What's Blooming at the Los Angeles County
Arboretum

September 2007
Page Two

Paphiopedilum helvetica No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) South and Southeast Asia

Angophora melanoxylon Smooth-bark apple Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Eastern Australia

Eucalyptus cloeziana Yellow messmate Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Eastern Australia

Epidendrum 'White Christmas' No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Hort.

Eucalyptus resinifera Red mahogany Myrtaceae (Myrtle family) Eastern Australia

Limonium sinuatum Marsh rosemary, Statice, Sea lavender Plumbaginaceae (Leadwort family) Mediterranean, West Asia

Musa X paradisiaca Banana Musaceae (Banana family) Hort.

		The Passifloraceae or passion flower family contains between 500 and 700 species in about 16 genera and has a mainly tropical and subtropical distribu- tion with a few species reaching more temperate areas. The family includes trees, shrubs, woody or herbaceous climbing plants, and annual and perennial herbs. The family takes it name from the genus Passiflora, an epithet derived from the Latin passio, "passion," and floris, "flower." In the 15th and 16th centuries Spanish missionaries discovered the flower and made it the symbol of the crucifixion of Christ, the radial filaments representing the Crown of Thorns, the ten petals and sepals representing the ten apostles, and the five lower anthers representing Jesus' five wounds. Many species are grown for their edible fruits like passion fruit, granadilla, maypop and sweet calabash, and many simply as beautiful ornamentals.
Passiflora vitifolia Scarlet passion flower, Red granadilla Passifloraceae (Passion flower family) Nicaragua to Peru

Fraxinus malacophylla No common name recorded Oleaceae (Olive family) China

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Itsy Bitsy White' No common name recorded Malvaceae (Mallow family) Hort.

Cattleya maxima No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Ecuador, Peru and Columbia

Laelia finckeniana (L. albida X L. anceps) No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Mexico

Agave parryi Parry's agave Agavaceae (Agave family) Southwest U.S. and Mexico

Zygopetalum intermedium No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Bolivia, Brazil and Peru

Encyclia alata 'Lemon Mist' X E. phoenicium 'Gleneyrie' No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Hort.

Eria merrillii No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Philippines

Dendrobium hybrid No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Hort.

Xylosma congestum Shiny xylosma Flacourtiaceae (Flacourtia family) Southeastern China

Myrmecophila sp. Ant plant Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Central and South America

Bixa orellana Annatto, Achiote, Lipstick tree Bixaceae (Achiote family) Tropical America

Brassocattleya 'Pink Cloud' No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Hort.

Hypoestes phyllostachya Polka-dot plant Acanthaceae (Acanthus family) Madagascar

Euphorbia cyathophora Mexican fireplant, Wild poinsettia Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family) Southern U.S., S. America, West Indies

Aloe bulbilifera No common name recorded Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family) Madagascar

Dendrochilum cobbianum No common name recorded Orchidaceae (Orchid family) Philippines

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