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The Secret Garden of 1-Utama
The Secret Garden of 1-Utama is located at the rooftop of a 9-storeys building at the 1-Utama Shopping Complex in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. I have already published 18 posts about flowers and plants from this garden and yet to my surprise, I...
Etlingera elatior "White" Torch Ginger Flower
Botanical name: Etlingera elatior "white torch"Family: Zingiberaceae (ginger family)Common name: Torch ginger, wax flower, porcelain flower, bunga kantan The picture shows an unopened bud and a fully opened flower. The bracts are white and looks like...
HELP! There are UFOs in The Garden!
1. The first UFO is an Unidentified Flowering Object I found this violet/lavender flower at The Secret Garden of 1-Utama. There was no tag on it. This is definitely not a morning glory because it is not a vine. It grows in a pot and has a lot of flow...
Preview to KLCC Park - Wordless Wednesday
1.2.3.4.5.This post is dedicated to my blotanist friend, LeSan from Blue Gate Gardens, my first commenter for my previous post. I so am captivated by the creative way she writes her posts, I suspect that she is a Hollywood screenwriter. I'll be hoppi...
My Year End Awards
My post today is dedicated to Nell Jean of Secrets of a Seed Scaterrer, my first commenter of my previous post, Mussaenda philippica 'Queen Sirikit'. Reading her posts always put a smile in my face. She is a great writer, photographer and presenter. ...
Mussaenda philippica \'Queen Sirikit\'
Today I am going to talk about a flower of mixed parentage that has a glamorous and grand, royal name. She is the Miss Universe of Planet Mussaenda. During the winter seasons in temperate zones, you have poinsettias. Here, in Malaysia, we have the ev...
