UNITED SQUARE

I have not been to United Square for some time now and it was a great afternoon yesterday that started with a buffer where I downed a plate of black pepper crabs and countless mount-watering fresh oysters.

There is this amazing booth selling miniature clay items such as a chicken rice booth, a wanton noodle booth, a traditional chinese medicinal hall, slipper orchids etc, that cost a mere dollars to a few hundred dollars. The clay pieces are outstandingly fantastic and are so exquisitely crafted to remind me of the many long forgotten fixtures of our cityscape and the wonderful plants.

Booth selling Christmas items

These are the nicest Christmas socks I have seen!

These are such handsome stags!

Can anyone believe these are miniature clay models?

CLOUD FOREST - LOST WORLD

The Lost World is the highest part of the Cloud Forest and up here, there are a number of fascinating plants that never cease to amaze me, such as the following:

• Phragmipedium (Family: Orchidaceae)
• Medinilla (Family: Melastomataceae)
• Paphiopedilum (Common Name: Slipper Orchid; Family: Orchidaceae)
• carnivorous plants Sarracenia (Common Name: North American Pitcher Plant; Family: Sarraceniaceae), Pinguicula (Common Name: Butterwort; Family: Lentibulariaceae), Drosera (Common Name: Sundew; Family: Droseraceae) 
• Calanthe cultivars (Family: Orchidaceae)

CLOUD FOREST PART 3

This is the highest point of the Cloud Forest. Known as The Lost World, it features some of the most interesting plants such as the following:

carnivorous plants 

American Pitcher Plant (scientific name: Sarracenia species and cultivars)
Sundew (scientific name: Drosera)
Butterwort (scientific name: Pinguicula)
Pitcher Plant (scientific name: Nepenthes cultivars)

orchid - Miltoniopsis cultivars
gesneriad - Stretocarpella
fern -  Adiantum sp.
Rhododendron
Begonia