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Bougainvillea
A perennial shrub type. Size from small bush to bush. There are thorns up the trunk, the leaves split open, alternating with the branches or indent. The hairs are slightly covered. Green or leafy Shape 3-6 cm long, 2-3 cm wide. It is heart shaped or oval. 3-5 leaves are many colors such as magenta, pink, orange, blue, yellow, and so on. The flowers are perfect, sex and incomplete sex into a bouquet of leaves or branches of each bouquet of three flowers 1-2 cm long.
Want sunlight in outdoor conditions. Get sunlight all day If the sun is not enough the color of the leaves is not dark. Need temperature Moderate or hot when growing up, need moderate water to quite low. If too much watering it is not blooming.
Spotted on Aug 23, 2017
Submitted on Sep 9, 2017
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