Re: common name similaarities - Pandorea

Otter Point wrote:

> "The common name of this candy-striped pink flowering
> vine is Port St. John's Creeper, named after the location
> in South Africa from which it is native. . In mild California
> coastal gardens this beautiful vine will bloom for much
> of the year. Good also as a groungcover sprawling over
> rocks, even tolerating coastal sea spray.

It is common in the milder parts of our local district, but my only
reservation would be its vigour, making it a bit of a liability in small
gardens.

> > Both pandorea riscolina and Pandorea zbrycie are called
> "Zimbabwe  creeper" at various internet sites.  Are they the same
> ?  (Since  Zimbabwe has not existed as a country for a very long
> time, I wonder  what they used to be called).

Actually, the name Zimbabwe, though quite recently adopted for the
modern country is in fact a very ancient one in the area. There are some
mysterious and and fascinating ruins in the country known as Great
Zimbabwe which are believed to have been the centre of a vanished
African kingdom of several centuries ago. Possibly this creeper even
grows among the ruins for all I know..

Moira

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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand, SW Pacific. 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Time
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