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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Ipomoea horsfalliae



Scientific name: Ipomoea horsfalliae
Common name: Cardinal creeper, Prince Kuhio* vine, Horsfall's morning glory,
Lady Doorly's morning glory

Family: Convolvulaceae

Origin / Native to : West Indies (Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Guyana, Suriname), Venezuela, Brazil

Photograph taken at: The Secret Garden of 1-Utama

* Named after Hawaii Prince Kuhio who grew it on his property in Waikiki.


This is my entry for Today's Flowers # 137, a meme which opens every Sunday, 2pm GMT. My grateful thanks to Today's Flowers team members; Luiz Santili Jr, Denise in Virginia, Laerte Pupo and Sandy Carlson. To participate and view other gorgeous flowers around the world, click here


7 comments:

  1. Beautiful colour. I have not seen this flower here.

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  2. Beautiful.
    Thanks for the info on the flower.

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  3. Very lovely bright colour and beautiful picture.
    Appreciate always your information about the flora and fauna in your blog.
    - Cheers Gisela.

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  4. beautiful flower.very nice shot and your information about it help me,

    Grace Olsson
    graceolsson.com/blog

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  5. Stunning flower and great information.

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  6. This is stunning!! I'm amazed at the Ipomoea varieties...this isn't common around our parts.

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Yay! You like flowers too.