Orange flowers on spikes... please help identify

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  1. swmitra

    swmitra New Seed

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    Found this at a local nursery here, but they didn't know what the name was. What do you think?

    couldn't wait till tomorrow to post this, so took a night photograph :-D

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  3. swmitra

    swmitra New Seed

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    Palustris Young Pine

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    Sorry, cannot get the pictures to show.
     
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    swmitra New Seed

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    Hi there, I just cross checked, and both the photos are appearing? Do check, I am very keen to have that plant identified!
     



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    Are the blooms fragrant?
     
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    swmitra New Seed

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    Just gave it a good sniff. No fragrance. Will check in the morning again.
     
  8. swmitra

    swmitra New Seed

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    Ah, went to a local flower show and found a nursery selling this. asked him what it was, he gave me the local Kannada name 'Kanakambara'. Googling this then revealed the scientific name - Crossandra infundibuliformis.

    yay!
     
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    So glad you finally ID them. I was waiting and watching to see what they were.
     

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