# Is this a real flower?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-flower/508319>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 31, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-flower/508319 "2009-08-31T03:46:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-flower/508319/1 "2009-08-31T03:46:23Z")

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I got [this](http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/9798/quickshottrbar.png) from a wallpaper app for my phone. Are those real flowers? My girlfriend would love those, but is it real or soap carvings made to look like a flower?

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-flower/508319/2 "2009-08-31T03:49:00Z")

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Looks like [Plumeria](http://specialcortijo.com/images/flora/flora9_plumeria.jpg) to me.

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-flower/508319/3 "2009-08-31T03:53:37Z")

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They’re real.

[Plumeria / Frangipani.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumeria)

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-flower/508319/4 "2009-08-31T03:54:51Z")

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Damn you, beowulff!

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**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, 2009, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-flower/508319/5 "2009-08-31T03:57:14Z")

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> [@cmyk](#):
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> They’re real.
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> [Plumeria / Frangipani.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumeria)

Very common here in Panama, both wild and planted. The fragrance is wonderful.

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**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-flower/508319/6 "2009-08-31T04:04:56Z")

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Wow, I assumed they were fake but I only know about three different flowers. They’re beautiful. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-flower/508319/7 "2009-08-31T04:31:51Z")

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Very easy to grow too.

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**Author:** ![Jerseyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@Jerseyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jerseyman)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-flower/508319/8 "2009-08-31T04:53:38Z")

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Probably the most delicious scent of any flower, like jasmin but with deeper overtones, more ‘muzzy’ - very ‘feminine’!