Crossandra infundibuliformis (Yellow firecracker)

[omerkhalid]

Ok will do shortly

[M Farooq]

Interesting. Can anyone confirm ID for this on the forum?

This flower is really unique in colour. According to the plant list, the most authentic source of names, it is most likely Ecbolium viride (Forssk.). It is most likely not Crossandra infundibuliformis, since Crossandra undulifolia and C. infundibuliformis turn out to be synonyms.

Picture comparison here for Ecbolium viride:
http://www.mpbd.info/plants/ecbolium-viride.php

[Kaleem]

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/198850/
This plant is also called green shrimp, l have not seen in the nurseries, a very rare variety.

[Kaleem]

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/327046/

[aykhan]

Seems everyone is interested in the seeds then

[omerkhalid]

Omer, kindly post the pics of your plant

Here are some pics that i took from my camera this morning, i am sorry none of flower is clearly focused

[omerkhalid]

Here are two more pics

[M Farooq]

Omer sb, we will create a new entry for Ecbolium i.e. your plant because many people are interested in it and this plant is different from Crossandra. Could you please tell us its bloom time in Lahore? Does it have fragrance? And any other special growing guidance. Others will benefit from your knowledge. It is indeed a very rare plant -not listed in my handbook which has 10,000 garden plant entries -mostly Western plants though!

[omerkhalid]

Omer sb, we will create a new entry for Ecbolium i.e. your plant because many people are interested in it and this plant is different from Crossandra. Could you please tell us its bloom time in Lahore? Does it have fragrance? And any other special growing guidance. Others will benefit from your knowledge. It is indeed a very rare plant -not listed in my handbook which has 10,000 garden plant entries -mostly Western plants though!

Oh wow, its good to know that you have got a rarity in your plants i have asked several nursery men to exchange some of their plants with this bush but none even showed slight interest. Well the plant grows actively during summer and produces flower all year round but more profusely during summers, it is prone to mealy bugs, i had many in 7'' pots but didnt look after them and purposely lost around 6-8, currently i have them in four 7'' pots, a small seedling can be seen in one of the pictures, i have not tried to produce it with cuttings but my sixth sense says that it would propagate from cuttings . i have not registered any fragrance. i would be more than happy to share these.

[aykhan]

Seems to be more like Belloprone guttata (shrimp plant) to me! Different color than the regular but this is defintely looking more like a shrimp plant.