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Tibouchina blooming- photos

Central_Cali369

18 years ago

My tibouchina (Princess flower) has been in bloom since October, but i hadnt taken pictures. I took these this morning, some of them are kind of blurry but they are an attemp at capturing the vivid purple color. The actual color is different than what is shown here. Also, these are not photoshopped (in other words, i have not adjusted the color levels on my computer). enjoy.

Red flower buds and a couple of blooms

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Another shot

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the purple contrasts nicely with the green

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Comments (3)

pricklypearsatx
18 years ago
That is really nice. I love the color of princess flower.
robcorreia
18 years ago
Oh no...
I just moved in to a house with one in the backyard...it's almost leafless except for few little baby leaves on trunk! I thought these girls went decidious here in CA but apparently it is dying??? Does anyone know?
Can I save it???
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Central_Cali369
Original Author
18 years ago
rob, i would just leave it alone. They aren't decidious, and seeing that you're in z10, i doubt you've had colder temps than me (z9b) so frost damage is unlikely. Maybe it's just shedding it's leaves for a new flush of leaves. Plants sometimes act differently in different climates.

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