CHORISIA SPECIOSA

It is always a delight to see these Silk Floss Trees in flower. The flowers come in an array of colours ranging from light pink to dark pink with white to yellow throats. Aren't the flowers gorgeous?

CHORISIA SPECIOSA

A couple of these Silk Floss Trees flowered again recently. Don't they just look lovely?

HUB (ROSE)

Today's weather - sunny

This pink Arundina was planted at the Indian Garden but mine at home finally sent out a new shoot after so many months of growing it since I bought it at last year's World Orchid Conference in Nov 11. To me, I am not as amazed by this colour variety then the more common white-purple A. graminifolia (common name: Bamboo Orchid).


Back to this post, I am actually posting the beautiful plants at the Hub, which is also known as the rose. It is no coincidence that the flowers have a pink tinge or shade. These spectacular plants are namely as follows:

• Plumeria 'Dwarf Singapore Pink'
• Ceiba speciosa (common name: Silk Floss Tree)
• Rondeletia leucophylla or Arachnothryx leucophylla (common name: Panama Rose)
• Plumeria rubra variegated
• Vinca rosea or Catharanthus roseus (common name: Periwinkle)

CHORISIA

These very beautiful deciduous trees previously known by the genus Ceiba (common name: Silk Floss Tree; Family: Malvaceae) were highly sought after by me when I was planting up HortPark in the past. However, I wasn't able to get any specimens of them.


Now, I finally got the chance to plant them at the Hub. At the planted site, 2 of the species and cultivars were flowering. The palmate leaves, pink blooms and plump trunk of thorns looked absolutely gorgeous! Nature is really a work of art.