Post pictures of flower varieties that you see in Singapore! Along the streets, in the gardens and parks or in highrise gardens (especially, when you are taking panoramas ;) )

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Let me begin with some flowers found in Singapore Botanic Gardens http://www.sbg.org.sg

Orchids
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0811.jpg

Golden Shower
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0842.jpg

Lotus
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0910.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0908.jpg

More...

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0919.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0918.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0894.jpg

More flowers to brighten up your screen. :)

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0833.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0815.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0791.jpg

Nice?
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0794.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0809.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0701.jpg

Smaller varieties
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0777.jpg

closer
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0776.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0775.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0771.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0646.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0702.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0700.jpg

amazing flower shots...the 3rd pic looks quite refreshing :happy:

Lotus are very pretty. :)

What about this? Carpenter bees love morning glory.
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0876.jpg

More orchids

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0695.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0688.jpg

See some insects on this flower? ;)
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0652.jpg

some small flowers that were seldom noticed by people

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0647.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0617.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0612.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0606.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0876.jpg

nice to see the morning glory on display. it tends to be found in the wild....but this version seems richer in colour

and it's bigger than the usual ones.

Hey, Morning Glory! :happy:

I know that vine from here as well. :yes: In spite of its beauty it's actually a weed, but what a pretty one!

Hya, what a great idea to open this thread! :cheer:

Sorry, double post.

Triple post actually ... very sorry.

Ahh.. very pretty flowers!!!

^^ freshy singapore

See some insects on this flower? ;)
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0652.jpg

LOL they are so tiny ^ ^

Awesome thread...really good looking flowers...:yes:

Thanks!

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0610.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/hyapic01/DSC_0642.jpg

Hyacinthus, you take the most amazingly beautiful flower pictures! :applause:

Are they taken outdoors, perhaps in your & other people's gardens? Or are some of them taken indoors as well?

^^

The first pic definitely looks like an outdoor plant...the touch-me-nots :D

noli me tangere = touch-me-nots (little things pop off it if you do).

^^ Now which first pic are you referring to here, Raffi? :) Do you mean on this page?

And big thanks to Hya for nourishing this thread so beautifully! :hug:

^^

yes the first pic on this page by hya :yes:

little things that pop off? that sounds menacing....to me, the touch-me-nots have those leaves that simply close when touched...not sure if we're referring to the same variety :-)

O but not menacing at all, Raffi! :) They' re just harmless, innocent little plants in the Balsaminaceae family:

http://flogaus-faust2.de/photo/impaglan.jpg

http://flogaus-faust2.de/photo/impanoli.jpg

It seems they pop their seeds upon touch.

Caution: these are not my photos.

ooh...ok...they look nothing like the versions here....definitely sounds like a cool method of seed dispersal :yes:

WOW!!! Nice series! How u shoot them huh? What settings n lens u used?
Thanks!

Shucks, those pictures didn't come through. And even if they did, they got messed up since. O well ...

A strange looking flower seen at Far East Flora

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1704/dscf0966ko4.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6052/dscf0965er2.jpg

Thats unusual...never seen it before but looks like it could be related to those trees around the Esplanade

Thats unusual...never seen it before but looks like it could be related to those trees around the Esplanade

looks like ginger plant, right?

yah kind of....does it have any smell or does it stink?

Large flowers sometimes have very strong smells

no smell. :)

Eek... They look like one of those silicium-based life forms I remember seeing in an episode of X-Files ^ ^

Ah, luckily there are some flowers around in my cactus pics so I can pollute this thread with my posting ^ ^

http://ssc.singapenguin.net/07/070304_tiong_bahru_cactus02.jpg

http://ssc.singapenguin.net/07/070304_tiong_bahru_cactus_04_muhan.jpg

Can you spot the spider ?? ;-)
http://ssc.singapenguin.net/07/070304_tiong_bahru_cactus_05.jpg

Lovely color bougainvilea and lovely urban garden, Pengui! :)

Not flowers, but particularly larger than usual leaves on this tree at Tiong Bahru Park

http://i17.tinypic.com/42vzmns.jpg

http://i12.tinypic.com/2va1n40.jpg

The fruits

http://i17.tinypic.com/2qd7mt3.jpg

the leaves are huge! I remember hearing from older colleagues that takeaway food used to be packaged in such huge leaves before those brown papers and styrofoam boxes exist. I wonder if this is the tree?

the leaves are huge! I remember hearing from older colleagues that takeaway food used to be packaged in such huge leaves before those brown papers and styrofoam boxes exist. I wonder if this is the tree?

