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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dj gamaya" data-source="post: 18996586" data-attributes="member: 61857"><img src="https://scontent-sin1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/923290_113274325549324_1845665471_n.jpg?oh=2ca3c83d15320d6d503aedb4213bd677&oe=566706C3" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />"Maha Rath Mala" - "The Official Flower of Central Province"  The official flower of the central province the Rhododendron arboreum -  subsp. zeylanicum grows in the regions 1700 – 2300 m above sea level,  in Horton plains, Ohiya, Pattipola, Seetha Eliya, Moon Thenna in the  Nuwara Eliya district. It is reported that this plant has been found  growing in the Knuckles, Namunukula  ranges.  This plant grows  better in on open plants rather than in forests. It grows up to 2 or 3  feet in open plains and the same is found growing up to 10 or 15 feet in  jungles. Apart from surviving in the chilly regions of the mountains  ,this plant also has been observed to successfully with stand the  frequent forest fires in the Horton plains being capable of re-grow  after destruction by fire. The leaves exhibit thickness in the region of  millimeters of 110×50. In common with the leaves of other sub species  Rhododendron arboreum - subsp. zeylanicum bears fine brown hairs on the  underside of the leaves, the same can be considered as equipment meant  to with stand extreme cold.   The buds of the Rhododendron  arboreum - subsp. zeylanicum are oval in shape and they open out as  flowers from time to time. The flowers come out in bunches deep red in  colour. Each such bunch of flowers contains 10,20 flowers that can be  separated and are 35×20 mm in size.In the Horton plains flowers bloom  during April to June in profusion and can be seen adding colour to the  mist clad hills and presents a lovely and resplendent spectacles while  adding to the beauty of nature attracts bee’s butterflies and birds to  the nectar provided and thus presence a spectacle of outstanding beauty,  in the hills.  According to the picturesque details presented  the Rhododendron arboreum-subsp.zeylanicum flourishes only in the  central hills. Therefore this flower has been accepted as a flower  endemic to the central region.</blockquote>

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