Botanic Garden 2

Fallen petals

Underside of a fern in Evolution Garden

Co-co-de Mer or Double coconut
largest nut in the world ( 50 lb weight)

Botanic Garden

Quail's Eggs? No ... read on..

Late Sunday afternoon I visited the Botanic Garden admiring the giants trees and listening to the exploding seeds under a rubber tree. The Botanic Garden had a new look and even housed a food court close the Main entrance!

Tri-lobed rubber fruits high up in the branches - ready to release the seeds violently

Twelve green/brown 'seedpod' (bottles) sitting on a branch (wall) ...

Custard-like lotus seed pod...

Lotus Seeds in their chambers..

My birthday cake comes early? ( see young flower- bud in image below). Another recent images posted in my friend's blog.

The young flower bud
resembled a
Chinese Peach ( Xian Tao).
Took me a while hunting for a full bloom flower but most of the petals were already dropped off.


I cracked open one hard seed pod and out poured black seeds covered with yellowish pulp.

Even the well dressed insect had matching red dot close to the eye?

Ground Zero - tiny flowers

Early morning I spotted purplish tiny tiny flowers dotting the ground, competing with the carpet grass. Here ae the handheld shots.

Make their presence felt among the carpet grass...

Two raised bars or 'tongue' of Ruellia repens ( ACANTHACEA)Then not far away another smaller flower...

Frontal view above and top down look below.

It was tiny flower of Lindernia crustacea (SCROPHULANRIACEAE)
with a yellow spot on the lower lip.
20-cent coin vs a branch of the flower/bud and the small serrated leaf.


This one is common - typically found under shades of trees. Flipped the leaf over and you will find the contrasting reddish purple color..