What is the name of this plant?

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@Sohrab,

Where was the plant growing? What geography?

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@Sohrab,

just bookmarking

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Probably Ixora genus, Rubiaceae family..

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@rosborne979,

Tampa Bay

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@timur,

Thanks

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@Sohrab,

Look up Feijoa sellowiana photos and see if they match. (Pineapple guava)

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@ossobuco,

I think it is quite similar, but not the same plant from the photos I've quickly looked up.

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@Sohrab,

I found another photo of what I believe is the same flower, but I still haven't been able to identify it by name yet.

However, it's clear that it's a flowering shrub of some type. It's a broadleaf plant with woody stems that produces a "burst" of white flowers on red "stalks".

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/302/dscn5175g.jpg

Unfortunately the person who posted that image was also asking for an identification, and they never got one.

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I agree with Timur, it's some type of Ixora, but I haven't been able to locate the precise hybrid.

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It looks a bit like honeysuckle.

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advice/ACEImages/LonicerapericlymenumSerotina_139277.jpg

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@izzythepush,

Your picture is honeysuckle. But the other plant is not. However, I don't know what the other plant is. Sorry. Reading to find out.

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@izzythepush,

Lola's correct. We've got honeysuckle coming out the kazoo here in my backyard...and the plant pictured in the OP is not honeysuckle.

I love honeysuckle. Our yard smells great during the spring!

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I came to the conclusion that it's an Ixora Coccinea, also Jungle flame, Flame of the woods and so on:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Ixora_coccinea_1_ies.jpg

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@timur,

Most of the Ixora pics I found were Red. The original picture seems to be of a White Blossom supported by a Red "stem" (or whatever that part of the flower is that supports the blossom).

However, I couldn't find any of that color combination by name. All I found was that other image I provided above.

The White Blossoms with the Red stems must be a hybrid Ixora or something. Anyway, I think you've narrowed it down pretty close.

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@rosborne979,

check this one out

http://hortuscamden.com/plants/view/ixora-odorata-hook

it's also on this page

http://www.caldwellhort.com/graphics/collector-images/Ixora-odorata-200sq-chkcald.jpg

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@rosborne979,

Local conditions, location re the sun and age (the shrub seems old) can greatly influence the aspect of the plant.

But also Ixoras come in many colors:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mBWypOKRJSg/S_DJsCXlL3I/AAAAAAAABEA/cCix4EbLjOw/s1600/ixora-3.jpg

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@izzythepush,

Thanks izzy. You are funny! I have four species of honeysuckle in my yard.

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@timur,

Thanks Timur. I settle with Jungle Flame.

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@ehBeth,

Yes,the Odorata was the closest I found as well. But none of the photo's were a clear match (at least to me).

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