Re: Need help identifying plant
- Subject: Re: Need help identifying plant
- From: Catherine Ratner c*@earthlink.net
- Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 11:43:11 -0700
Hello Amanda,
My guess would be Mandevilla laxa (formerly known as M. suaveolens) which is
in the family Apocynaceae. Cathy
> From: "Iain & Amanda Peters" <petersai@otenet.gr>
> Reply-To: petersai@otenet.gr
> Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 20:02:12 +0300
> To: "MGS" <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
> Subject: Need help identifying plant
>
> Can anyone help me to identify a climbing plant which I cannot find in any of
> my books. It is deciduous. It has white scented flowers which are very similar
> in size and shape to white single oleander flowers, except that the petals
> curl backwards at the edge. The leaf, however, is completely different from
> the oleander leaf. It is almost heart shaped, about 12cm (4 3/4 inches) long
> and about 5cm (nearly 2") accross at its widest point. It is a soft, deciduous
> kind of leaf, and hangs down. Not leathery like an oleander leaf. I think it
> must be in the oleander family - the flower is also a bit like a periwinkle
> flower (this is in the oleander family, I discovered)
> Any clues??
> Thanks in anticipation for your help
> Amanda Peters in Ithaca, Greece
>
