Tropical Flowers

Hoya archboldiana C. Norman 1937

16/01/2010

Hoya archboldiana C. Norman 1937

Hoya archboldiana C. Norman 1937, commonly called Aloha Hoya, is a tropical vine, belonging to the dogbane family (Apocynaceae), subfamily Asclepiadoideae. The wax flower plant has been discovered in Papua New Guinea, Central province (Rona at the Laloki River) by L. Brass at 03.11.1933. 1937 the Hoya archboldiana wax flower has been classified by C. Read More »

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Xanthostemon chrysanthus Golden Penda Tree

11/01/2010

Xanthostemon chrysanthus (F. Muell.) Benth. 1867, commonly called The Golden Penda, is a big tropical tree native to North Queensland (North-East Australia). In its natural environment the Golden Penda (Xanthostemon chrysanthus), which belongs to the Myrtle family (Myrtaceae), can reach a hight of about 20 meters. Flowering period: Summer – Autumn. The spectacular golden-yellow flowers Read More »

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Xanthostemon verdugonianus Rak Raek Phob

28/12/2009

Xanthostemon verdugonianus (Rak Raek Phob) with its beautiful red flowers catched our eyes in mid August 2009, while we´ve been to a Chiang Mai Orchid exhibition to train our new photographer “Chocolate”. It was the first time for him to work on his own with the Canon 400 D and we all been impresssed about Read More »

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Unreal Beauty Hoya benguetensis Schlechter 1906

25/12/2009

The “unreal beauty” Hoya benguetensis has been named by Dr. Rudolf Schlechter (1906) after her place of discovery in the Provinz of Benguet – Philippines. The beautiful, unreal looking tropical flower Hoya benguetensis has been found in the year 1904 by the collector A. D. Elmer and was categorised by the German botanist Dr. …

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