I know my blog and posts are boring to most people but it wouldn't stop me from posting because this has become like a photographic diary to me. I could never maintain a diary for more than 3 months but I have this blog for more than a year now and I still have not entertained the idea of shutting it down. For this, I am proud of myself.
So anyway, these are some interesting plants at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. The first is the strongly variegated Sanchezia nobilis, which I find astonishingly and amazingly beautiful since the first time I saw it at the former Alexandra Hospital.
The second is the native Peristrophe roxburghiana (common name: Magenta Plant; Family: Acanthaceae) with small purple two-lobed flowers. Frankly, I am not particularly wowed by this herb.
Then there are these very cute Plectranthus scutellarioides 'Trailing Salamandar' (common name: Coleus) and the uncommon and straggly Plumbago indica. I posted on the Ardisia gigantifolia on 7 Aug 10 and looked how big they are now. However, I hate it that they are suffering from severe nutrient deficiency symptoms.
I also posted on this combination of Coleus before and this beautiful group of plants are looking so much more bushy now compared to before. Maybe we should do up a Coleus garden somewhere to showcase the range of cultivars of this plant species.
I guess most people are attracted to the brightly coloured Coleus, but I find this combination of darker and less colourful cultivars more refreshing.
When I visit the Singapore Botanic Gardens, there are bound to be interesting plants that capture my attention. I think it was here that I first saw the Petraeovitex wolfei (common name: Wolfei's Vine) before I actually introduced it to HortPark's Carpark Garden and planted it along my corridor.
The sculpture 'Girl on a Swing' is hanging precariously above a bed of white and purplish groundcovers like the Arundina graminifolia (dwarf variety) and Solenostemon scutellarioides (common name: Coleus). It must be hard for her to maintain that frozen posture, lest she topple onto the bed of beautiful plants.
I always forget the species name of this uncommon Mesua tree with maroon leaf undersides. I must try to remember it the next time I get its name.
Across the road at Napier Road, the small and native Dendrobium leonis orchid on the slab of pine bark appeared to be mounted on the Rain Tree trunk recently. The zig-zag leaves are more interesting than the inconspicuous flowers.
