Hibiscus is one of the most popular flowering plants. There are a large number of species under it. This post will be having one or two parts more. Through these I wish to share some varieties of hibiscus that I have seen. Here I am sharing three of them.
1. Red Hibiscus
It is the most common hibiscus variety I think. Scientific name is Hibiscus rosa - sinesis. The flowers with five petals are in pure red color. In India, it is used for 'poojas' , especially in Devi temples ( for prayers and as offering to Goddess in temples ). It grows well in warm climates and even does not need any care. In earlier days, almost all houses in Kerala had at least one red hibiscus nearby. But now I think, unfortunately that has changed and more interest is being given to other ornamental plants. And I am happy to say that I have 6 such red hibiscus plants in my compound.
Scientific name : Hibiscus rosa - sinesis
Malayalam names : chemparathi, amparathi
2. Orange hibiscus with double layered petals
It's another beautiful type of hibiscus. The two layers of petals make it different. Top layer has a number of smaller petals and bottom layer has 5 larger petals.
3. Orange - yellow hibiscus
It's color is splendid, and during bright sunlight, it shines ( see the second picture ).
Nice post. With a few thoughts of nostalgia, a few about culture and rituals, a lot about the flower.
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DeleteI love hibiscus! Those double-flowering ones are marvelous! Have you ever seen the face in them? In one of my very early posts on my other blog, I posted a photo of the face - it is titled "The Eyes", if you ever want to see it. It is on The Road Awaits...
ReplyDeleteThank you for saying about "The Eyes". I visited it. Really amazing!
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DeleteBeautiful shots of the gorgeous flowers!
ReplyDeleteThey're all so beautiful.
I only wish we could grow them here, but it's to cold and wet for them.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Mette
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DeleteBrilliant photos of beautiful flowers.
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DeleteI hardly can believe all this beauties growing in the wild in your country. We have to visit a botanical garden in een greenhouse to see this beautiful flowers.
ReplyDeleteIt is very common here in the tropics and not only in the wild. These are grown in my garden also.
ReplyDeleteSo very pretty! We have much smaller hibiscus here that are hardy as well as larger ones.
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DeleteBeautiful flowers, there is so much variety in them.
ReplyDeleteThank you Rajesh
Deletei do love these tropical beauties!
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Deletejust gorgeous! And they bloom all winter when inside...
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DeleteI an waiting to know more about different varieties of Hibiscus. Beautiful images :)
ReplyDeleteI am planning to publish the next part of this. Thank you for visiting.
DeleteBeautiful pictures...
ReplyDeleteThank you Vineeta.
DeleteBeautiful clicks :)
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Deleteawesome as always :)
ReplyDeleteAmazing captured my friend.
ReplyDeletelovely photos of lovely flowers !
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Beautiful pictures. We have this plant in our house. It is good for our health if we take it at least one flower a day.
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