Showing posts with label proteaceae. Show all posts
Showing posts with label proteaceae. Show all posts

25 November 2012

FLOWER DOME - AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH AMERICA

After the Baobab Village are the Australian and South American gardens stops, although most of the plant photos shown here are from the former:

  • Anigozanthos cultivar (Common Name: Kangaroo Paw; Family: Haemodoraceae)
  • Callistemon (Common Name: Crimson Bottlebrush; Family: Myrtaceae)
  • Xanthorrhoea australis (Common Name: Grass Tree; Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae)
  • Jacobaea maritima (Synonym: Senecio cineraria, Senecio maritimus; Common Name: Silver Ragwort, Dusty Miller; Family: Asteraceae / Compositae)
  • Nicotiana cultivar (Family: Solanaceae)
  • Araucaria araucana (Common Name: Monkey Puzzle Tree; Family: Araucariaceae)
  • Grevillea brevifolia graft (Common Name: Cobberas Grevillea; Family: Proteaceae) 

















02 May 2011

GREVILLEA ROBUSTA


I may have seen the Grevillea robusta (common name: Australian Silky Oak; Family: Proteaceae) at Bougainvillea Park when I was managing it many years ago and planted it and other cultivars of it at HortPark, but this was the first time I actually see a flowering one at Pasir Ris Park. How interesting!


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


24 October 2010

BANKSIA

I was given the name Banksia spinosa for this interesting leaved plant. But after some googling, I couldn't find such a species and it could be a dwarf form of the Banksia spinulosa (common name: Hairpin Banksia; Family: Proteaceae) instead.

I guess I have to wait till it flowers to confirm its identity.