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Common name: Rabbit ears, Orange bird, Hummingbird plant
Botanical name: Ruttya fruticosa Family: Acanthaceae (ruellia family)
Beautiful vining shrub covered with very unusual red to dark orange flowers
with brown markings resembling rabbit's head with ears. This plant is
relatively rare. The flowers look like 1-2 inch hummingbirds with their wings
swept back or, from the front, like rabbits ears. They are full of and drip
nectar. Blooms in winter-spring. Ruttya never stops blooming all year, making
it an ideal patio container plant. They also tolerate a wide range of soil pH.
| Photographed in Garden of Five
Senses, Delhi |
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