What's this plant?: Beautiful but no name

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jjulio Johannesburg South Africa November 08, 2009 01:13 PM	Can you kindly identify this plant? Doesn't look like an Asclepias [as suggested by a member] Thanks. Julio. View Larger
nifty413 North Central, TX (Zone 8a) November 08, 2009 02:05 PM	Perhaps Pachycarpus schinzianus... http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantnop/pachycarpschinz.htm
Bignonia Atenas Costa Rica November 08, 2009 02:05 PM	To me in the Apocynaceae Family (=Asclepiadaceae). The flowers remind me the typical flowers of the genus Calotropis. But this genus has two only two species, none of them. Opposite leaves, abundant milky sap?.
jjulio Johannesburg South Africa November 08, 2009 02:27 PM	Yes, it looks like it is it [cream cups]! Yes, abundant milky sap when you break a leaf. Very sticky, too. Thanks very much for your kind help. Much appreciated. Julio. Johannesburg.
jjulio Johannesburg South Africa November 08, 2009 02:31 PM	Here's another shot from the top. [I added the name just a moment ago] View Larger
trackinsand mid central, FL (Zone 9a) November 08, 2009 02:59 PM	LOVE that leaf!!!!
themoonhowl Prairieville, LA (Zone 9a) November 08, 2009 03:57 PM	Rats, I thought it was a Gomphocarpus physocarpus http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.worldbotan...