On Sep 25, 12:15*pm, (Beverly Erlebacher) wrote:
In article ,
Khalid Siddiqui wrote:

At the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens in Kandy, Sri Lanka I was shown
two species of flowers called Bottle-wash plants -- one red and the
other one yellow. They, indeed, *looked like the old-time *feeding
bottle washers. I could not find their scientific/botanical names on
the Internet. I will appreciate if some one will help me with this.
Thanks.
Khalid R. Siddiqui, MD.

I've seen a tropical plant called a bottle brush plant, but I don't know
its botanical name. *Perhaps searching under 'bottle brush plant' will
help you find it. *Let us know what happens.

Yes, it did help. It belongs to the genus Callistemon. Thank you very
much. Going over the video clip carefully it seems that the guide is
indeed saying 'bottlebrush'.
BTW do you know of any site that contains the names (and photographs
if possible) of the orchids found at the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens.
Thanks.
Khalid