Species: Justicia rizzinii
Common name: Candy-Corn Plant
Family: Acanthaceae
Region of Origin: Brazil
Location in Garden: Jungle Garden, Palm Garden, North Vista East side
Notes: Flowers are scarlet with yellow tips |
Species: Polygonum capitata
Common name: Pink Clover Blossom
Family: Polygonaceae
Region of Origin: Himalayas
Location in Garden: Jungle Garden by waterfall, also Japanese Garden
Notes: Little pink flowers |
Species: Blechnum occidentale
Common name: Hammock Fern
Family: Blechnaceae
Region of Origin: Tropical America, West Indies, Chile
Location in Garden: Jungle Garden, North Vista near the Reticulata plantings
Notes: New fronds are light pink |
Species: Chamaedorea pochutlensis
Common name: Palm
Family: Arecaceae
Region of Origin: Mexico
Location in Garden: Jungle Garden
Notes: Green berries that hang down |
Species: Tagetes nelsonii
Common name: Bush Marigold
Family: Asteraceae
Region of Origin: Mexico
Location in Garden: Subtropical Slope
Notes: Bright gold flowers, fragrant foliage |
Species: Calliandra haematocephala
Common name: Pink Powder Puff Bush
Family: Fabaceae
Region of Origin: Bolivia
Location in Garden: Subtropical Slope
Notes: Reddish pink stamen flowers |
Species: Asclepias linaria
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Region of Origin: Mexico
Location in Garden: Subtropical Slope
Notes: White flowers |
Species: Kniphofia 'Christmas Cheer'
Common name: Red-Hot Poker
Family: Liliaceae
Location in Garden: Subtropical Slope
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Species: Erythrina x sykesii
Common name: Coral Tree
Family: Fabaceae
Location in Garden: Subtropical Slope next to the Wigandia
Notes: Red flowers |
Species: Megaskepasma erythrochlamys
Common name: Brazilian Red Cloak, Red Justicia
Family: Acanthaceae
Region of Origin: Venezuela
Location in Garden: Subtropical Slope, under the Wigandia
Notes: Red flowers |
Species: Clivia miniata
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Region of Origin: South Africa
Location in Garden: Subtropical Slope
Notes: Open hybrid, meaning that they don't know where the pollen came from. |
Species: Zantesdeschia aethiopica 'Green Goddess'
Common name: Calla Lily
Family: Araceae
Location in Garden: Subtropical Slope
Notes: Large spathe, white at the base, green toward tip. Not actually in the Lily family. |