Indian clock vine
The plant is popular around the world because of the beautiful yellow and red flowers.
Indian clock vine is a commonly grown ornamental plant in the tropics, as well as in greenhouses in the rest of the world. It is popular because of the beautiful, large yellow and red flowers.
If the plant is not flowering when you visit the greenhouse, you can try to enter the "mountain forest toilet". A large image of an Indian clock vine fill an entire wall. The picture is taken of the plant here in the greenhouse.
Indian clock vine has the scientific name Thunbergia. It is named after the Swedish physican and botanist Carl Peter Thunberg. Thunberg lived from 1743 to 1828 and was professor of medicine and botany at the university of Uppsala in Sweden.
Facts:
- Greenhouse location: Mountain Forest House
- Danish name: Indisk slangeblomst
- Latin name: Thunbergia mysorensis
- Family: Acanthus family
- Natural habitat: India