Saraca Indica

To photograph or not to photograph? Afterall, I have seen these flowers countless times. But then why not?

Labrador Park flowers

Saraca flowers

Ixora flowers - two colours in one plant.

Sea Hibiscus

Flowers in the Singapore Botanic Gardens

Rain, rain come again
Drench our petals
fill the ponds
ease our pain
We bloom to survive
but we need some relief
from weather so hot and dry
Save us, save us or we die
Canna and Saraca flowers.

Four types of plant gracing a fence - two types of morning glory and the bleeding heart vine. Spot the bud of the passion flower.
Water lilies at the peak of their beauty and the golden lotus banana flower doing fine.

Smelling the flowers

I've never seen anyone smelling flowers in the park and with that thought, I decided to add a new dimension to my way of appreciating flowers. The first cluster of flowers I saw that invited me to check out if they were fragrant or now were these Ixora-like flowers. I am not positive that they are Ixoras because the leaves are huge - a feature that I am unable to associate with the Ixora plants that I have come across. This plant is strange. Where did those leaves come from? I went nearer for a close-up shot of these flowers and breathed in the soft fragrance around them.

Next, white fluffy flowers that looked like they belonged to the rain tree.
Flowers that have given way to seeds - Saga tree.
The flowers were tiny and I did not attempt to smell them for I would have fallen off the steel bridge had I tried to.
The leaves, the flowers and the seed pods in the background.
Unknown fruit.

I smelled these Saraca flowers. It was light and sweet.
This plant resembles the Jatropha podagrica.

My favourite plumeria specie.

Saraca tree

The heat is on and the flowers are out on this Saraca tree in the Singapore Botanic Gardens near the Band Stand. These flowers gave me precious moments of respite before going on to tend to the pressing needs of daily living. Just gazing at them and admiring their abundance made my day.

Red and yellow flowers

Saraca tree flowers high above the ground.
Another specie of the Saraca tree closer to the ground.
Red, yellow and orange - cheerful colour combination for any flower.

Sanchezia speciosa.

Saraca flowers

An Autumn feel.