Some Old, Some New

As a wedding that I attended last week is still fresh in my mind, when I saw my blue Plumbago in bloom, I recall a rhyme that goes like this...

Something old, something new,
Something borrowed, something blue,
And a silver sixpence in her shoe.

According to traditional British custom, the four "somethings" mentioned are meant for the bride to carry on her big day for good luck :-)

























The Spathoglottis plicata (Ground Orchid) shrub that was blossoming last week continued to see a few more flowers opening up. Love how the flowers look through the camera lens -- really striking against the green background. So I am posting this again today.

























Here is a little surprise from my Pedilanthus bracteatus (Little Bird Plant)... I spotted a new shoot growing out from the shrub! OMG I thought the rain would be killing another one of this shrub but instead a new one has sprouted. How wonderful! 

























A plant that has become rather popular is a shrub called Sabah Snake Grass. The botanical name is Clinacanthus nutans. These stem cuttings came from my aunt's house which my mum has helped to pin into this little pot. This herb that has been used to cure snake bites, which some believe can also be used to treat cancer -- chew and eat the leaves or blend them together with green apple and drink the juice, they say.


















My Goldfish Plant is getting 'stronger and stronger' by the days! I am so happy to see the plant in such condition even without blooms. Before this, the pot was left with very few leaves. It took the plant a long, long time to grow back to this state ;-)



















I spotted lots of holes on my lemon shrub. Later I found its little multi-legged friend...

























I just let it eat as much as it could and hope that it will come back to help pollinate the flowers that are in my garden later ;-)

Happy gardening, blogging... and have a great day!

At Last!

I have been waiting for new happenings to show up in my garden these days so that I could post something new but nothing out of the ordinary has been seen. Anyway, how's everyone doing? 

The little guy below took a while to open and before that to grow back its lush leaves.

I was glad to see the first bloom opens. I have seen many gardeners having success with Ground Orchid, Spathoglottis plicata but I find it really difficult as the tubers kept rotting due to the prolong rain and I suspect the wild squirrels come around to dig and eat them as well. Anyway, good thing I didn't give up. Here is the bloom... I used to have a few colours but now only this remained.

























My poor Azalea flower didn't get to blossom well this time. After the below stage it has been destroyed by the heavy rain.

























The Ant Plant, Dischidia pectenoides that I have a hard time finding a suitable place for it to climb and thrive has at last, after having been chucked at the base of my Bokchoonara orchid for it to climb onto the orchid, is now doing rather well ;-)


























Perhaps one plant that stood out better than the rest during this period of bad weather is the Kaempferia pulchra. The leaves suddenly show more and more patterns and its flowers have been blossoming too. 


















Happy watching your plants flower and show off their beautiful foliage. Have a great weekend!