October

Featured Plant


Couroupita guianensis    cannonball tree    Near the Gallery Building

Blooming in October

The following is a partial list of flowering or fruiting plants located in Fairchild during October. Plants are grouped by area and listed alphabetically by scientific name, and include a common name when available and the location by plot number. You may refer to the plot map at the bottom of this page. Plot maps are also located at the Visitor Center at the entrance to Fairchild.

Arboretum

Botanical Name:
Adansonia za
Plot:
55b

Botanical Name:
Archidendron lucyi
Common Name:
scarlet bean
Plot:
55b

Botanical Name:
Bauhinia divaricata
Plots:
19b, 50

Botanical Name:
Brunfelsia lactea
Plot:
27

Botanical Name:
Cananga odorata
Common Name:
ylang ylang
Plot:
17

Botanical Name:
Cassia roxburghii
Common Name:
ceylon senna
Plot:
34

Botanical Name:
Ceiba speciosa
Common Name:
silk floss tree
Plot:
49

Botanical Name:
Clusia lanceolata
Common Name:
balsam apple
Plot:
49

Botanical Name:
Combretum constrictum
Plot:
55b

Botanical Name:
Cordia alliodora
Common Name:
laurel blanco
Plot:
51

Botanical Name:
Cryptostegia grandiflora
Common Name:
rubber vine
Plot:
38

Botanical Name:
Cubanola domingensis
Plot:
50

Botanical Name:
Erythrochiton brasiliensis
Plots:
39, 132

Botanical Name:
Euphorbia punicea
Common Name:
flame of Jamaica
Plot:
50

 

Botanical Name:
Exostema ixoroides
Plot:
24

 

Botanical Name:
Gardenia taitensis
Common Name:
Tahitian gardenia
Plot:
24

 

Botanical Name:
Hamelia cuprea
Plot:
14

 

 

Botanical Name:
Inga paterno
Plots:
33, 49


 

Botanical Name:
Kigelia africana
Common Name:
sausage tree
Plot:
29

 

Botanical Name:
Kopsia arborea
Plot:
47

 

Botanical Name:
Leea guineensis
Plot:
24

 

Botanical Name:
Majidea zanquebarica
Plots:
18, 44

 

Botanical Name:
Neomillspaughia emarginata
Plot:
25

 

Botanical Name:
Parmentiera aculeata
Common Name:
candle tree
Plot:
29

 

Botanical Name:
Phaleria macrocarpa
Plot:
30

 

Botanical Name:
Picramnia pentandra
Common Name:
bitter-bush
Plot:
43

 

Botanical Name:
Plumeria pudica
Common Name:
bridal bouquet
Plot:
14

 

Botanical Name:
Portlandia proctorii
Plots:
8, 44


 

Botanical Name:
Radermachera sp.
Plots:
22, 50

 

Botanical Name:
Ravenia spectabilis
Plot:
39

 

Botanical Name:
Rondeletia odorata
Common Name:
Panama-rose
Plots:
21, 24

 

Botanical Name:
Stemmadenia litoralis
Common Name:
milky way tree
Plot:
47

 

Botanical Name:
Strobilanthes cusia
Common Name:
assam indigo
Plot:

50

 

Botanical Name:
Tabernaemontana pandacaqui
Plot:
5

Lin Lougheed Spiny Forest of Madagascar

Plot 31

Botanical Name:
Aloe ‘Rooikappie’


 

Botanical Name:
Pachypodium lamerei var. ramosum


 

Botanical Name:
Pachypodium rosulatum var. rosulatum


 

Botanical Name:
Uncarina grandidieri
Common Name:
mouse trap tree


 

Botanical Name:
 Uncarina roeoesliana


 

Botanical Name:
Uncarina stellulifera

 

Vine Pergola


 

Botanical Name:
Adenocalymna comosum var. nitidum


 

Botanical Name:
Allamanda violacea


 

Botanical Name:
Argyreia nervosa
Common Name:
woolly morning glory


 

Botanical Name:
Chonemorpha fragrans


 

Botanical Name:
Cissus intermedia
Common Name:
bull-vine


 

Botanical Name:
Clerodendrum thomsoniae ‘Delectum’
Common Name:
bleeding heart vine


 

Botanical Name:
Combretum indicum
Common Name:
Rangoon creeper


 

Botanical Name:
Saritaea magnifica
Common Name:
purple bignonia


 

Botanical Name:
Schlegelia parasitica


 

Botanical Name:
Solanum wendlandii
Common Name:
Costa Rican nightshade


 

Botanical Name:
Stigmaphyllon sagraeanum


 

Botanical Name:
Thunbergia grandiflora
Common Name:
Bengal creeper


 

Botanical Name:
Wagatea spicata
Common Name:
candy corn plant

Lisa D.  Anness Butterfly Garden

Plot 19b

 

 

Botanical Name:
Bourreria cassinifolia
Common Name:
pineland strongbark

 

Botanical Name:
Callicarpa americana
Common Name:
beautyberry

 

Botanical Name:
Calotropis gigantea
Common Name:
giant milkweed

 

Botanical Name:
Cnidoscolus aconitifolius
Common Name:
chaya

 

Botanical Name:
Galactia striata

 

Botanical Name:
Koanophyllon villosum
Common Name:
shrub eupatorium

 

Botanical Name:
Lantana involucrata
Common Name:
wild sage

 

Botanical Name:
Nashia inaguensis
Common Name:
moujean tea

 

Botanical Name:
Salvia coccinea
Common Name:
tropical sage

 

Botanical Name:
Scutellaria havanensis
Common Name:
Havana skullcap

 

Botanical Name:
Senna alata
Common Name:
candelabra bush

 

Botanical Name:
Senna polyphylla 
Common Name:
twin senna

 

Botanical Name:
Senna mexicana var. chapmanii
Common Name:
Bahama senna

 

 

Botanical Name:
Solidago leavenworthii
Common Name:
goldenrod


 

Botanical Name:
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Common Name:
porterweed

 

Conservatory 

Botanical Name:
Calathea warscewiczii 

 

Botanical Name:
Costus malortieanus
Common Name:
step ladder plant

 

Botanical Name:
Etlingera corneri
Common Name:
Siam rose ginger

 

Botanical Name:
Impatiens mirabilis 

 

 

 

Botanical Name:
Ouratea theophrasta

 

Botanical Name:
Psychotria poeppigiana

 

Botanical Name:
Scutellaria costaricana

Botanical Name:
Tacca integrifolia
Common Name:
white bat flower

 

Botanical Name:
Tibouchina ‘Purple Glory’

 

 

Botanical Name:
Warszewiczia coccinea