SG50 SITE

the Lecythis with the pots

It was the first time I explored the landscape area outside the SG50 exhibition site and I discovered some interesting stuff.

There were a few Lecythis ollaria (Common Name: Monkey Pot Tree) trees in that area and one of them was with a lot of monkey pots!

I was also pleasantly surprised to find a raised bed of Alpinia purpurata under full sun. Although the leaves were not a dark green, but they look relatively healthy and carried numerous red inflorescences.

Alpinia under full sun

beautiful bed of red inflorescences

Ficus with fruits

SENTOSA - PART 14

There was another huge Heritage Tree up the trail. But what attracted me were 2 attractive weeds - a serrated leaved Torenia and a trifoliate unknown weed with small violet flowers.

On the lawn was also large amounts of red fruits from the Carpentaria acuminata (common name: Carpentaria Palm; Family: Arecaceae / Palmae) palm. This is another lovely palm that I fell in love with when I saw its regal form with beautiful fronds and masses of scarlet red fruits. Its tiny creamy-white flowers look insignificant. 2 links are shown here for reference:

1. http://www.florida-palm-trees.com/carpentaria-palm-tree/
2. http://www.floridata.com/ref/c/carp_acu.cfm

Finally, there is this huge tree, which I suspected to be a Lecythis with an interesting crown.


NB on 18 Mar 12: Why didn't I think of referring to the BP sponsored book "A Guide to the Wildflowers of Singapore" earlier? Through this book, I managed to identify the above plants as Torenia polygonoides and the trifoliate weed is Desmodium triflorum (common name: Black Clover, Lesser Clover-leaved Desmodium).

CONTRAST

These are more photos of the Fantasy Garden area showing contrast of colour, sizes, textures etc.

The last photo is of an unknown but beautiful tree. I wonder what species it is and how it looks like when it reaches the mature size?