When I was processing the pic I thought that it could make fthe base for a nice Indian meal :happy:

But speaking of big leaves, I came across a large money-plant growing in my own backyard. The leaves look as large as these, or larger...

great photography, hyacinthus!! :okay:

Right, TYW: Hyacinthus takes lovely photos! :)

I'd like to come back to a couple on the previous page if I may.

By Hya:

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6052/dscf0965er2.jpg

^^ I don't think this is a flower at all, it just tries to act like one. Note that the color is the same throughout, and that there is no difference in the shape of the leaves.

By Raffi:

http://i17.tinypic.com/42vzmns.jpg

Humongous leaves for a tree that seems so small! A lovely thought that they used them to wrap food before the packaging industry took over ...


If you get a chance, please do take a photo of that money plant in your back garden, Raffi, plus any others you might find worthwhile.

^^

Sure SEAFan, I could also take pics of plants for a change :D

Actually such large leaves abound in the jungles in this region, and can be spotted once in a while in urbanised areas....are there leaves of similar size in your area?

thanks TYW and Seafan.

@Hya: always a pleasure! :wave:

^^

Sure SEAFan, I could also take pics of plants for a change :D

Actually such large leaves abound in the jungles in this region, and can be spotted once in a while in urbanised areas....are there leaves of similar size in your area?

Lol, consider the possibilities, Raffi! You might diversify: take pics not only of buildings but of plants as well! :) Actually I remember a nighttime shot of the complex where you live from long, long ago. It showed a lot of lush vegetation. :yes:

As to those huge leaves ... I'm unaware of there being any plants with such big leaves, except perhaps at the Botanical Garden.

thanks TYW and Seafan.

then you should post more pics!!! ha ha....

haven't been taking pics lately... :)

I hope that will change soon, Hya! :)

In the meantime I might have to bore you with my Not in Singapore garden pictures. ;)

^^ Nope, I didn't! :D

But I have a travel story on Flowers in Singapore to report: on several islands in Hawaii people absolutely love the Sinapore plumeria because it blooms most of the time and isn't deciduous (= doesn't lose its leaves). Smells good, too!

hmmm...did you just have a vacation in Hawaii?

LOL...I'm sure that the fragrant plumeria would also be suited in tropical Hawaii as in Singapore. They really add perfume to the warm tropical air. Actually I read that when Singapore embarked on the Garden City campaign, officials were sent to scour other tropical regions for suitable flowering plants, including from South America.

^^ Yes, we did! :banana:

I bet they found plenty of flowering, fragrant plants to introduce to Singapore, the Garden City. :)

Such hunts for new plants can also bring about negative effects, though: native plants have to struggle for survival as new specimens are being planted. For instance, we saw whole hillsides full of bugainvilea, surely not native to Hawaii. Yet there they were, in the middle of the wilderness, and obviously loving it!

Looks like you had a great time then! :okay:

I'd be quite thrilled to see what a hillside draped in bougainvillea look like...for one thing they're very commonly used here as a landscaping shrub, and of course, their wild tendencies are carefully monitored by the parks board. They tend to become bushy quite easily.

Here is a pic by Mr D:

http://i17.tinypic.com/2ez616g.jpg

flowers or weeds? :)

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w304/hyapic02/09-24.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w304/hyapic02/08-30.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w304/hyapic02/07-29.jpg

^^ Thanks for the photo by the worthy Mr. D, Raffi! :)



I'd be quite thrilled to see what a hillside draped in bougainvillea look like...for one thing they're very commonly used here as a landscaping shrub, and of course, their wild tendencies are carefully monitored by the parks board. They tend to become bushy quite easily.

Sorry I can't show you a photo of that bougainvillea hillside. You see in our household my husband is the photographer and the driver. This particular stand was the same color as the one in Mr. D's photo, and it seemed to go on for at least a mile in the middle of nowhere. Rather than being draped it was more of a long line of bougainvileas growing next to each other, more of a long, wide pink ribbon.

Bougainvilleas are quite popular and successful as decorative garden plants here as well, but I've never seen them go wild.

@Hyacinthus: Hard to tell! :dunno:

Well, let me say that what may be a perfectly well behaved garden flower in one climate can easily turn into an aggressive pest somewhere else. I saw a plant very much like the one you show in your first picture just recently in Hawaii. And there it's a common pest! If I identify the plant in your second photo correctly, it's anise. Now that's a pest here! I'm not familiar with the plant in your third photo, but from the profuse seed it produces I'd say it's a pest.

And, having gone through this little exercise, I'm ready to declare all three of them WEEDS! :yes:

poor weeds....actually on their own I think they can be beautiful....in Singapore, one type of thing that sprouts easily are ferns, and they can really creep up on you! Ferns can really give a wild and prehistoric look to your garden.