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ImaFlowerMan North Coast, Dominican Republic Dec 03, 2013

Hello,

I would like to know if anyone could identify the flowers here:

http://wetravelandblog.com/2013/travel-photography/travel-photo-essays/flowers-dominican-republic/

There are quite a few but it would be cool to know the species!!!

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plantfreak78 Rolesville, NC(Zone 7b) Dec 03, 2013

1 Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth)
2 Curcuma spp. (Ginger) not sure which one
3
4 Phalaenopsis spp. (moth orchid) good luck narrowing it down
5 Dendrobium spp. (orchid)
6-9 orchids I don't know
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12 Cleome hassleriana (Spider flower)
13
14 Calotropis procera I think. Definitely something in Asclepiadaceae.
15 Ixora
16 Plumeria
17 orchid I don't know
18 Trimezia martinicensis (Yellow Walking Iris)
19 Pachystachys lutea (Golden Shrimp plant)
20 Zinnia

Hope this helps!

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ImaFlowerMan North Coast, Dominican Republic Dec 04, 2013

Awesome helped a million. They've all been labeled now. Will give you guys some credit, would be nice if we could figure out the remaining ones =D

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plantfreak78 Rolesville, NC(Zone 7b) Dec 05, 2013

And now, a lesson in nomenclature. All Latin names should have the first letter of their genus ("first name") capitalized and but the first letter of the species (the second name) should be lower case, such as: Eichhornia crassipes never Eichhornia Crassipes.

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lancer23 San Francisco, CA Jan 05, 2014

I'll try the orchids:
#6 Oncidium(dancing lady)
#7?
#8Ascocenda(vanda alliance)
#9 dendrobium
Last 2 is Ascocenda

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purpleinopp Opp, AL(Zone 8b) Jan 10, 2014

http://wetravelandblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/flowers-of-the-world-1-of-1-9.jpg
May be a Desmodium

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Cville_Gardener Clarksville, TN(Zone 7a) Jan 11, 2014

#3 might be a Protea of some variety

#10 might be a Bromeliad of some variety

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