Thanks for the input. Leaves were nice but not particularly glossy like those on a regular gardenia.
The sun was really high and the picture of the white flower is not clear. Do you hae a picture of your flowers?
RJ you would have loved the plants at this guy's home; awesome does not begin to describe them. |
rjuddharrison
Houston, TX
(Zone 9a)
July 25, 2009
01:45 PM Post #6863773
| LOL, how are we so lucky to see these awsome plants in awesome places?!
My Gardenia has never bloomed, I looked for a picture but don't think I have one. at work right now. |
ardesia
Saint Helena Island, SC
(Zone 9a)
July 25, 2009
02:09 PM Post #6863853
| Thanks for looking. I probably should post these on the ID forum but I trust the folks here to come up with answers too and I, for one, like seeing the unusual tropical plant material. The other forum is not one I regularly visit. |
barbadosgirl
St. Thomas
Barbados
August 14, 2009
11:38 AM Post #6945884
| the first picture, is a euphorbiaceae, Synadenium grantii, common name African milk bush. i have a large one growing in my garden, and i had it for a long time before i figured out what it was, its quite attractive in full sun where the leaves get a reddish tint. it is supposed to be quite poisonous, and i have read that in some African countries it is associated with a kind of lymphoma in children who apparently use the congealed sap like plasticine and handle it a lot. since i found out about it, i no longer propagate it but i haven't cut it down. |
ardesia
Saint Helena Island, SC
(Zone 9a)
August 14, 2009
12:31 PM Post #6946051
| Thanks for the heads up. I will alert the grower to the possibilities. |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
August 16, 2009
05:04 PM Post #6953874
| The 1st plant is Synadenium compactum 'Rubrum'.
The 2nd plant is Tabernaemontana divaricata 'Variegata'. |
AlohaHoya
Keaau, HI
(Zone 11)
August 18, 2009
01:47 AM Post #6959685
| D A V E to the rescue...goody. I was looking for you to check in!!!! I was thinking Pseudoanthemum (sp? ...) but wouldn't I love to have a piece of that...!!!! |
Metrosideros
Keaau, HI
August 18, 2009
02:13 AM Post #6959705
| Hi Carol, I have a tree of the Synadenium, you are certainly welcome to a cutting. They root easily. |
ardesia
Saint Helena Island, SC
(Zone 9a)
August 18, 2009
07:08 AM Post #6959981
| You guys are always so helpful. My friends all think I am so smart because I can always come up with names for these obscure plants. LOL I must admit I am smart enough to know who to ask, right? :-)
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peoniae
Malvern, PA
(Zone 6b)
August 23, 2009
07:51 AM Post #6978574
| Metrosideros is right about the second plant ID. It is commonly called grape jasmine or moonbeam flower in India- Ervatamia Coronaria
Link to this plant: http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/tabernaemontana_divarica...
Rama |
westraad
Xai Xai
Mozambique
August 23, 2009
12:30 PM Post #6979419
| Cool plants, Ardesia!
i agree with you, we got some really smart people on this forum, i'm not one of them!
Isaac |
ardesia
Saint Helena Island, SC
(Zone 9a)
August 23, 2009
02:19 PM Post #6979763
| LOL, me either. |
