INTERESTING PLANTS

a toilet bowl Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes)

These are some interesting plants although I forgot what is the third plant.

Cephalotus follicularis

variegated Plumeria with red flowers

Lantana trifolia

it has an upright habit with purple berries

Polygonum capitatum

Callicarpa nudiflora

Burbidgea

Justicia fulvicoma

Cuphea micropetala

TERRARIUM

I hope my colleague doesn't mind me taking a photo of her amazing terrariums at her office desk when I was waiting for her. I was in awe with what she planted in these miniature tanks and was also secretly inspired by her creativity and passion in gardening.


In one of the containers, there is a pink Episcia that looks stunningly pretty as the center of attraction. It is very deserving of that spot because I could tell the plant is very happy with its large leaves.


In another tank was an assortment of miniature pitcher plants and mosses. The planting and displays are simple, yet effective in capturing one's attention. As I mentioned before in my previous terrarium sessions, we are only limited by our own creativity.


Seriously, whilst I understand that one man's meat is another man's poison, I cannot fathom those who are unable to appreciate even the simplest form of greenery. I mean, there are a million and one different species and forms of plants out there to cater to the diverse interests and liking of any individual, surely there is one plant that would appeal to them? If not, I think it is quite sad and they don't know what they are truly missing out on. I, for one, am truly honoured to be part of the botanical world of nature and embraced them completely.

SARRACENIA HYBRIDS

Sarracenia is our equivalent of the tropical pitcher plants (scientific name: Nepenthes spp; Family: Sarraceniaceae) and is in fact known as the North American pitcher plant.

These ones from our nursery flowered recently and I think the flowers are amazingly beautiful, aren't they?

I saw the drawing of its flower from the web and I thought it is interesting to share it here. The link is attached below:

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