BONSAI AND BUTTERFLY

This is a collection of beautiful bonsais at the Hougang Swimming Pool. On the way home, I saw a Plain Tiger butterfly resting on the flower of the Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Common Name: Peacock Flower).

BUTTERFLIES

There are 3 species of native butterflies highlighted in this post. I have not talked or posted about them for a long time now.

The first is the Plain Tiger on the flower of the Tabernaemontana. The second is the interesting Tawny Coster that is often found in wastelands. We do have the weedy climber host plant Passiflora foetida found in certain parts of the garden and the Bidens alba provides the nectar for its butterflies. Finally, the caterpillars of the Mottled Emigrant are abundantly found on the host plant Senna alata planted at several spots in the garden.

BUTTERFLIES

The recent butterfly survey was kind of dismal because the weather was too cool and dim for butterflies. Anyway, these i.e. Blue Glassy Tiger, Plain Tigers, Lesser Grass Blue, were the only few gems I saw on that morning. By the way, that was this beautiful orange bromeliad inflorescence and less showy but otherwise still interesting Passiflora foetida flower.

AGERATUM CONYZOIDES & CNIDOSCOLUS CHAYAMANSA

I have always had a penchant for this wildflower Ageratum with its beautiful composite blue flowers and recently, it proved its worth to me again.

Its flowers not only attracted a Common Tiger but it also attracted two other Plain Tigers. This is triple wow! And these are three reasons, alright I cheated it's just two, for me to keep the wildflower in the garden.

On the other hand, the Cnidoscolus also managed to snag a Plain Tiger to its white flowers.

BUND, SILVERLEAF, CHINESE GARDENS ETC

Today's weather - sunny

These are some of the bromeliads on the Cool Dry Bund. The colours are more vibrant under the full sun conditions. The Lantana montevidensis is growing so well at this corner that it is sprawling onto another green brom.

At the SilverLeaf Garden, the Butia capitata was producing masses of fruits. The Supertrees planted with Tillandsias and other plants looked amazing.

Next to the filter bed, the Plain Tiger butterfly was flitting around the Wrightia religiosa shrub. Looking up the stairs from the base of the Chinese Garden, the scenery reminds me of a conifer forest. Near the area is a Barringtonia acutangula planted at the base of the slope. At the other flight of stairs were planted rows of droopy Leptospermum madidum ssp. sativum. A pink Calliandra haematocephala, a red Calliandra tergemina var. emarginata and beds of red Russelia equisetiformis stood out from amongst the light green vegetation.