GLORIOSA SUPERBA

A ripened fruit and two clusters of seeds

I posted photos of the beautiful flowers of the Glory Lily sometime ago and the fruits finally borne the seeds of its labour, red seeds to be exact.

The dried exterior reminds me of a bitter gourd

A slightly dried seed

GLORIOSA SUPERBA

These photos of the Glory Lily were not taken within these few days but I must update that the flowering has almost come to an end although there are a number of fruits forming.

GLORIOSA SUPERBA

When I first grew this monocotyledonous Glory Lily from tubers bought from the last SGF, it flowered once for me with just a handful of flowers.

Recently, it started producing floral buds and bloomed continuously even until this day. There are now 2 separate stems with each node supporting one flower. I am still counting them daily and one of the stem has 16 flowers and 5 fruits now. 

Some fruits are also forming, so I will have some seeds by the end of the year. It is interesting how the pistil swings to one side of the flower instead of staying upright.

HOUSE GARDEN

I know the name house garden sounds a bit strange but I didn't want to use the words Home Garden to confuse with the theme garden at HortPark.

The Cyclamen is one of my favourite exotic shrubs and I got hold of this corm for planting. Let's see whether it grows. The second is a big Gloriosa tuber which I planted out recently too.

The others are photos of the Pelargonium xhortorum, one of my other favourites, that I bought recently. I am trying to see how this plant performs under my care without any air-conditioned facility. It is receiving afternoon light but the leaves have apparently turned a bleached colour. Some of the leaves began to have brown edges and the flowers are few. I water it once in every 2-3 days by soaking the pot in water, the way one waters African Violets. I will fertilize this plant with a high nitrogen (N) and potassium (K) soon to see how it reacts to the fertilizers.

SINGAPORE GARDEN FESTIVAL 12 PART 1

These are snapshots of some of the displays at this year's Singapore Garden Festival (SGF) 12. Just look at the paper cutouts of the Supertrees, Singapore Flyer, temple etc.

In a different display, the vendor uses lots of Flame Lily (scientific name: Gloriosa superba) to do up the stall. Then there was an interesting setup with 3 trees, as if they were rubber seeds germinating from a seed. There was also a north pole, complete an igloo and arctic aurora in the form of balloons.

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