Re: common name similaarities - Pandorea


> 
> 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



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