Name of this flower pl?

Marianne de Nazareth

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Aug 22, 2010, 5:41:02 AM8/22/10

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Hi,

I have only just put down this vine in Hoskote in Bangalore and would love to know the name of it.

regds,

Marianne

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Pankaj Kumar

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Aug 22, 2010, 6:15:30 AM8/22/10

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Looks like Alamanda to me.
Pankaj

Dinesh Valke

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Aug 22, 2010, 6:15:48 AM8/22/10

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... garden flora ... native of tropical South America ... Allamanda blanchetii (syn. A. violacea) ... commonly known as: cherry allamanda, purple allamanda, violet allamanda.

Please wait for comments.
Regards.

On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Marianne de Nazareth <mde.na...@gmail.com> wrote:

Gurcharan Singh

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Aug 22, 2010, 7:10:51 AM8/22/10

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Dinesh ji

You are right

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Marianne de Nazareth

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Aug 22, 2010, 8:09:35 AM8/22/10

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Many thanks for the prompt reply!

They seem to be very popular all over Bangalore and no wonder as the flowers are beautiful and profuse.

regds,

Marianne

Farida Abraham

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Aug 22, 2010, 10:02:13 AM8/22/10

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definite allamanda FA

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mani nair

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Aug 22, 2010, 10:29:38 AM8/22/10

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It can be trained to a tree. Looks very beautiful when in flower.
Regards,
Mani.

tanay bose

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Aug 22, 2010, 11:21:05 AM8/22/10

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Allamanda blanchetii for sure I had both purple (violet) and yellow allamanda back at my home .

Tanay

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Marianne de Nazareth

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Aug 22, 2010, 11:31:13 AM8/22/10

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