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Medinilla Flower

Medinilla sp.

Photo by AlbertKang
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Field Notes

Description:

Individual flower is very small, pink in colour with yellow/purple stigma/stamen.
The flowers are in a bunch, stalks are also pink coloured.
Buds are green when not flowering yet.

Species ID Suggestions

Medinilla

Medinilla sp.

Comments (5)

Thanks for all the efforts, @Agnes :)
Oops.. sorry Albert. The flowers match but not the leaves :( http://www.phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Medinilla_dolichophylla&rank=binomial
Got your species Albert! It's Medinilla dolichophylla: http://www.phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/benctan/r/Melastomataceae_Medinilla_dolichophylla_25820.html
There are many Medinilla plants either endemic or native to the Philippines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medinilla

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