LUDWIGIA AND MOTTLED EMIGRANT

These photos were taken in August showing a large Ludwigia plant with yellow flowers that attracted the Mottled Emigrant butterfly.

HUB

The Hub is one of the two areas of convergence from the Heritage Gardens, Supertrees Grove and World of Plants. So I must say this is one of the important areas of the gardens and I am happy that this part of the garden is planted with a grove of big and small Ceiba speciosa (Common Name: Cotton Floss Tree) trees, varying in their trunk thorniness and colours of the flowers.

So far, the trees have been flowering separately but never synchronously. That is the only pity. Nevertheless, when the big ones do flower, it is quite remarkable. There are also a number of variegated Ceiba but I don't think I have seen any of them flower before. Other than the Ceibas, there are quite a number of other plants including Pseudobombax, Plumeria cultivars, Jatropha cultivars, Vinca rosea, Ruellia rosea, Ludwigia etc.

some tall Ceiba peering above the walkway

close-up of the pink flowers

thorny trunk of some of the trees

close-up of the thorny trunk

one of the few variegated Ceiba

close-up view of the flowers

variegated palmate leaves

palmate leaves of the Pseudobombax

a sea of lanceolate leaves from the variety of shrubs

purple Crinum 'Menehune', yellow variegated Pandanus toei, silver Dianella

pink flowers of Crinum 'Menehune'

Pseudobombax ellipticum

seed pod of Pseudobombax

WEEDS

Today's weather - sunny

These are some interesting weeds on the forest floor. The first is the germinating Cerbera odollam (common name: Pong Pong) seedling. The second shows a young Stachytarpheta plant (common name: Snakeweed) while the last two shows a beautiful Ludwigia which grows in boggy or wet soils. How splendid!

CANAL

Today's weather - sunny

I love this monsoon canal because it supports a high diversity of aquatic plants, such as the Nymphaea sp. (common name: Water Lily), Ludwigia sp. and so on. It has to be one of the monsoon canals that is naturally vegetated.


A link on Water Lilies is shown below:


http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/plants/water_lily.htm

AQUATIC PLANTS

In recent times, I developed a liking for the marginal plant Ludwigia, because of its ability to tolerate wet soils, unlike most other shrubs which will die under such conditions. Its beauty is not just in its dainty leaves, but its sweet 4-heart-shaped petaled yellow flowers.


Another pot was overrun with the carnivorous plant Utricularia and possibly an interesting Lobelia. They are so small, so their beauty can only be appreciated by those who look beyond the surface.


All are growing happily in the pots. On the other hand, are we all growing happily in our jobs?

BISHAN PARK - PART 3

These are more photos of the beautiful view of the landscape and the amazing plants.


2nd & 3rd photos - Ruellia brittoniana
5th & 6th photos - Monochoria vaginalis
7th - 9th photos - unknown Asteraceae / Compositae plant
10th & 11th,14th - 22nd photos - Ludwigia. It is interesting how some of these plants show variegated young leaves but fully green mature leaves. Is this normal or a sign of some viral disease or nutrient deficiency?
12th & 13th photos - Cyperus