What kind of flower is this?

slpollettslpollett Registered Users Posts: 1,219 Major grins
edited May 4, 2008 in Other Cool Shots
Does anyone know what kind of flower this is? Sorry, no contest or anything...I just thought it was pretty and would like to know what it is (other than a pretty red flower, that is!:D ).

Thanks in advance!

Sherry

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  • CuongCuong Registered Users Posts: 1,508 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2008
    Looks like a Hibiscus. There are a couple hundred species in the Hibiscus genus. Not sure which species this one is.

    Cuong
    "She Was a Little Taste of Heaven – And a One-Way Ticket to Hell!" - Max Phillips
  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2008
    It certainly is a hibiscus ...almost classed as a weed around my part of the world.
  • slpollettslpollett Registered Users Posts: 1,219 Major grins
    edited May 4, 2008
    Thanks Cuong and Gus. I 'thought' it looked similar to hibiscus, but I took other pictures of hibiscus that looked like this:
    MoodyGardens9.jpg

    I figured this one had to be something different.

    Anyway, I followed Gus' link and looked at many pages of hibiscus photos before I found one that looked like the first picture I posted in this thread. I now know that this flower is a hibiscus coccineus, commonly known as a 'Scarlet Rose Mallow.'

    I don't see hibiscus where I live. I took these pictures at Moody Gardens in Galveston, Texas last year.

    Thanks again,
    Sherry
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