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beehammer ([personal profile] beehammer) wrote2019-01-01 08:35 pm
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Witches tongue

Close-up of a musical note clerodendrum in flower

Not a super-great pic of the flowers, but they're such a bright bright white that it's difficult to get a good one.  Definitely a musical note clerodendrum--they take the name from the flower form you can see before they've opened.  The 'witches tongue' name comes from the fully-opened phase, with those honking purple tendrils hanging out all over the place.  The tendrils all have a little dab of bright yellow pollen on the tips.