Saturday, May 28, 2011

Spatika flowers!

This variety has a long tender stalk in different colors white,pink,violet,yellow,orange etc. The garlands made out of these flowers are commonly found in South India.The shelf life of this flower is 24 hrs.


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  1. More a question:
    Do you know the botanical name of the spatika flower?
    The herbarium manager at Fairchild Tropical Gardens in Miami, FL feels that it ;ooks like the family Acanthaceae, possibly a species of Justicia

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