... me too believe it to be *Cleome hassleriana* ... presently known as *Tarenaya hassleriana* (syn. *Cleome arborea, Cleome hasslerana, Cleome houtteana, Cleome pungens, Cleome spinosa*)
Regards. On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Mahadeswara <[email protected]> wrote: > I am sure it is Cleome hasslerana. Synonym:Cleome > houtteana, :Cleome pungens,Cleome spinosa.The cleome, or spider > flower. I have grown this plant myself. Please check the > references: > www. toptropicals.com, www.davesgarden.com and many other websites > as well as horticulture books. > > On Dec 21, 9:39 am, Mahadeswara <[email protected]> wrote: > > Cleome hasslerana. Synonym:Cleome houtteana, :Cleome pungens, > > Cleome spinosa.The cleome, or spider flower, is an annual flower known > > for its long seedpods. They develop below the flowers to look > > spidery. Most attractive cultivated annual in different hues (white, > > crimson, pink, etc. flowers). I will upload the photos recently taken > > in Mysore. > > > > On Dec 20, 11:12 pm, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Flower ID request | 20DEC2010AR02 > > > Garden flower, > > > > > Ammenhalli Forest > > > Uttara Kannada > > > 25 June 2005 > > > Habitat: Garden fence > > > Plant height: 3 meters > > > > > Regards > > > Raghu > > > > > "What a marvel is the human brain. Each of its invention seems to be > more > > > wonderful than the one before. Yet there is a seed of discomfort within > and a > > > search for something different, something deeper within oneself In > earlier ages > > > that search had drawn people to jungles and mountains in an attempt to > think and > > > see more clearly. Now we are imprisoned in jungles of concrete and > steel and > > > have lost our links to nature" > > > > > DSC_7935a.jpg > > > 270KViewDownload > > > > > DSC_7936b.jpg > > > 225KViewDownload > > > > > DSC_7938c.jpg > > > 222KViewDownload >
