Lovely flower pic- Kolkata

Shantanu Bhattacharya

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Oct 3, 2010, 4:54:14 AM10/3/10

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Hi

some nice flowers from my school campus.

may be some kind of china rose

cheers

Shantanu : )

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tanay bose

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Oct 3, 2010, 10:41:05 AM10/3/10

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Looks nice !!

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Gurcharan Singh

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Oct 4, 2010, 10:59:40 AM10/4/10

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Strange looking but leaves, corolla tube point to double flowered Petunia cultivar.

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J.M. Garg

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Oct 24, 2010, 1:37:35 AM10/24/10

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Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise pl.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

“Strange looking but leaves, corolla tube point to double flowered Petunia cultivar.

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Pankaj Kumar

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Oct 24, 2010, 1:41:41 AM10/24/10

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I thought this could be hybrid of Petunia.
Pankaj

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Dinesh Valke

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Oct 24, 2010, 3:26:47 AM10/24/10

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... would have wrongly said it to be double hibiscus !!! .... but for Pankaj's view.
Does look like a double Petunia ... not sure of the cultivar.

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Pankaj Kumar

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Oct 24, 2010, 3:34:13 AM10/24/10

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Yes sir, double Petunias are available in horticulture.
Pankaj

JM Garg

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Sep 22, 2022, 7:26:12 AM9/22/22

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I think Petunia × atkinsiana (Sweet) D.Don ex W.H.Baxter as per images and details herein.

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