A Glimpse of Exotic New Guinea in Manhattan

By grrlscientist on May 14, 2009.

tags: NYC, Upper West Side, Manhattan, flowers, nature, image of the day

New Guinea Impatiens, Impatiens hawkeri.

Photographed on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, NYC.

Image: GrrlScientist, 12 May 2009 [larger view].

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It looks to me like a New Guinea Impatiens, Impatiens hawkeri. Very pretty!

I think it's impatiens, too. It was my mother's second favorite flower for hanging baskets, after geraniums.

Great photo!

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