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Flower ID

I bought two of these flowers about a month back, from a great nursery in Austin(The Great Outdoors, check them out if your in Austin, little pricey but very knowledgable) but completely forgot their name. All I remember was the lady called them brachs for short.

[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/OakHillCars/brachs01.jpg[/img]
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/OakHillCars/brachs.jpg[/img]

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Kisal
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Bougainvillea. The pink part that looks like the petal of a flower is actually a bract. The actual flowers are the small white centers. :)

Just a little FYI, the red "petals" of poinsettia flowers are bracts, too. The actual "flower" is just the yellow center parts.



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