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.

 

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