TIME LAPSE (OTTER) - 4 Nov 13

TIME LAPSE (LESSER WHISTLING TREE DUCKS) - 11 Nov 13

TIME LAPSE (2013 SUMMARY) - 29 Dec 13

TIME LAPSE (BUTTERFLIES) - Jan 27 and 31 14

AMHERSTIA NOBILIS

The red bracts that encloses the flowers

I saw the tree blooming recently but it wasn't as spectacular as it should be in Myanmar, I guess. It takes a keen eye to spot it. The inflorescences were at best as shown here without mass flowering.

STAR GRASS

I love to use this Dichromena colorata (Synonym: Rhynchospora colorata; Common Name: Star Rush, White Star Sedge; Family: Poaceae) in areas where it's waterlogged. The star-like bracts and white flowers make it an interesting addition to any site. 

Starry starry night, paint your palette blue and grey

HUB

These are some of the latest photos of the landscape at the Hub. How I wish the Flame of the Forest would burst into blooms under this heat to add to the splendor. It would be a great sight to behold. 

Echinodorus

BIOSWALE AND POND

I have not explored this part of the garden and was pleasantly surprised to find a beautiful pool of water complete with a bioswale. Just staring at this pond made me felt cool and peaceful. 

SARACA

It's amazing how some plants thrive in this weather when all I feel is the blazing heat that makes me want to melt down. 

The Saraca is one tree species that is sending out it's brilliant orange and red flowers to celebrate the glorious sun. 

CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND

Ok, in this hot weather, the children's playground officially won hands down for being the most popular location of the Bay South garden. The human density packing into that area is staggering on weekends, with half the crowd sitting under the giant leaf shelter while their kids run around the water play area. 

Pathway leading to the shelter

Just look at the number of people under the shelter

HOUSEPLANTS

I couldn't stand the unkempt peacock-like Plumbago anymore and decided to give it an extreme haircut. I headed back the entire plant so it was almost leafless. 

As for the Lime plant, it has grown considerably taller but didn't seem to attract anymore Lime Butterflies and instead hosted so many white flies, so I brought it to the garden.

The Periwinkle was also suffering from the drying effects of the current weather and it's almost bare stems hung limplessly over the wall. So I had to prune back most of its stems. If it's not recovering, which I thought so, then I would harvest the seeds and chuck the plant away to make room for the younger seedlings.

Finally, the variegated Aptenia grew so much but there were only a handful of flowers and a number of scales pests. I suspected it took up a lot of my soil fertilizer nutrients. I ended up collecting more than a kilogram of it and brought it to the garden for planting. 

The straggly Periwinkle

The variegated Aptenia cordifolia

LOWER PEIRCE RESERVOIR

White flower Congea

I have to say this was my first time I was here and it was an interesting experience.

Beautiful scenery next to the reservoir

Stand of Casuarina trees

What is the building in the far end

Casuarina

Riverside weed

White head weed

Is this a cricket or grasshopper?

Unknown plant