【Vicky's Flowers】 What's the Name of These Flowers 🌺这是什么花勒？🌺 #12

When I traveled to Taiwan in July, I found the low shrubs growing on both sides of the sidewalk, and the flowers were glowing red. It looks quite similar to hydrangea from the shape of the flower. However, the shape of the petals is different. Otherwise, hydrangea is pink mostly, and I have not seem such bright colored hydrangea so far. Well, what kind of flower is this?

Ixora Chinensis:

Madder Ixora Chinensis is a small evergreen shrub, and it's also known as the Morningstar Lily, Hydrangea ball, etc. Its provenance is southern China and Malaysia, and it is the national flower of Myanmar.

Their leaves grow in pairs and ovate, almost sessile. The flowers are so dense that makes it looks lime an umbrella. It is rich in colors: red, orange, yellow, white, bicolor, etc. The entire inflorescence look like a large hydrangea. The flower period is long, so you can see it blooming all the year round, especially in summer and autumn.

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In fact, at the moment I saw the Ixora Chinensis, I had another kind of flower named Rangoon Creeper comes to my mind, which I wrote a post in the early May. I can't tell the difference between them at the very first place. However, when I put these two flowers together, I found they're definitely two different kinds of flowers.

Rangoon Creeper

Rangoon Creeper (Scientific Name: Quisqualis Indica) has many nicknames, and belongs to Rangoon Creeper Genera Plants. This is a famous deworming drug, which has been used in the treatment of children for at least 1,600 years.

Rangoon Creeper is distributed in Taiwan, China, India, Myanmar and Philippines. China's domestic distribution is Chongqing, Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian provinces. It is also distributed in southern Zhejiang and Hangzhou, besides, Zhuji also introduced cultivation.

Rangoon Creeper was planted by the town's residents as early as the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, which was more than 200 years ago. In 2014, it won the title of national geographic logo. Rangoon Creeper grows mostly in the sunny shrubs of hillsides, roadsides, and flatlands between 1000 and 2500 meters above sea level.

If you see the red-white starry flowers in the south region and it smells good, maybe it is Rangoon Creeper. It blooms in summer, and the ornamental and climbing effects are very good. As a result, it is very popular with people.

Speaking of this, can you tell What's the Name of These Flowers in the picture below?

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Chinese Version

今年7月的时候我在台湾旅行，发现人行道的两边种植着这种低矮灌木，开着火红色的花朵，很是惹眼。从花型来看非常像是绣球花，只是单朵花的花瓣形状不同。绣球花大多是粉色系的，也未见过那么鲜艳的颜色🤔那么，这是什么花勒？

龙船花

茜草科龙船花属常绿小灌木，又名仙丹花、水绣球等。原产于中国南部地区和马来西亚，是缅甸的国花。叶子成对而生，几乎无柄，叶子成卵形。开花密集，聚伞形花序顶生，花色丰富，有红、橙、黄、白、双色等。整个花序像一个大绣球，花期长，全年均可开花，但以夏季和秋季最盛。

其实在看到龙船花的一瞬间，我脑海中还有另一种花的样子和名字浮现出来，那就是我在四五月份时候写过的使君子。脸盲症的我表示，傻傻分不清他们俩的区别。但是当把他们俩放在一起的时候，我发现这根本就是截然不同的两种花嘛😂

使君子

别名史君子、四君子等，为使君子科使君子属植物。本种为古今中外著名的驱虫药，于治疗小儿病患上至少已有1600多年历史。分布于台湾、中国、印度、缅甸至菲律宾等地，主产于四川、福建、广东、广西。叶对生，长椭圆形。伞房状穗状花序顶生。花朵初开时为白色，随后会变成红色，有香气，花期为每年的5-9月。

早在清乾隆时期，该镇居民就开始种植使君子，距今已有200多年历史。在2014年，获得国家地理标识的称号。多生长于海拔1000－2500米的山坡、路旁、平地等向阳的灌木丛中。

倘若你在南方地区，看到红白相间、星星状的爬藤植物，并且还能闻到清香，那八成就是使君子了。它在夏季开花，观赏性和爬藤效果非常好，因此非常受到人们的喜爱。

讲到这里，大家能区分出文中的配图分别是什么花了嘛？

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