UVARIA GRANDIFLORA AND CONGEA TOMENTOSA

fruit of the Uvaria grandiflora

This native hemiphytic plant Uvaria grandiflora at the Malay Garden fruited numerous times in recent months. I have not tasted the ripe orange-coloured fruit before but I was told it is an edible fruit sold in the markets in East Malaysia and Indonesia. The fruit is supposed to be slightly sweet.

Somewhere nearby at the Colonial Garden, the Congea tomentosa (Common Name: Orchid Flower) flowered so profusely. I seldom see this climber flower so intensely until recent years.

flowering Congea tomentosa

COLONIAL GARDEN

The Colonial Garden area was abuzz with flowering recently, including the Dendrobium, Bougainvillea alba, Beaumontia and Congea, which I have never seen flower in this garden before since they were planted until recently.

Bougainvillea alba

Beaumontia

CONGEA TOMENTOSA

The recent prolonged drought that extended from January into February stimulated a number of plants to flower and this Congea tomentosa was just one of them.

LOWER PEIRCE RESERVOIR

White flower Congea

I have to say this was my first time I was here and it was an interesting experience.

Beautiful scenery next to the reservoir

Stand of Casuarina trees

What is the building in the far end

Casuarina

Riverside weed

White head weed

Is this a cricket or grasshopper?

Unknown plant

HORTPARK

Floral Walk

I was at HortPark recently and some photos are attached here for reference.

HortPark entrance from Alexandra Road

The beautiful yellow Alocasia stands out in the landscape

There are 3 variations of the Bird Nest Fern here

An amazing bed of Calathea 'Silver Plate'

A Eucalyptus (Corymbia) cultivar

Close-up of the flowers

A strikingly and consistently variegated Beaumontia

The unusual Ochna integerrima

Close-up of the flowers

Fruits of the Ochna

Sterculia parviflora

Close-up of the flowers of Sterculia parviflora

Bulbophyllum

Irrigation Pond

Floating island

Kleinhovia hospita

Capsules of the Kleinhovia

Flowers of Kleinhovia

Saraca declinata

Close-up of the flowers

The 7 Living Walls

The pink Calliandra

The grove of Pometia pinnata

The red flushes

Thalia in the Water Garden

Flowers of the Alstonia scholaris

An Alstonia tree covered in flowers

Flowering Hedychium coronarium

Close-up of the flowers

Congea tomentosa

Flowers of the Congea