This blog is for gardeners above, beyond, and below the surface. For those interested in botanical names, inventories, collection and else.

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Dipteracanthus prostratus Eureka!

DURING March 2010, I thought I had found the botanical name, of this known plant in India, in a  now dead blog, from a national from that country.

I had to wait until now to find the correct name: Dipteracanthus prostratus or Ruellia prostrata, instead of Dipterantus prostratus as I thought it was from the mentioned blog.


At any rate these varieties grow wild, considered a weed in every context.  I have domesticated them and are among the most important in my collection.


Not only because they self seed, but no one that I know, plants them, and you can not get them from nurseries.

So there. The name will be added to the collection inventory previously provided. 


That is that.
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6 comments:

  1. ChompFebruary 2, 2011 at 7:52 PM

    Es muy bella, que bien que haya encontrado el nombre.

    Hasta pronto, un abrazo

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  2. ChompFebruary 6, 2011 at 4:36 PM

    Gracias por su comentario, y quisiera probar, ese fruto, llamado acerola, parece la cereza del caribe. También el árbol de achiote es muy bello, ni se diga las flores y los frutos.

    Hasta pronto, un abrazo.

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  3. Mayte Llera (Dalianegra)February 10, 2011 at 5:33 AM

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  4. antigonum cajanFebruary 10, 2011 at 4:34 PM

    En fin....Peca usted de lo que predica. Ni un comentario sobre este...o las fotos...buajaha risa bilingue. AL GRANO EN EL FUTURO.

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  5. Trini AlteaFebruary 15, 2011 at 3:02 PM

    Preciosas flores.

    http://bonsais-trini.blogspot.com/

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  6. MARMarch 5, 2011 at 10:20 AM

    Muy lindo este Blog.
    Yo también amo la naturaleza y su belleza.
    mar

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