Armstrong mystery #19 ~ Malvaviscus arboreus "Mexican turk's cap"

Posted By: Anonymous Armstrong mystery #19 ~ Malvaviscus arboreus "Mexican turk's cap" - October 29th, 2006 at 10:37 PM

I think it is Flowering Maple (Abutilon). That looks like quite a garden tour you went on.

Jiffy,
Have you taken this plant picture twice??

Cause I guessed the same thing in another
post/picture....

I think it's Malvaviscus arboreus, "Turk's Cap" Hibiscus.

Yep, I looked it up, to what
"THE

ZUZU

PETALS

" said...
Looks just like it...

i don't think so. this plant was very different than the other. the flowers' habit was different, more open and upright than the turks cap (which i do think is correct for #17!)

I stand by Malvaviscus arboreus for this one,

and I still say that #17 is Malvaviscus penduliflorus

M. arboreus is an upright form,
and M. penduliflorus (as the name sort of implies)
has the pendulous flowers.

ok zuzu, you have a very good eye! this one is m. arboreus and the other one is m.penduliflorus.

thanks for your help

and see weezie

i didn't take the same pic twice!

Those sneaky plants,

they're always trying to keep us all confused and be-fuzzled.

i agree!

the give away for me was a google image of the fruits of this one. i tried to get a pic of them, but it didn't work, however, the google image had a perfect pic to match what i saw!

thanks again!

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Jiffymouse:
 thanks for your help

and see weezie