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June 18, 2011 by Barb 5 Comments

I’m not quite sure what this fascinating flower is, although I think it is some type of euphorbia. Can anyone help me out? It grows on quite a sturdy vine which causes the branch that it is growing on to bow down under the weight. Very strange.

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Footnote*

Thanks a million to Jane for identifying this mysterious flower for me! It is indeed honeysuckle! (lonicera cilliosa) Orange Honeysuckle to be exact. This is what I found out:

The orange honeysuckle vine, which can reach a height of 23 feet, has a greyish colored bark and leaves that are a bright green with an elliptical shape. On the stem, the leaves grow opposite each other. At the end of the stalk, a leaf will form a bowl for the base of the flower cluster. Each cluster can have anywhere from a single flower to as many as 30 and when the flowers are done, red berries appear. The flowers are small and trumpet shaped. They face upward and have bright orange petals with a black center.

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Comments

  1. Jane says

    June 18, 2011 at 2:25 pm

    The first shot is fabulous Barb. How unusual that the flower grows within the circle of a leaf. The bud clusters remind me of honeysuckle, could this plant be related?

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  2. Ashley Sisk says

    June 18, 2011 at 6:32 pm

    It’s quite beautiful – I would have had no idea that it was a honeysuckle. How great!

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  3. Henrietta says

    June 18, 2011 at 7:34 pm

    I think I have relative for this one but I don’t know it’s name. I bought it last summer and had one flower now there is quite many to starting blooming. This is interesting plant:)

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  4. Ewa says

    June 19, 2011 at 8:37 pm

    I love seeing lovely flowers, but most of the time I’d have no idea what is their name :)

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  5. Sarah says

    June 20, 2011 at 3:22 am

    Oh wow. How pretty. Love that first one.

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