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Dec 26, 2015 2:52 PM CST
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This is in friend's home in Galveston...it is blooming beautifully now. The hisbiscuses are blooming all over the island..

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Dec 27, 2015 10:51 PM CST
Name: Anne
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looks like the Double Orange - a ho hum name but beautiful flower.

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Dec 28, 2015 12:36 PM CST
Name: Lin Vosbury
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Or possibly this one I had awhile back:
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Dec 28, 2015 2:40 PM CST
Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
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Personally, I think Double Orange and Double Apricot are the exact same thing. I have a sneaky suspicion that a lot of the same plants get different names because flower color can be influenced by temperature, water (as in how much chlorine or fluoride or other constituents), soil pH, angle of the sun and a myriad of other factors.

Unless there are other factors that show a distinct difference in morphology other than color, it's almost impossible to correctly label some plants.
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Dec 28, 2015 2:49 PM CST
Name: Anne
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I just looked back at other pictures of flowers of the Double Orange taken a month apart.

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Exact same plant.
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