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Brighamia insignis
Yellow tubular flowers, very fragrant. Succulent leaves and woody stalk.
Allerton Garden NTGB Kauai
This plant usually grows in the most precarious of places, the Molokai sea cliffs, so it was a real treat to see it up close and get to smell the flowers.
Spotted on Jun 22, 2012
Submitted on Sep 11, 2012
3 Comments
Amazing I have never seen this one!
The flowers do look similar aside from the color. I dont think they are related though, Brighamia insignis has a small woody trunk and Quisqualis indica is vine. They are also in different classes and orders. I would like to dissect the flowers of each and see a comparison, that would be interesting. I wonder how much of their DNA is shared.
Must be related to my Rangor Creeper, very similar!