Today's weather - sunny
This pink Arundina was planted at the Indian Garden but mine at home finally sent out a new shoot after so many months of growing it since I bought it at last year's World Orchid Conference in Nov 11. To me, I am not as amazed by this colour variety then the more common white-purple A. graminifolia (common name: Bamboo Orchid).
Back to this post, I am actually posting the beautiful plants at the Hub, which is also known as the rose. It is no coincidence that the flowers have a pink tinge or shade. These spectacular plants are namely as follows:
- Plumeria 'Dwarf Singapore Pink'
- Ceiba speciosa (common name: Silk Floss Tree)
- Rondeletia leucophylla or Arachnothryx leucophylla (common name: Panama Rose)
- Plumeria rubra variegated
- Vinca rosea or Catharanthus roseus (common name: Periwinkle)
Today's weather - sunny
I took these photos a few days ago to show how well this Vinca rosea (synonym: Catharanthus roseus) species with pink flowers and a dark pink eye is growing in the ground. It appears to be more hardy compared to its cultivars which do not seemed to be able to adapt very well to our soils especially when they are too clayey.
This is the species I wanted to plant at the Hub.
I did some maintenance of the plants recently but when is my Quisqualis indica going to flower? It has put out so much leaves yet not a single flower is in sight.
The evident flowering plants are Catharanthus roseus, Plumbago zeylanica, Antigonon leptopus and Lantana camara and montevidensis.
This pink flowered trailing plant is a cultivar of the Vinca rosea (synonym: Catharanthus roseus; common name: Madagascar Periwinkle, Rose Periwinkle) from the Apocynaceae Family.
The cultivars are usually very sensitive to overwatering and die easily when the water requirements are not managed properly. But when it is, and especially when it is well-fertilized, this is how amazingly it looks - healthy with compact green leaves and abundant beautiful flowers.
