Justicia carnea - Brazilian Plume Flower

Ooh yes.... very nice!

Even more spectacular now there bigger pictures :o)))

Very nice.

Meanie:

You should see very large, old plants...they can be very spectacular in bloom! ...looking like big pink candelabras.

Mushybanna:

I agree. This new GoY format has bigger pics...just still getting used to it though. : > )

Alexandramou

Thanks! : >)

Not frost hardy I presume!!

Meanie:

This plant is very strange. It is always reported hardy to only 28F/ -2C. It is much, much hardier than that though. If it's grown in a very shaded, protected spot -- I think it should survive down to 22F/ -5.5C. My plants survived (without any damage at all) this temp in the great freeze of 1990 (worst freeze ever recorded) in the San Francisco Bay Area.

It can be grown as an annual, then take cuttings in late summer or early fall...as they grow very easily from cuttings.

Oh dear! I wish that you'd said no!

Meanie:

Okay...it will not grow there. LOL! :>)

I prefer the green background to the white for the text it was less harsh ..

Mushybanna:

I don't mind the white background...but the text is not dark or bold enough.

Its very definitely pink Meanie...safe from you is it? Lovely pic Delonix, all your plants are so lush!

Fallen inlove with this one, smashing photos Delonix......I like the white background too, odd when one types it is dark then it changes on the page!!

Tetrarch:

Thanks! This is the time of year when many of the tropical plants start blooming such as: orchids, Hong Kong Orchids trees, Calliandra, Tibouchina, many species of Eucalytus, Dombeya, Aloes, and the list goes on and one.

Dottydaisy2:

Thanks!

Is this plant available for sale where you live?
It's available in white and red, although red is not very common anymore. I'll post a pic of the white variety soon.

Have not seen it for sale....

That is beautiful........

Tetrarch - it may be pink, but I do like this. Obviously a nice deep crimson (like Lobelia Tupa maybe) would be perfect!

Dottydaisy2:

If you know someone who has a plant - you can get some cuttings. I just got some cuttings of this plant yesterday (Oct. 16, 2010) from a previous neighbor.