ORANGE

The climber Passiflora growing on the Fruits and Flowers trellis have been fruiting for some time now.

Then there is the orange-flower bare crown Firmiana malayana (Common Name: Bullock's Eye, Mata Lembu; Family: Sterculiaceae) tree at the courtyard of the Indian Garden. Unfortunately, I didn't manage to go back to take the fully opened flowers.

PTEROSPERMUM DIVERSIFOLIUM

This is a big Pterospermum diversifolium (Family: Sterculiaceae) planted near the Botany Centre area. As the name suggests, the leaf shapes are different when they are young and older.

COMMERSONIA BARTRAMIA

I saw this amazingly beautiful tree Commersonia bartramia (common name: Brown Kurrajong, Scrub Christmas Tree) at Villa Bali in July last year.

From the Sterculiaceae Family, the flowers are fruits are just so showy and attractive. After I checked with a very knowledgeable colleague, I discovered that this tree is not native and is normally regarded as a weed in the landscape because when it is not flowering or fruiting, it just looks plain, unappealing and possibly even ugly. Looking at the branching and the leaves, I could actually understand why it is perceived as such.

Thankfully, I saw this tree at its peak and best with its numerous small white flowers, yellow to brown rambutan-like fruits. I could also understand how it got its interesting common name Scrub Christmas Tree from the flowers resembling snow covering the branches. A link is provided below:

http://www.ntbg.org/plants/plant_details.php?plantid=11923&rid=2213