Macro Flower Saturday
Botanical Name: Mussaenda philippica ‘Aurorae’ (named after Dona Aurora, wife of a former President of the Philippines)
. Each flower is composed of an inconspicuous small tubular five-petalled corolla in orangy-yellow and five greatly enlarged sepals (bracts). It is really these showy corymbs of white or off-white enlarged leaf-like sepals that contrast beautifully against their dark green elliptic to ovate leaves that are the attention grabber.
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They were seen at the Singapore Zoo. May be Jama and other Philippino blogging friends can confirm us the name.
8 comments:
Beautiful tropical flower. I like those long white petals and the yellow star in the middle.
Very beautiful---almost like the Handkechief Tree (or Dove Tree) but not quite. MB
It's a perfect star in the middle!!!!
What a beautiful flower! And like the others I love the little star in the middle.
Beautiful flower. Great shot.
Hi Ann! Yes, we call it "Doña Aurora" in the Philippines. The "Doña" pronounced as "don-yah" is a Spanish word for "Mrs." Literally, it's "Mrs. Aurora" or "Madame Aurora." There's also a pink version of this flower. Pretty indeed!
Very pretty. I also like the yellow star.
Mussaenda branca é muito linda!
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