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Monday, March 28, 2011

Bunga Kantan, Etlingera elatior



Scientific name: Etlingera elatior 
Synonyms: Nicolaia elatior, N. speciosa, Phaeomeria speciosa

Common name: Torch ginger
Malay name: Bunga kantan

Family: Zingiberaceae
Origin: Indonesia, Malaysia

Category: Herbaceous shrub 

Photo Taken at: My home garden


This is my entry for Macro Monday, created by Lisa at Lisa's Chaos. Do follow the link click here
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MM3

4 comments:

  1. Wow! Such a gorgeous flower! Great capture.

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  2. I have not seen this before, gorgeous!
    http://mamasgonnashoot.blogspot.com/2011/03/macro-monday_28.html

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  3. Gorgeous color and details.

    Happy Macro Monday!

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  4. It would take all day to count those petals. :0) Gorgeous!

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Yay! You like flowers too.