Re: common name similaarities - Pandorea
- Subject: Re: common name similaarities - Pandorea
- From: T* &* M* R*
- Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:33:16 +1200
>
> Dave Poole wrote:
> > At least two species are rather hardier than Podranea - Pandorea
> > jasminoides and P. pandorana. . . . I prefer P. jasminoides, which
> > is currently a > > mass of flower and buds here in S. Devon.
>
> Jasminoides implies frangrance - is Pandorea jasminoides a fragrant
> flower?
Alas, P. jasminoides is not fragrant. I think the species name must
refer to the foliage which is very similar to that of a jasmine.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand, SW Pacific. 12 hours ahead of Greenwich Time