FOXTAIL PALM

We were at Beach Road for lunch and I saw these few  flowers on the ground. They were from the Foxtail Palm (scientific name: Wodyetia bifurcata) that I planted years ago. Interestingly, the flowers were faintly fragrant.

ISTANA PARK

I have not been here for some time now. It had been almost 8 years since I started the floriculture display of annuals at this bed in front of the reflective pool.


The recent display using Celosia cultivar, Cosmos cultivar and Gomphrena globosa is so refreshing.


At the other end of the park, the Dendrobium secundum and either the Rhycostylis, Rhycorides or Aerides (common name: Foxtail Orchid) I tried out on the Filicium decipiens and coconut palm are still around although they were not in flower. I have not seen them in bloom there but I am quite sure they would have done so sometime even though I do not know if anyone has ever noticed or appreciated them. Other orchids, such as the Oncidium on the Angsana tree, were either dead or were presumably removed from the tree branches after pruning.

FOXTAIL

I planted these Foxtail Palms (scientific name: Wodyetia bifurcata) at Beach Road for almost ten years now and look how tall they are now? It's amazing just to stand below them.

To the many people who walk past plants in the landscape, they are merely plants and they would hardly notice them. To the people who planted them, they are not just plants, they represent the passion of the city's gardeners and the legacy to our people.