Ixora (Ixora coccinea)

Wonderful pic, Mono...

And a big WELCOME to DG! Thanks for sharing!

(By the way, is that a fragrant flower?)

Thanks! My first day here, just sharing some pictures I´ve been taking these days and gathering information and experience from others (I live in Brazil, I know little about temperate species). About the flowers, this isn´t one of the fragrant ones. That´s a shame, seeing how it would be wonderful with such ammount of flowers in the same plant...

Yes...but just think, some flowers are so pretty they don't NEED a fragrance, eh?

You're in Brazil? A hearty welcome, again. Glad you joined in! Hope to see more pics! (And please visit some of the other forums! Mighty good people here!)

Will be watching for your posts. Meantime, Keep smiling! ô¿ô

You have got some nice exotic things we don't see here in the Northern Hemisphere, thanks for showing us. Isn't it incredible how much variety there is on this earth? Love it. I too welcome you to DG.

Thank you. Thank you all ^.^

Does this plant have a common name? Many of the plants we have in the U.S. were imported from other countries, but we are a bit more careful, because we have also imported some plant diseases that our native species had no defense against.
We lost ALL our American Chestnuts over 100 years ago because we imported Chinese Chestnuts that had a fungus that ours couldn't fight off. It was the major tree in our forests in the eastern part of our country; a big loss. However, good news, we finally have bred one that is 9/10 American Chestnut and is able to handle that fungus. It should be coming on the market more and more in the next few years.
Welcome to Dave's Garden. Thanks for showing us a native plant and I hope you show us many more.

Ixora is called "Ixora" over here too, I never heard a different common name for it. About imports, it´s always good to be careful about what we are importing. See, Impatiens walleriana, from India, was brought here by the portugueses, who grew it because of its flowers. But it produces so many seeds, and can grow so fast, that, when the first plants scaped from domestic gardens, they invaded natural ecossystems and caused the extinction of many native herbaceous species. Gardeners must have two eyes open when they choose to grow imported plants.

Hey Mono!...didja see your photo made the Newsletter Photo!?
Told ya that was a good pic!

thanks, Monocromatico

Woo, I´m speechless!

Like I said (again) WELCOME to DG!

Is this in a basket or is this a bush?

This is a bush, planted on the ground, yes.