BEAUTIFUL PLANTS

This Schizolobium parahyba was flowering beautifully recently. The crown of small pinnate leaves and yellow flowers are just a joy to see.


To my delight, the Grewia occidentalis shrub was also showing off its dainty purple flowers.


I planted the Peronema canescens at HortPark but frankly this was the first time I am seeing the interesting small pinkish fruits.


Finally, the two Pentaspoden motleyi that were planted side-by-side with each other were trying to outdo each other by displaying two different sides of themselves. I have always love the form, branching, small leaves of this very amazing tree and at this location, one of them recently shed its leaves and was flowering profusely. Who would have thought they are both of the same species? I must admit the fine feathery flowers look was refreshingly pretty to look at.

UNKNOWN

I wonder what plant is this? Is it from the Melastomataceae Family? The small pinkish flowers remind me remotely of Grewia.

KLEINHOVIA HOSPITA

This is a small tree from the Malvaceae Family. Its synonyms include Kleinhovia serrata and Grewia meyeniana.

It has small pink flowers and heart-shaped leaves.

After pollination, the flowers develop into distinctive 5-lobed green fruits that dry into a brown capsule. A link is provided below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleinhovia_hospita

DISSOTIS ROTUNDIFOLIA

This is a creeping plant that looks like the Melastoma malabathricum and has similar coloured petals and yellow-white stamens remotely resembling the Clappertonia ficifolia.

From the Melastomataceae Family, this herbaceous perennial is known by its common name Spanish Shawl, Pinklady, Trailing Tibouchina and Dwarf Tibouchina. The synonyms are also aplenty Heterotis rotundifolia, Osbeckia rotundifolia and Tibouchina heterocentrons.

The 3-veined small leaves are rather pretty on its own and this plant can be propagated easily by cuttings.

1. http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/DISSOTIS_ROTUNDIFOLIA.htm
2. http://www.plantcare.com/encyclopedia/spanish-shawl-883.aspx

CLAPPERTONIA FICIFOLIA

I posted about this plant recently too. I think I ended it with saying that there are 2 overlapping whorls of 4 petals where one set is narrow and long and another set is rounded.

Don't the purple flowers and yellow stamens remotely resemble another familiar plant?

When the flower is pollinated, it develops into this red spiky capsule which dries up into a brown colour and which eventually splits into 4 parts to release the ripe seeds. The spikes on the capsule may not be very sharp but it still feels slightly prickly to the hands.