VANDA

It was an overcast sky and these photos don't actually do service to these Vanda hybrids planted in between the frond sheaths of the Arenga palm. 

ARENGA

When I first laid my eyes on the pile at the foot of the Arenga, I thought it was a mass of dead beetles. But when I approached nearer, I realized it was a mass of fallen fruits from the palm, fruits that look disgustingly like insects with wings. See what the mind can do to one's imagination? These are just fruits but somehow I felt freaked out by the collective mass.

Don't they look like disgusting insects or shellfish?

BISHAN PARK 2

On the other side of Bishan Park 2 across the road, the residents were gathered around the tentages to kick-start the Community Arts Festival event as part of the PassionArts Month.

One of the first things that attracted my attention, other than the crowd, was the mass of flowering Zephyranthes grandiflora (common name: Pink Rain Lily) in the new landscape beds. I also have not seen the Lagerstroemia indica (common name: Crape Myrtle; Family: Lythraceae) used in our parks for a long time now and I was delighted to see them here.


Almost everyone was carrying umbrellas of a multitude of colours and design in the drizzle. On my way across the overhead bridge to make a quick exit to avoid the heavy downpour, I took photos of the understorey palms e.g. Arenga hookeriana, Johannesteijsmannia lanceolata, Iguanura wallichiana, planted below the crown of the existing clusters of mature trees.