Fuchsia triphylla
Fuchsia
10
Central America
Long nodding orange flowers in upright racemes.
Leaves are often tinged with purple on the underside.
Parents (with
F. magellanica
) of most of the large flowered hybrid varieties commonly grown.
Named for a German physician,
Leonhart Fuchs
(1501-1566).
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