Dear everyone, Perhaps this would be oversimplifying but, since the plant is part of the landscaping at the Surat apartment complex of one of our esteemed members, please, why not inquire at the management office? They might provide contact information for the landscaper architect who might then provide a list of plants utilized at that property.
Using plant keys is an option but sadly, the information and images provided do not allow for the use of keys beyond an educated guess. We seem to begin with an assumption that this plant is a dwarf - it's entirely possible that the landscape design team instructed the maintenance crew to keep the Ixora pruned to a height of 3 feet. One cannot know without asking. Ixora is native to India and nearby countries yet it is cultivated all over the world, many times the plant is hybridized and cloned to produce plants identical in characteristics such as bloom size and color. In your search on the internet you found that some have blunt, obtuse petal tips and have therefore ruled those out. The internet is flooded with 'wrong' images and 'incorrect' information. Please may I suggest that you find the original documentation for the registration of the hybrids. The suggested name Ixora taiwanensis is a misnomer; stating that it is all over the internet only proves how much people copy from others. Some call it I. singaporensis and/or I. chinensis. At least they know the plant is Asian. Since we are guessing, my best guess would be I. coccinea 'Dwarf Red' but if we are taking the scientific approach it would be safer to call this Ixora. sp. until more information is known. On Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 8:35:13 AM UTC-4, dr.rakesh Singh wrote: > > This Ixora is dwarf =3 feet , smaller flowers petal less than 1 cm tube > about 2.5 cm , petals 4 occasionally 5 . > Small leaves = 4-6 cm long 2-3 cm wide , no hairs , fleshy crunchy , > pink , red . > Ornamental in my apartment complex , Surat city , Gujarat > Today morning , 02 10 2019 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/f949b3d2-dcbc-4e84-aec4-c900aee301ea%40googlegroups.com.
