Fruits

Breadfruit in the Eco Garden of the Singapore Botanic Gardens.

Hibiscus Sabdariffa - the Ribena plant.
I would love to grow this plant in my garden some day.

Unknown palm fruits that always make me think of a denuded Christmas tree bedecked with Christmas decorations.

Canon 400D captures

I took our two-year old Canon EOS 400D for a walk in the Singapore Botanic Gardens to get a different kind of photography experience. So I have said that I like small, compact cameras and that I adored my Canon IXUS 80 for its simplicity and convenience. The Canon 40oD is of course a lot bulkier but thankfully the weight is not proportionate to the mass and it was rather fun handling it. The pictures have that depth and clarity that I do not see very often with the smaller cameras. This time I was trying out the 18-5mm lens with Image Stabilizer. The joke was I did not know that the IS was in the 'off' position. Next time I will try out the 55-250mm.

Giant Spider Lilies (Crinum Asiatica)

Hibiscus

Allamanda

Hibiscus

Bauhinia Kockiana

Alpinia Purpurata

Pagoda flower
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Hibiscus mutabilis

Lagerstroemia indica (Crepe Myrtle)

Crepe paper flowers? No they are real. Once in a while you see them at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, a small shrub near the carp pond at the entrance of the Singapore Botanic Garden.

Heliconia

I knew it was a heliconia when I saw it but it was one that I had not seen anywhere else. That was many months ago. Subsequently, I would come across these blooms now and then and took pictures of them because they looked so bright and healthy. They were labeled and I took a picture of the name but now I cannot seem to find that photo. I will I guess on day. Meanwhile, flowers should be enjoyed and today is the day for these flowers on this blog.

Tiger Orchids - All that glitters is not gold

When I was in primary school we had this grammar book called First Aid in English and I remember that it contained amongst many things that kids nowadays do not have to learn by heart, a few pages of proverbs that we had to commit to memory for the teacher. The book never glittered in its entire life and yet it passed on to us valuable knowledge in a way that was probably deemed archaic in terms of pedagogy. I kept the book for as long as I could but gave it up some years back because it looked like it would become a heap of dust if I were to cling on to it for another few years.

At the Singapore Orchid Garden shop I saw this huge spray of RISIS Tiger Orchids in gold. It would no doubt glitter for years to come. It will never fade and die like the real Tiger Orchids but it will also not have much of a life inside a glass container unlike its siblings in the garden.

Plumeria and Bauhinia Kockiana

There are repetitions in life
as there are in nature but
not every repetition is identical for
we can have the same experience
without feeling it's the same
if we choose to engage
different senses or choose
different points of interest
to view the same subject
This approach to looking at flowers make
the same old flowers interesting
in exciting, new ways!

Day of the Solar Eclipse

I did not see this wonderful phenomenon and I am not sure if it could be seen in Singapore even if I had made the effort. But I want to remember this day as being a lovely day especially in the evening when the air was pleasantly cool and it was breezy. I took a walk in the Singapore Botanic Gardens and found that many flowers and bridal couples were in the garden enjoying the day.

The intricate design of the main gates to the Singapore Botanic Gardens.

Plumeria (Frangipani) flowers bloom for visitors.

One of many flowers on a Cannonball Tree.

What a single Tiger Orchid flower looks like.

Flaming Beauty against the sky.

Interesting Desert Rose flower.

Practising how to say "I do".

Vanda Miss Joaquim.

Ginger flowers.

I just like how these orchids look against the light.

I found a kind of Heliconia I had not seen before (more in another post next time).

Curcuma flower (the purple one)

I would have fired the photographer for shouting at me.

Come on dear, we only have time to do this once.

The colour purple, Alice would love us.

Ever notice that some married couples grow to look like each other?

Interesting Ixoras that look so delicate.

Ixoras again, the more common variety.

Pink Plumerias, great colour for nail polish.

Give us another day and we will blossom.

An important day in history for them and for us, the day the dog ate the sun.