The Mystery of the Shima Higiri Flower Solved (Photos)

Remember the SHIMA HIGIRI FLOWER FROM OKINAWA, JAPAN that was driving me nuts just last week ?  Well, thanks to an alert reader the mystery has been solved.

Pagoda Flower

Orange Tower Flower

Pagoda Flower or Orange Tower Flower with Butterflies

Call it a Clerodendron, if you like.

This plant has origins in India, Malaysia and Sri Lanka.

It's scientific name is CLERODENDRUM PANICULATUM

My hat goes off to Lei Nekojima, the alert reader from Naha Okinawa, Japan.

She is a Comic Artist

I don't know if she drinks beer

Maybe, I'll meet her someday

And we'll drink beers together

Then, I'll ask her if she can draw a funny picture of me

So, I can get rid of that old guy-looking picture on my blog !

Have a peek at her website: http://homepage2.nifty.com/office_neko/

For solving the mystery of the Shima Higiri Flower, I think, I owe Lei a ThumbsUp.

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Flower Photo: The Shima Higiri from Okinawa, Japan

Photo taken in Bise Okinawa, Japan July 21, 2011 with a Pentax K5, tripod, shutter cable release and a Pentax 18-250 lens at a focal length of 110mm. Camera specs:  f/9  1/60  ISO 400.

This flower has been researched online and so far, no luck determining what the English or scientific names might be.  So, from now on wherever I see one, I'll just call them Shima Higiri.