On that hot afternoon when I was making my way to the office, I saw the Saraca cauliflora at the children's playground area, and it seemed as if someone stuck a bouquet of orange flowers into the ground. Next to Phaleria clerodendrum, this genus is also another favourite of mine although the flowers are not fragrant.I posted about the Turnera ulmifolia and T. subulata at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital recently, and here is an uncommon T. aurantiaca (common name: Orange Turnera). Left on its own, it becomes rather leggy and the flowers are actually far and few and not very striking. A link on this shrub is shown below:
At the other part of the children's playground, the poor Jacaranda obtusifolia is struggling. In fact, it had been struggling for about a year now. Over at the Fantasy Garden, two Plain Tigers were seen on the Cnidoscolus chayamansa and the Helitropium indicum.
Towards the bridge leading to the Hands-On-House, one of the Clerodendrum quadriloculare (common name: Starburst Bush, Shooting Star) was throwing out its beautiful pink flowers against the dark green and maroon background of its leaves. What a beauty!
