- Firecracker flower -
Crossandra infundibuliformis, the "Firecracker flower", is a species of flowering plant native to southern India and Sri Lanka.
It is an erect, evergreen subshrub growing to 1 m with glossy, wavy-margined leaves and fan-shaped flowers, which may appear at any time throughout the year.The flowers are unusually shaped with 3 to 5 asymmetrical petals. The colours range from the common orange to salmon-orange or apricot, coral to red, yellow and even turquoise.
This plant requires a minimum temperature of 10 °C, and in temperate regions is cultivated as a houseplant.
The flowers have no perfume but stay fresh for several days on the bush.
The common name "firecracker flower" refers to the seed pods, which are found after the flower has dried up, and tend to "explode" when near high humidity or rainfall. The "explosion" releases the seeds onto the ground, thereby creating new seedlings.
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- Firecracker flower -
Crossandra infundibuliformis, the "Firecracker flower", is a species of flowering plant native to southern India and Sri Lanka.
It is an erect, evergreen subshrub growing to 1 m with glossy, wavy-margined leaves and fan-shaped flowers, which may appear at any time throughout the year.The flowers are unusually shaped with 3 to 5 asymmetrical petals. The colours range from the common orange to salmon-orange or apricot, coral to red, yellow and even turquoise.
This plant requires a minimum temperature of 10 °C, and in temperate regions is cultivated as a houseplant.
The flowers have no perfume but stay fresh for several days on the bush.
The common name "firecracker flower" refers to the seed pods, which are found after the flower has dried up, and tend to "explode" when near high humidity or rainfall. The "explosion" releases the seeds onto the ground, thereby creating new seedlings.
Informations from Wikipedia
Photo from the archives