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Garden Plant Identification Please

20 years ago

This plant is extremely successfull in my garden at about 7000' outside Cali,Colombia. It tolerates shade and sun, constant 90-100% humidity (cload forest), 60-65 degree temperature and is impervious to the many insect pests that seem to attack everything else. I very much doubt it's native to this region. Can anyone identify it for me?

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TonyfromOz
20 years ago
It's an Impatiens cultivar of the New Guinea group, mostly derived from I. hawkeri. Its native region possibly has a climate very like yours, which might explain its success.
pitter_2006
Original Author
20 years ago
Thank you very much. I found images of I. hawkeri and that indeed looks like my plant. Another Impatiens that is ubiquitous here in Colombia on road and forest edges is Impatiens walleriana.
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