tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468202869979719175.post1428324369771388105..comments2023-10-31T20:34:55.775+08:00Comments on Alicesg-Singaporemyhome: Sentosa Flower Show Part 6- Heritage Treealicesghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08093018474724459190noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468202869979719175.post-14464535872549409182011-02-27T15:21:55.324+08:002011-02-27T15:21:55.324+08:00<< looked like a kind of trumpet flower but ...<i><< looked like a kind of trumpet flower but am not sure. >></i><br /><br />The large cream-coloured flowers are called <b><i>Solandra longiflora</i> (Trumpet Plant, Chalice Vine)</b>. The flowers are fragrant (esp. at night), & mature from cream to yellow with age. The plant can be grown as a shrub or trained as a climber, & belongs to the Solanaceae family, which also contains familiar crop plants like Potato & Brinjal. However, <i>Solandra</i> species are highly toxic, as are many non-edible members of the said family.<br /><br />There is a related species that looks very similar -- <i>Solandra grandiflora</i>. The most obvious difference is that the calyx (narrow basal tube) of the flower is covered by a leafy sheath, whereas for <i>Solandra longiflora</i>, the flower calyx is exposed -- as shown in your photos. Here are some photos for reference: <i>Solandra longiflora</i> (<a href="http://www.natureloveyou.sg/Solandra%20longiflora/Main.html" rel="nofollow">NatureLoveYou</a>), <i>Solandra longiflora</i> (<a href="http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solandra_grandiflora1SHSU.jpg" rel="nofollow">WikiSpecies</a>, <a href="http://www.cs.umb.edu/~whaber/Monte/Plant/Sola/Sol-gra.html" rel="nofollow">Univ. of Massachusetts</a>)<br /><br />Thanks for posting so many photos of the Sentosa Flowers 2011 show, such that I get to "see" the show even though I wasn't there. I wonder how much effort went into keeping the flowers looking good under all that heavy rain during the run-up & earlier part of the show week.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16876076254499321528noreply@blogger.com