# ID this flower. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 31, 2012, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-flower/633243 "2012-08-31T11:16:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chowching](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@chowching](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowching)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-flower/633243/1 "2012-08-31T11:16:11Z")
Hey guys can you help me identify this flower? thanks. [![](https://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p17/ramuelpogi999/things123/185074_10151182985785050_824991564_n.jpg) ](https://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p17/ramuelpogi999/things123/185074_10151182985785050_824991564_n.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-flower/633243/2 "2012-08-31T11:54:23Z")
From the name on the photo, I suspect it was taken in the Philippines. (Of course, if you took the photo you will know this!) If you’re not the photographer, perhaps email him (easily traceable on Google)? The identity of the flower is a mystery to me - I’ve never seen anything quite like it. The central part almost looks like a sea anemone! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-flower/633243/3 "2012-08-31T11:59:50Z")
Is it “Audrey II”? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-flower/633243/4 "2012-08-31T12:57:32Z")
The general appearance is suggestive of something in the [proteaceae](https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=proteaceae&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&safe=active&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=e7RAUNy6ErSX0QWstIHYBg&biw=1019&bih=641&sei=fLRAUNefPMKg0QWk54DACw), but I can’t find a very close match. It also looks like it might be a [fasciated](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasciation) specimen. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-flower/633243/5 "2012-08-31T13:01:20Z")
I’ve found another two photos of the same species of flower, but annoyingly it has no name on it. TinEye fails to find any matches. See bottom row of [this page](http://panoramaphotos.net/pages/3/panoramafotos-fotoalbum.html?album=22&page=4). ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-flower/633243/6 "2012-08-31T15:06:33Z")
It’s the [Cannonball Tree,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couroupita_guianensis) _Couroupita guianensis_. Here’s a photo of the [flowers and fruits together.](http://planetoddity.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cannonball-tree-5.jpg) The species is a member of the Brazil Nut family (Lecythidaceae) and is widely planted in the tropics as an ornamental. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-flower/633243/7 "2012-08-31T18:38:20Z")
Well, I was about as wrong as possible - sorry about that, but what an interesting plant. ---
**Author:** ![chowching](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@chowching](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowching)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-flower/633243/8 "2012-08-31T23:33:01Z")
Yes it was taken here in the Philippines. I did not took the photo. I’m also just helping id the flower. Thanks guys. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-flower/633243/9 "2012-08-31T23:58:03Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Well, I was about as wrong as possible - sorry about that, but what an interesting plant. Don’t feel bad. My first thought was one of the proteas, also.