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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Hibiscus schizopetalus 'Pagoda' - Wordless Wednesday

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“Hibiscus schizopetalus 'Pagoda' - Wordless Wednesday”, a copyrighted post, was written for My Nice Garden blog by Autumn Belle @ http://www.mynicegarden.com/ on Aug 24th 2011.



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19 comments:

  1. I have never seen this hibiscus variety before. Double bloom? Interesting, is this a hybrid?

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  2. This is indeed and interesting type of Hibiscus, its like a two-in-one flower.

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  3. Diana and Solitude Rising, it is an intermediate form that looks like a cross between Hibiscus rosa-sinensis and Hibiscus schizopetalus.

    The flowers are semi-pendulous and petals semi-fringed.

    When I first saw it I thought it was a 2-in-1 flower with single (bottom) and double (top) flower petal arrangements. I also thought it looked like a lion's head.

    The origin of this species is uncertain. Burkill, the English botanist says that it is a result of hybridisation between H. rosa-sinensis and H. schizopetalus. Another theory says that it is an extreme form of the ancient H. rosa-sinensis. (info from Dr. Francis Ng's book)

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  4. beautiful..love that second one especially.

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  5. That is so lovely, is that yours too? I saw an orange hibiscus with that style of flower form, but not noticed not all flowers in the same plant have the same tiered form. What about in that plant? I am about to post it last time, but when i am about to post it, i saw you just had posted the orange one that same day, so i aborted my post. If only the variegated one will flower like that, it must be more beautiful.

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  6. This plant is growing at the Ditch Garden in my neighbourhood. The flowers from the same plant look the same here. I have photographed them at different angles. I think the flowers are very odd and unique, a double delight, like Indrani says.

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  7. Very pretty. I don't I've ever seen this type of flower before.

    Happy #WW & don't forget to share your linky over at my blog :)

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  8. I never seen this variety before! They look so pretty - double layer flowers!

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  9. Dazediva, Bananaz, Malar, I'm sure these are unique and will be great conversation material for the garden visitors.

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  10. I've never seen such hibiscus here, they are so pretty and unique!

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  11. Simply amazing!! I've never seen a double hibiscus before..beautiful!
    *hugs*deb

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  12. It is a wonderful flower - such a beautiful colour.

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  13. Now that is a stunner! Great color!

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  14. Hi Autumn Belle! Lovely flowers you got there! I got a similar hibiscus but with a lighter hue and just learned that it is called a "pagoda". Thanks! Be happy.

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  15. This is probably actually the hybrid Hibiscus x 'El Capitolio', there is also a Salmon form of El Capitolio as well.

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    1. Anonymous, it does look like the Red El Capitolio Hibiscus. My grateful thanks to the information!

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