The first one 'f72a96a7' was taken in August '04, at Puri, Orissa, India. Puri is a coastal city located on the Bay of Bengal, and as a result the soil is extremely salty. To my untrained eye, it resembles this from Uganda: http://www.ukiahlight.com/uganda/archives/mystery1.jpg The second 'f702bea9', and third 'ed63096b', are the same plant, the 3rd being a close-up of the 2nd. It was in a small parkette, August '04, Nice, France. It may be a 'Butterfly Bush'? http://www.butterflynursery.com/attracting_butterfly_plants.htm -Thanks again.
Bouvardia comes to mind for first one, correctly or not. Bougainvillea is an amazing form, have never seen one with long, packed arms of bloom like that before. Looks like fireworks.
Thanks guys for the quick replies. I'm a photographer and this is a great way to learn about plants, one specimen at a time. I agree with the fireworks comment. Strangely enough, this seems to be a common theme in plants. As a photographer/mathematician, I suppose it has to do with growth, symmetry, entropy and chaos...any thoughts?
For thoughts on the math of plant structure, try plugging "fractal plants" and "Fibonacci plants" into your favorite search engine.
no. 1 looks Ixora to me. nos. 2 & 3 - i havent seen a bougainvilla similar to these but maybe somebody here knows better.
Thanks all for your help, I'll look into the fractals. Yeah, after further digging, the other plant is definitely an Ixora.
they arent like any bougenvillas i have ever seen,i have one in my garden and flowers are not that defined.the flowers look more like azealias,but i cant imagine an azealia being trained like that,a closer look at leaves will tell
I am from India. The first is Ixora coccinea, a native of India & found on bothe Eastern & Western costs of India. The secnd is Bougainvillea, mostly Formosa variety.
