ASA everyone,
I am attaching images of flowers that I had grown.
Regards,
Farooq
Some Beautiful Flowers That Do Well in Karachi
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M Farooq
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Some Beautiful Flowers That Do Well in Karachi
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- Bauhinia-sold as an imported plant from Hong Kong from Shalimar
- Bauhinia from Shalimar.JPG (41.03 KiB) Viewed 12573 times
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- The true Bauhinia purpurea- one specimen remaining in the Dept. of Botany, KU.
- Bauhinia from the University.JPG (36.74 KiB) Viewed 12573 times
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- Wood rose is my favourite! Survives and flowers very well in Karachi. Image from the web.
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Re: Some Beautiful Flowers That Do Well in Karachi
Some plants that I had:
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- Delonix regia...as the name regia indicates it is indeed royal
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- Passion flower-
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- Lignum vitae- bicolor bluish and white very slow grower
- Lignum vitae- One of the strongest wood in the world.JPG (93.52 KiB) Viewed 12569 times
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Re: Some Beautiful Flowers That Do Well in Karachi
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- Kakronda produces very fragrant white flowers and the fruits looks beautiful too
- Kakronda.JPG (109.94 KiB) Viewed 12567 times
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- Antigonon (Pink) and Petrea volubilis; Petrea is worth growing as this is one of the most beautiful vines.
- Atigonon & Petrea.JPG (55.9 KiB) Viewed 12567 times
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- Michelia champaca-Alba; Known to have extremely fragrant flowers, but not in my opinion
- The Perfume Tree-Michelia.JPG (32.61 KiB) Viewed 12567 times
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M Farooq
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Re: Some Beautiful Flowers That Do Well in Karachi
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- Thunbergia flowers all year round
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- Star fruit
- Carambola or Star Fruit.JPG (97.8 KiB) Viewed 12564 times
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- Mixed plate
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M Farooq
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Re: Some Beautiful Flowers That Do Well in Karachi
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- Dwarf ylang ylang. Again said to bear very fragrant flowers but not in my opinion. Fragrance is unique though
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- Mehndi- worth growing
- Henna-Lawsonia.JPG (94.46 KiB) Viewed 12562 times
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- Common Bauhinia- mainly common in Islamabad. Purchased it by mistake!
- Bauhinia- sold as purple one.JPG (51.77 KiB) Viewed 12562 times
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M Farooq
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Re: Some Beautiful Flowers That Do Well in Karachi
The curious reader should read the story plot of Rapunzel first!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapunzel
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How is this picture connected with Rapunzel: This is what we found in our underground water tank!
It was a really huge (5-6 feet) bunch of root hairs of Ficus that grew nearby!
Regards,
Farooq
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapunzel
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How is this picture connected with Rapunzel: This is what we found in our underground water tank!
It was a really huge (5-6 feet) bunch of root hairs of Ficus that grew nearby!
Regards,
Farooq
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- Rapunzel's hair
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- Guess what?
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Re: Some Beautiful Flowers That Do Well in Karachi
First picture, What is the bloom time of this bauhinia, is it very fragrant?
1st picture July 29- 9.58 AM
I dont think it is Yulang-Yulang.
1st picture July 29- 9.58 AM
I dont think it is Yulang-Yulang.
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M Farooq
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Re: Some Beautiful Flowers That Do Well in Karachi
That was March. Bauhinia is not at all fragrant; they might have very mild fragrance if smelled with a deep breath.Muhammad Arif Khan wrote:First picture, What is the bloom time of this bauhinia, is it very fragrant?
1st picture July 29- 9.58 AM
I dont think it is Yulang-Yulang.
The "dwarf" ylang-ylang is not a true ylang-ylang from which oils are distilled (which I have been searching for a while). The genus is the same though, it is Cananga sp. Have you seen true ylang-ylang in Pk? I am curious to know about its availability.
I am also looking for orange variant of Michelia "alba".
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Re: Some Beautiful Flowers That Do Well in Karachi
I got the Ylang Ylang vine from Pattoki with fragrant flowers on it. They also had large Ylang Ylang trees but I did not go forward to check for fragrance. It was too hot and we wanted to run from there! Michelia champaca and alba are two separate trees. The champaca is supposed to be the one which gives yellow fragrant flowers from which Joy Perfume is made. It is readily available in Lahore. I have one I planted last year and it has doubled in size in semi-shade/filtered light under a neem tree. No flowers yet so no guarantees.
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Re: Some Beautiful Flowers That Do Well in Karachi
Thank you for the info. Good to know Michelia champaca is available in Pakistan. It is said to bear extremely fragrant flowers.aykhan wrote:I got the Ylang Ylang vine from Pattoki with fragrant flowers on it. They also had large Ylang Ylang trees but I did not go forward to check for fragrance. It was too hot and we wanted to run from there! Michelia champaca and alba are two separate trees. The champaca is supposed to be the one which gives yellow fragrant flowers from which Joy Perfume is made. It is readily available in Lahore. I have one I planted last year and it has doubled in size in semi-shade/filtered light under a neem tree. No flowers yet so no guarantees.
Ylang-ylang vine is different from the ylang-ylang tree, which is used in Chanel no. 5 perfume. Ylang-ylang tree's main trunk is straight but branches and leaves are drooping. The genuses are different. The former is Artabotrys sp. and true ylang ylang is Cananga odoratissmus. The last time I visited Karachi, ylang ylang vine was way too expensive Rs. 3000 for a small plant from Shalimar. I have been sold the Artabortrys by deception that it will bear very fragrant flowers- so fragrant that "naags" (snakes) come around it. Turned out a local "naag champa" with minimum fragrance!