Tropical flowers have begun to bloom in my garden. This heliconium is the first one this year
A botanical garden is basically a well cared for and well-designed (sometimes not even planned out) garden that is considered a public place for the whole community to enjoy. Mostly you will also be able to see cards with the scientific or botanical names of plants, flowers and trees.
Kamis, 31 Desember 2009
Rabu, 30 Desember 2009
Rabu, 23 Desember 2009
Senin, 21 Desember 2009
Pink Trumpet Tree
Kamis, 17 Desember 2009
Blooming Friday : Flowers for Christmas
The purple Barleria cristata never fails to bloom during Christmas time. It is called 'December flower' locally. There are other colours too, ranging from white and pink to deep purple.
Selasa, 15 Desember 2009
Senin, 14 Desember 2009
Flame of the Woods
Minggu, 13 Desember 2009
The Lime Butterfly
Kamis, 10 Desember 2009
Blooming Friday-Colours of Christmas
The geraniums are flowerinng now, reminding one that Christmas is not far.
The Cricifix Orchid is putting out more flowers. Tou can see the 'crucifix' clearly if you click on the flower.
Selasa, 08 Desember 2009
Not in Season
Kamis, 03 Desember 2009
Blooming Friday Bromeliad flowers
Rabu, 02 Desember 2009
Bamboo
One of the favourite questions of teachers of level 3 is,'Which is the tallest grass in the world?'The Children are quite surprised to know that it is the Bamboo because they think of Bamboo as a tree.
Bamboo has been used by humans since pre history. The Chinese used it to write on as far back as 2500B.C. In India, Bamboo is used to make baskets, build houses , as a scaffolding during constructions, and to make paper. A delicious pickle is made from tender bamboo shoots.
Bamboo has a great surviving capacity. After the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, a stand of bamboo at Ground Zero survived the atomic blast and started putting forth new shoots within days of the catastrophe.
There are legends about the bamboo all over the world. An ancient Malaysian legend is about a man who dreams of a beautiful woman when he is asleep under a bamboo thicket. He wakes up and cuts the bamboo and finds the woman.
For the Chinese, gifting of a living bamboo means good luck.
The topmost picture is of the Golden Bamboo, Bambusa nutans which has been planted by my absent neighbour.
Selasa, 01 Desember 2009
White Flowers
This flower is called Gokarna jasmine locally.Now that real jasmine is hard to come by, village women wear this in their hair.
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