Buddha's Lantern

I know the flower of which you speak. It is not the one the one that I was asking about, although it is a pretty flower. Thanks for the input, though. I am going back to Busch Gardens tomorrow, (thanks to the residents buy one day, get the rest of the year free pass), and will find out the name of the plant then.

Well the only other thing i can think of is a strange citrus with a very baroque fruit, and i do not think this is it! i will be very interested to know what this plant REALLY is, i hope you find out and post it to us soon.

It is hard to keep up with the nicknames of plants, easier to remember the latin.

herm

That Citrus is Buddha's Finger Citron. Definitely not the same. I am interested to know what it is too.

elizabeth

Except that its not a flower at all. It is the inflated papery calyx of a husk tomato.

It is not a seed case either. The fruit is a berry at the base of the calyx.

Please do get the actual botanical name of the plant and write it down this time. As you have seen, common names are rather useless.

Wouldn't be this would it?

Images via the bottom of the page..

Curious now...;-)) / Jim

I have heard this called the Chinese FLAME tree, Jim. hve you heard it called Buddha's Lantern? i am ready to call Busch Gardens and DEMAND the right name!

herm

I posted this to the other subject line, same thread: There is a tree native to South America that is commonly called a 'lantern' tree, Crinodendron hookerianum. Have never heard it refered to as "Buddha's Lantern', but who knows?? Check here:

Nope never heard it called buddha's lantern, never heard of that period and found nowt on the web anywhere.

Get the botanical name.. It may just be the garden workers that call it that. The demon of common nomenclature! LOL;-) / Jim (Still curious)

gardening in North London, England, UK

snipped-for-privacy@macunlimited.net (Jim W) wrote in news:1g3t6bz.oymgmjxlt7eoN% snipped-for-privacy@macunlimited.net:

yeah the name's kind of iffy.

Since when did Buddha or any other ascetics carry around lanterns?

Maybe the really name is Bubba's Lantern, named after some local's habit of carrying around a flashlight.

-- ST

Hi, all, and sorry about not replying back sooner. The Busch Gardens trip was a bust, as I could not find a plant-oriented person to save my life. BUT, I will take the idea that one of the posters had, and call tomorrow, to get the name. It is not the tree that was mentioned in the link provided earlier, by the way. This has become a quest, similar in nature and magnitude to the quest, and subsequent trials endured by the famed explorer Clark Griswold. Rest assured, I will stand tall, and when the victory knell has sounded, and I, victorious, stand with the name of this plant, all shall share in the glory that is the botanical name!

LOL I take it you didn't have a camera with you then?

/ Jim

Maybe they had a disposable camera and threw it away?!

This may have been covered already but it wasn't Ficus religiosa known as the Bhodi tree was it? Buddha is reputed to have taught under such a tree.