Prickly
Smells nice
Growing in gel
Birds of paradise
Green foliage
Nice smelling
Twisted
Happy?
Yummy!
Do you know this plant? This is Pandan, which is widely used in Malaysian/Asian cooking. It has a nice aroma, and is many types of food including desserts and curries. The juice is often squeezed from the leaves, to be used as food colouring.
Minty.
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas.
I arrived in Kuala Lumpur a few days ago. These photos were taken at my brother’s house, where most of the plants were cared for by my Mom.
This plant was mine before I left Kuala Lumpur. It has grown up a lot since then, under my Mom’s care.
Pink bougainvillea
While bougainvillea
Don’t you just love the gorgeous red trunk?
More photos to follow in the next post.
If you recognise this, you’d know that this weed has very small leaves. I am amazed how many drops of water each has…
Zooming in as much as possible to capture the reflections of the water drops.
More weeds…
It looks like another world at a micro level
On a different scale, here are some Californian redwood trees, which grow to hundreds of feet high.
Ever so sweet
Fallen beauty. The petals were still fresh and soft.
Hope you are having a nice week.
A few shots from my archive. I am taking a break, but please visit my other blog, where I will continue to post photos taken during my travels, and of my art.
The weather was cold and windy, but Melbourne’s weather is lovely today. There was no wind so I managed to take some photos.
These plants have been left to fend for themselves over Melbourne’s winter while I was away, with a dripper that feeds water once a week. It was nice to come home to see some flowers :)
These plants have been untouched, so here are some blooms with spider webs.
This is the first time I am seeing so many of these Kalanchoe blooms. Maybe I should go away more often.
The Crassula Diane is a very hardy variety, and may have taken over some pots…
The Jade Plant is also quite hardy
Succulents all squished together – it’s survival of the fittest
If you can, grow tall – I’ve got to do something about these
And these…
There are lots to do… Happy gardening.
Admission to the Conservatory of Flowers is free on the first Tuesday of the month. So I packed my camera and went along. Luckily I arrived in the morning, because by the time I left a few hours later, there was a long queue to get in.
It was tricky taking photos because of the crowd. One could not linger and had to move on after taking a shot.
But I managed to take a number of photos, but just a few in this post to start with.
There were lots of pitcher plants.
Honestly, I don’t find them attractive, but I do find them very interesting… does that make sense?
I was having a cup of coffee after having been indoors in the damp and crowded environment. Glad to be outdoors, and glad I was not in the queue.
See Part 2 for more photos.
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