Showing posts with label posoqueria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label posoqueria. Show all posts

15 October 2013

POSOQUERIA LONGIFLORA

Before I planted these, I have never come across this species. So when I laid my hands on them for the first time, I was determined to plant them for the whole world, alright I was just exaggerating, to see because it is an amazing prolific flowering tree with strongly scented pure white flowers.

So every time when I pass by the Meadows, I would look out for the flowers. More often than not, there would be some flowers on the plants but it is most amazing when they all burst into flower in synchrony.












30 March 2013

FLOWERS POWER - BAY SOUTH

When I looked back at the more recent posts, they were hardly on plants and I talked more about the movies I watched instead. I guess it's time to go back to plants since that is what this blog is primarily about. It's not easy to juggle a few blogs, on top of managing my 2 home marine aquariums, even though they are really small.

Anyway, just 2 weeks ago, Gardens by the Bay was abuzz with lots of flowers. To cut things short, I will just list down the locations and species that I am highlighting here:

  • Chinese Garden - Mayodendron igneum (Synonym: Radermachera ignea), Phyllocarpus septentrionalis which I saw flowering for the first time since I have not seen the one I planted in HortPark in bloom before, Cymbidium ensifolium, Hibiscus mutabilis 
  • Hub & Colonial Garden - Grammatophyllum speciosum which was flowering synchronously in the gardens where some had at least 13 spikes when we counted them
  • Meadows & Baby - Posoqueria latifolia, Calotropis gigantea and Afgekia sericea
  • Discovery - Commelina (Family: Commelinaceae) with blue flowers