Help needed to ID:
Red blunt ended cylindrical flower buds turn into long cylindrical tube-like flowers.
Pictures from Houston. Believe to be not uncommon.
opened flower


blunt flower buds


leaf + flower/flower bud


from a butterfly house

Some pics appear to be up to bush size, others not so large.

Odontonema strictum?

Sherry, yours is the millionth post, so it deserves acorns.

How about the other one -- Firebush (Hamelia patens)
Link: Firebush (Hamelia patens)

Looks like Firebush (Hamelia patens) to me too!

Thanks all.

I think you guys must be right....I'm not familiar with hamelia....another something new to learn.....

Zu, millionth post? Do I get fries with that?

Whoa! I just got a bunch of acorns...thank you, guys....

But still, no new car?

Whoa! I'm awash in acorns...let's hold another not-a-raffle-raffle.......

and all from a wrong guess....lol..

Thank you to all, in case I missed personally thanking anyone.

For comparison, here's Firespike (Odontonema tubaeforme) (synonym Odontonema strictum).

Thanks...I did not even know the common name for odontonema. I had one given to me many years ago, by a close friend who was pretty knowledgeable, and it kept growing and growing and growing.....she'd given it to me as a lobelia cardinalis. I was eventually able to tell her that I knew for absolute sure that it was not a lobelia...lol..

This was my odontonema...


edited to add that I do see the difference....

Sherry, congratulations on having post # 1,000,000 !!

Holy moly, though -- we ARE a talkative bunch, aren't we!

Apparently I'm more so (talkative) than most if the odds of mine being the one millionth made it....lol..

It's been fun seeing how many more acorns you have been given, Sherry.

Yep, stashing them away like a little (?) squirrel here........it just means that I will have more to give away....lol..

Congrats on the millionth post, Sherry!!

Thank you, Connie....though it does seem rather odd....lol..

It's like my "15 Minutes of Fame."...lol..