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Plant identification => Plant identification => Topic started by: MikeHardman on October 07, 2011, 07:17:13 AM

Title: In Garden Centre, Paphos [later IDd by Oron as Megaskepasma erythrochlamys]
Post by: MikeHardman on October 07, 2011, 07:17:13 AM

Found in Anniva Garden Centre, Paphos, 6oct11.
This forms quite a large plant somewhat of the stature and twig-nature of a Hydrangea; the largest one was about 2.2m tall. The interest is in the reddish bracts, of course. But note the flower in the first piccy.

Title: Re: seen in Anniva Garden Centre, Paphos, 6oct11
Post by: oron peri on October 07, 2011, 08:04:43 AM

Megaskepasma erythrochlamys or Brasilian Plume, Acanthaceae.

Title: Re: seen in Anniva Garden Centre, Paphos, 6oct11
Post by: MikeHardman on October 07, 2011, 08:08:46 AM

Excellent, thanks as usual, Oron!

Title: Re: seen in Anniva Garden Centre, Paphos, 6oct11
Post by: John J on October 07, 2011, 03:17:51 PM

Thanks for posting this Mike, and Oron, it gives me an option I hadn't considered for one of my 'mystery plants'. This particular one I bought as a small plant after the seller described the flowers, although she didn't know its name (nothing new there, I once had the staff of a 'garden centre' trying to persuade me that an Asteriscus was a Russellia!). My first reaction was that it was some kind of Justicia and I was waiting for it to flower to help with identification. However, from the description I was given of the flowers this could be a definite candidate (I see that one of its common names is Red justicia so if it does prove to be it maybe I won't have been so far out!). Anyway, I'll now await its flowering with even greater impatience and eager anticipation.