Mead Botanical Garden Winter Park Florida USA – Winter Season 2021
Odontonema strictum - Firespike
Odontonema strictum – Firespike
Odontonema is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae which is endemic to South America. The plant grows to a height of two metres or half that if it grown in a container. The waxy flowers grow in twelve inch spikes and in their native country they attract hummingbirds and butterflies when they bloom in the autumn.