I’ve surprised myself. I think I’ve managed to track down the six remaining plant pictures my friend Jen sent me from Vietnam. So here’s the next three wonderful pictures in this ‘select flora’…
First the evergreen shrub, Ixora coccinea or the ‘Jungle Geranium’ or ‘Flame of the Woods’.
Ixora coccinea
Second, the national flower of Laos, the Champon flower, or Plumeria rubra. This fragrant relative of Oleander is also known as ‘Frangipani’.
Plumeria rubra
Finally, a rather spiky Euphorbia originally from Madagascar, named after a former Governor of the Island of Reunion (Baron Milius) who introduced it to France in 1821, Euphorbia milii, or the ‘Crown of Thorns’.
Euphorbia milii
My final three plants in a few days time…
Old School Gardener
Euphorbia milii
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