... Lovely new postcard from the "Flowers of Sri Lanka" series... also called "the flower of love" because the name comes from the Greek agape which means love and anthos which means flower... Thanks a lot Ravindra!!【ツ】
The plant was introduced to Sri Lanka as a ornamental plant and can be found in public parks and home gardens throughout the Hill country. Also, grow as a container plant and use as a cut flower.
Agapanthus africanus is a flowering plant native to the area of Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and naturalized some eastern countries in the world.
The genus, Agapanthus includes about 10 species. Agapanthus flowers bloom in large, round clusters or umbels of blue, white or violet-blue.
Stamps:
United Nations Day of Vesak
(Issued 12-05-2017)
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