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Justicia coccinea

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Field Notes

Description:

This upright many stemmed growing perennial has an evergreen foliage and thick long spikes of scarlet red blooms. This plant likes moist soil, and will wilt very fast when the soil is dry, but also it will come back very fast once you water it again. Flower: The inflorescence is very beautiful. Bright red flowers emerging out of a green cone. The plant will flower most of the year, if kept warm, specially in the spring. But it is not a very profuse bloomer, where you will see flowers all the time. Minimum Temperature : We start to notice some leaf damage when the temperature goes bellow 35F or 1C.

Habitat:

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Northern South America, West Indies

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)

you guy are right...jacobini or brazilian plume?..I have two colors in my garden, one is pink and the other is white. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6340301
Nice shot..neat due to shadow..!!
I also liked to know wide Justicia family. They are precious shrubs to us.
Dan isn't it like Justicia coccinea ?
I think this is Justicia, maybe J. brandegeana http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justicia_brandegeana
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PublishedJune 19, 2011

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