My China Rose

Yes it is seventh bloom in my  terra cotamosac pot  to be very true I was not aware that this is the hina rose plant I bought it some 10 years or more than ten years ago…of course …may be I bought it for china rose but soo many years with out any flower ……I may forgot that it is china rose

china rose

This year When 1st bloom appeared I searched it in dictionary as..it is

hi•bis•cus / [hahy-bis-kuhs, hi-]

–noun, plural -cus•es. Also called China rose. a woody plant, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, of the mallow family, having large, showy flowers: the state flower of hawaii.

The H.rosa sinasis

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 The species of hibiscus which seems to have the greatest number of variants is Hibiscus rosa sinensis. These plants appear to have innumerable variations in colour and shape in both single and double forms, due to the interest in these plants by early hibiscus fanciers who hybridised Hibiscus rosa-sinensis with other compatible species. Ross Gast in his Genetic History of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis traces the early movement of these plants and the hybridisation with other species which has led to the abundance of cultivars available today. Special variations were perpetuated by the taking of cuttings.

Although generally considered to be native to continental tropical Asia, the species is unknown in the wild and its area of origin is conjectural. Gast however believes it to be from India due to the fact that Polynesian people supposed to have originated in India may have brought the species to China and the Pacific in the centuries of their Eastern migrations.

Because it reached its highest development as an ornamental plant in China, and as most early cultivars were collected there and shipped to Europe, the species was given its name rosa-sinensis or Rose of China (China Rose). It is interesting to note that the earliest forms collected were of the double form, these were found growing around ancient temples and palaces in China, and the single form was not connected with the species for some considerable time.

A double red form of H. rosa-sinensis was illustrated and described by Van Reede in 1678, and a double red and other forms were introduced to England by Philip Miller, curator of the Chelsea Physic Garden, London as early as 1731, under the name of H. javanica, indicating them to be natives of Java. Cook and other Pacific explorers found the double red form cultivated in several island groups. This form is still common in all parts of the world where hibiscus are grown. The single red form of H. rosa-sinensis is also known as 'common red', 'sinensis' or 'camdenii', and it is the national flower of Malaysia and the State of Hawaii……………. The hibiscus possesses the unusual trait of not wilting after it is picked. Whether left on the shrub, picked and put in water or laid out dry on a table top the flowers remain fresh and crisp. Picking buds early in the morning before they begin opening and placing them in a refrigerator retards opening. When removed later in the day or early evening the buds open and complete their normal cycle. Buds may be held back for one or two days, which is very handy when one is entertaining guests. The flowers can be used for many forms of floral decoration, but surprisingly are not successful for leis because they are easily crushed and may stain clothing.

With so many virtues it is little wonder that H. rosa-sinensis has been called `queen of the tropical flowers'.

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I found this in foramation which is worth reading too.

H. rosa-sinensis

Common Names: ~Shoe Flower~ ~Queen of Tropical Flowers~

The Hibiscus is native to Asia and Pacific islands. Hibiscus is the national flower of Malaysia and of the Conch Republic. It is the State flower of Hawaii. It is called the ~Queen of Tropical Flowers~ as it signifies peace and happiness. It is also known as the ~Shoe Flower~ because its petals are used to shine shoes.

In islands of the Pacific Ocean, the red hibiscus, is worn by women behind the ear. If worn behind the left ear, she is desirous of a lover, if behind the right ear she is already spoken for. But if she wears two flowers, one behind each ear she has a lover but would like another.

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