beautiful yellow frangipani shot at Treehouse, Bhiwadi , Rajastan
Shot of the frangipani bunch with some fresh and some withering ones . The law of nature everyhting that is born has to die one day.
Posts Tagged ‘frangipani’
The Fresh and Whitering Frangipani flowers
October 17th, 2011Pair of Frangipani
October 12th, 2011
Shot this beautiful pair of Frangipani in treehouse ,Bhiwadi, Rajastan
Champa: Frangipani
September 5th, 2011
Via Flickr:
I found these beautiful flowers on the ground after the rain. They deserved a photo.
White Plumeria Bunch
August 22nd, 2010
white frangipani shot during the walk with ananth to buy milk.
Its raining for was couple of days and flowers are blooming all over the complex.
Uploaded by Swami Stream on 22 Aug 10, 2.33PM IST.
Wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous Diwali
October 16th, 2009
Shot these Plumeria at heritage village. May this diwali bloom happiness in your lived. Have a wonderful year ahead.
Uploaded by Swami Stream on 16 Oct 09, 4.22PM IST.
frangipani Bunch
October 14th, 2009
Shot this at heritage village in manesar . This place is 20 min car ride from Gurgaon
Uploaded by Swami Stream on 13 Oct 09, 11.11AM IST.
Frangipani Twins
October 12th, 2009
Shot these beautiful frangipani at Heritage Village in Manesar. You see so many frangipani trees in gurgaon and in my complex but these are the first I have shot since I have moved here .
Uploaded by Swami Stream on 12 Oct 09, 7.20AM IST.
Plumeria (common name Frangipani; syn. Himatanthus Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) is a small genus of 7-8 species native to tropical and subtropical Americas. The genus consists of mainly deciduous shrubs and trees. P. rubra (Common Frangipani, Red Frangipani), native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela,produces flowers ranging from yellow to pink depending on form or cultivar. From Mexico and Central America, Plumeria has spread to all tropical areas of the world.[citation needed] In Hawaii, it is grown for the production of leis.
Plumeria is related to the Oleander, Nerium oleander, and both possess poisonous, milky sap, rather similar to that of Euphorbia. Each of the separate species of Plumeria bears differently shaped leaves and their form and growth habits are also distinct. The leaves of P. alba are quite narrow and corrugated, while leaves of P. pudica have an elongated oak shape and glossy, dark green color. P. pudica is one of the everblooming types with non-deciduous, evergreen leaves. Another species that retains leaves and flowers in winter is P. obtusa; though its common name is “Singapore,” it is originally from Colombia. Frangipani can also be found in Eastern Africa, where they are sometimes referred to in Swahili love poems.[4]
Plumeria flowers are most fragrant at night in order to lure sphinx moths to pollinate them. The flowers have no nectar, and simply dupe their pollinators. The moths inadvertently pollinate them by transferring pollen from flower to flower in their fruitless search for nectar.
Frangipani flowers
“Plumeria” species are easily propagated by taking a cutting of leafless stem tips in Spring and allowing them to dry at the base before inserting them into soil. They are also propagated via tissue culture both from cuttings of freshly elongated stems and aseptically germinated seed.
There are over 300 named varieties of Plumeria
Frangipani Solo
October 10th, 2009
Shot my favourite flower Frangipani/plumeria at Heritage village at Heritage village in Manesar.
Uploaded by Swami Stream on 10 Oct 09, 9.34AM IST.
Red Plumeria
July 19th, 2009
red Plumeria(Explore), originally uploaded by Swami Stream.
My fav flowers which were on Flickr Explore
Frangipani at Cosy Beach
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Shot this near the Swimming Pool at Cosy Beach hotel in Pattaya. I have never seen such big frangipani before.
Plumeria is related to the Oleander, Nerium oleander, and both possess poisonous, milky sap, rather similar to that of Euphorbia. Each of the separate species of Plumeria bears differently shaped leaves and their form and growth habits are also distinct. The leaves of P. alba are quite narrow and corrugated, while leaves of P. pudica have an elongated oak shape and glossy, dark green color. P. pudica is one of the everblooming types with non-deciduous, evergreen leaves. Another species that retains leaves and flowers in winter is P. obtusa; though its common name is “Singapore”, it is originally from Colombia. Frangipani can also be found in Eastern Africa, where they are sometimes referred to in Swahili love poems.
The Frangipani or Frangipane (“Breadbreakers”, from Italian frangere il pane) was a powerful Roman patrician clan in the Middle Ages. The family was typically Ghibelline in sympathy and thus often at odds with the papacy. During the twelfth century, the Frangipani were the chief adversaries of the Pierleoni family, whose cardinal Pietro was raised to the papacy as Anacletus II.
Plumeria flowers are most fragrant at night in order to lure sphinx moths to pollinate them. The flowers have no nectar, and simply dupe their pollinators. The moths inadvertently pollinate them by transferring pollen from flower to flower in their fruitless search for nectar.
“Plumeria” species are easily propagated by taking a cutting of leafless stem tips in Spring and allowing them to dry at the base before inserting them into soil. They are also propagated via tissue culture both from cuttings of freshly elongated stems and aseptically germinated seed.
More on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frangipani_family
