Madagascar winter plant

Despite it being winter during our stay in Madagascar, temperatures are high enough for many colorful flowers to grow and bloom all year through. We found this pink and yellow flowering plant alongside the road.

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Lion

I would have loved the focus more on the flowers instead of the leaves, but the composition is nice. Good luck with the ID ;) Posted 12 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  I agree, the composition is poor. Did not have my macro lens within reach, so this is just a kit lens snap shot during a 2 minute break from driving.
  
  Yes, identifying madagascar flowers is challenging :) Posted 12 years ago
2. 1. Joost Thissen
    
    Lion
    
    Flowers and leaf look like a Lantana. Posted 12 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Impressive, thanks!
      
      Looks like this one:
      http://www.rootsofthesky.com/madagascar/wildlife/plants/lantana.html
      
      Not a Madagascar specie, rather it is introduced. Posted 12 years ago

The Common Lantana

"Lantana camara" is a species of flowering plant within the verbena family, native to the American tropics. Other common names of "L. camara" include big-sage, wild-sage, red-sage, white-sage, tickberry, West Indian lantana, and umbelanterna.

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Similar species: Lamiales

Species identified by Ferdy Christant

By Ferdy Christant

Uploaded Sep 30, 2012. Captured Sep 2, 2012 10:48 in 2, Madagascar.

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NIKON D7000
f/5.6
1/250s
ISO100
105mm

Captured in the winter. More winter photos.