Golden Gardenia

Gardenia carinata

Description:

Golden Gardenia is a tree-like shrub. Flowers are large, about 4.5 inches in diameter and open white. They slowly turn golden orange over several days period before falling off. Tube of the flower is narrow and very long, and opens into a flat-faced flower with 6 or more petals. Leaves are elliptic-obovate, ribbed and hairy underneath. It is native to Indonesia and Malaysia.

Habitat:

Central Kalimantan rainforest.

1 Species ID Suggestions

DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

Kedah Gardenia

Gardenia carinata Gardenia carinata - Golden Gardenia

6 Comments

YantiPiran 11 years ago

Thank you so much, Despina. Now, i'm sure it's Gardenia.

YantiPiran 11 years ago

Yes, i think so. i'll wait a little more time. Thanks Andrea.

AndreaLim 11 years ago

Wait until you have some more feedback, and it may clear up the confusion. We have a lot of Gardenia species in Australia too. Cheers Andrea

YantiPiran 11 years ago

Hi Andrea, Thank you so much for the information. I've checked it ^^
But, there's something just disturb me is the leaves. There's Magnolia that is similiar to this pics and it's endemic to West Sulawesi province of Indonesia but I'm in Central Kalimatan. So, i'm not quite sure about it too. It really looks like Gardenia spatulifolia but it looks like Magnolia vrieseana too. I was stuck so long with this flower since i arrive here. oh..........I'm really confused.

AndreaLim 11 years ago

Hi Yanti, This may belong to the Gardenia group. Does it have a beautiful scent? The leaves look for for it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tgerus/4127... Do a search for Gardenia images and see what you find. Cheers Andrea