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Garden Plant Identification Please
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Posted by pitter_2006 (My Page) on Sat, Jun 17, 06 at 21:15
| 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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Sorry I can't seem to get the images to post. |
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RE: Garden Plant Identification Please
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| 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. |
RE: Garden Plant Identification Please
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| 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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