The crape myrtle is native to where? and Bulbophyllum dearei, inflorescence

The crape myrtle is native to where?

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Answer by babitha t
The crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia sp.), native to SE Asia, is a widely popular woody ornamental flowering shrub/small tree throughout southeastern US landscapes. The wide assortment of inflorescence colors, forms and sizes, coupled with a rather long flowering period (up to 120 days), plus a commonly found exfoliating bark, have given rise to the popularity of this genus. Breeding programs in USA and Europe have generated, in the last three decades, a wide range of plant sizes (from miniature 30 cm shrubs to +10 m tall trees), growth habits (broad, upright, weeping, etc..), cold hardiness (Zones 6-10), disease resistance (powdery mildew) and a wide range of bark characteristics, flower color and foliage fall colorations. Likely unknown to gardeners and horticulturists are the commercial timber and medicinal uses of some of the approximately eighty (80) species found in the Lagerstroemia genus.

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Bulbophyllum dearei, inflorescence


091230-02
On the 5th of October the bud of my orchid: Bulbophyllum dearei finally opened!
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