Yes Shantanu ji It is after a long time a true specimen of I. coccinea with sessile clasping leaf bases and acute petal tips. There seems to be a lot of mixing up in the internet with riot of colours in almost all species, lot of confusion with I. chinensis (typically leaves not with clasping sessile base, obtuse petals), and many specimens with petioled leaves, sharply acute petals and long tube really belonging to I. casei.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi > sharing few pics of the Jungle Geranium (Ixora coccinea). > > *Ixora, Flame of the Woods, Jungle Flame, or Jungle Geranium* is a bushy, > rounded shrub that has long been a popular hedging plant in the subtropical > regions of Florida. Ixoras freely produce loose, corymb-like cymes, 2-5" > across of red, orange, pink, or yellow flowers. Available in a number of > cultivars, this plant is a member of the *Rubiaceae* family which includes > the Coffee plant and Gardenia. > > Shantanu Bhattacharya. > > >
