| Chinese Trumpet Creeper |
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| File size | 666250 |
| Original date | 7/6/06 6:27 PM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash fired, auto |
| Focal length | 8.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/60s |
| Aperture | 5.5 |
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| Metering Mode | Partial |
| Camera make | NIKON |
| Camera model | E3700 |
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Photo: Thingnam Girija |
Botanical name: Campsis grandiflora Family: Bignoniaceae (Jacaranda family)
Synonyms: Campsis chinensis, Bignonia chinensis, Tecoma chinensis
Synonyms: Campsis chinensis, Bignonia chinensis, Tecoma chinensis
A spectacular flowering climber that needs a sunny location and room to
ramble. Chinese trumpet creeper is a close cousine of the
Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans)
It can be distinguished from the latter by distinctly larger flowers, as the
name grandiflora indicates.
Growing 20 to 25 feet long/tall by 6 to 9 feet wide at maturity, it is not as
aggressive as our native Trumpet Creeper. It blooms in early summer with loose
clusters of dangling trumpet shaped, peachy-rose, yellow-throated flowers.
Hummingbirds love it. Its coarsely toothed leaves are deciduous and over time
the vine becomes woody.
| Identification credit: R.K. Nimai Singh | Photographed in India International Centre, Delhi. |
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