AMAZING PLANTS

Athyrium spicatum

I planted these Athyrium spicatum not long ago and they are so lovely. There are not many small ferns with such beautiful palm-shaped foliage and pinkish new leaves.

Elsewhere, the Globba winitii with yellow flowers and bracts are flowering amazingly too. I must say this is how plants growing in their ideal conditions look.

A stone's throw away are the purple flowers Tibouchina that contrast fantastically with the variegated Dianella.

Globba winitii

Tibouchina and variegated Dianella

Flowers of Dianella

SARAWAK (KUCHING) PART 2

At another area, we saw stands of the uncommon Licuala mattanensis cv. Mapu. Its variegated leaves and slow growth makes it one of the more sought after and expensive palms.

The following day, we visited the Sarawak Biodiversity Centre. They have some of the most beautiful and unusual plants around, such as the Poikilospermum microstachys (Family: Cecropiaceae), Saurauia sp. (Family: Actinidiaceae), Piper porphyrophyllum (Family: Piperaceae), Phaius tankervilliae (Family: Orchidaceae), Cyrtandra vaginata (Family: Gesneriaceae), Musa borneensis (Family: Musaceae), Globba atrosanguinea (Family: Zingiberaceae), Cyrtandra splendens, Homalomena humilis (Family: Araceae), Commelina diffusa (Family: Commelinaceae) and so on. They are simply so amazing!


And it is not a surprise that we had the local kolo mee for lunch! What better place to taste this noodle than at its local origin.