FLOWER DOME

These were photos taken from the Flower Dome. Some of the interesting plants captured include:

• Pseudobombax ellipticum (white flower)
• Anigozanthos cultivar
• Grevillea cultivar
• Gazania cultivar
• Plectranthus cultivar
• Camellia japonica 

WEEDS & GARDEN PLANTS

I always admire such weeds, such as Ficus, growing in crevices of walls and so on for their resilience and ability to overcome the harsh adversities of the site.


I also remembering salvaging some of these Ficus weeds and growing them in pots in my attempt to train them as bonsai plants. Well, that was all in the past.


On the other hand, my resident neighbours must have grown these medicinal and culinary herbs and plants, such as Plectranthus amboinicus, Pomegranate, Chili, in the neighbourhood garden. Frankly, I don't fancy edible garden plants because they are usually very boring to look at with its bland green leaves. That explains why I am still very weak in this area. The only such plant I appreciate is the Vinca rosea I posted earlier.

SINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENS

I know my blog and posts are boring to most people but it wouldn't stop me from posting because this has become like a photographic diary to me. I could never maintain a diary for more than 3 months but I have this blog for more than a year now and I still have not entertained the idea of shutting it down. For this, I am proud of myself.


So anyway, these are some interesting plants at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. The first is the strongly variegated Sanchezia nobilis, which I find astonishingly and amazingly beautiful since the first time I saw it at the former Alexandra Hospital.


The second is the native Peristrophe roxburghiana (common name: Magenta Plant; Family: Acanthaceae) with small purple two-lobed flowers. Frankly, I am not particularly wowed by this herb.


Then there are these very cute Plectranthus scutellarioides 'Trailing Salamandar' (common name: Coleus) and the uncommon and straggly Plumbago indica. I posted on the Ardisia gigantifolia on 7 Aug 10 and looked how big they are now. However, I hate it that they are suffering from severe nutrient deficiency symptoms.

PLECTRANTHUS AMBOINICUS

I am not particularly fond of culinary or medicinal herbs and spices, so I am not really interested in the Indian Borage, Mexican Thyme or Mexican Mint from the Lamiaceae (Labitae) Family.

These 2 are not the typical green types but have folded variegated leaves and a slight silverish tinge respectively. Just months ago, my mum just boiled the normal green variety in hot water and served it to me to control my cough. I couldn't remember whether it worked or not though.

A link is shown here for reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plectranthus_amboinicus