Cephrenes trichopepla (Yellow Palm Dart)
Cephrenes trichopepla (Yellow Palm-dart)
Ixora species, gorgeously colorful!
IXORA (Jungle Flame/Geranium, Flame of the Woods, Needle Flower)
A beautiful and attractive tropical flowering shrub that blooms all year round in our country, Malaysia.
A hardy plant that comes in varying shapes, sizes and vibrant colors. It has been and continues to be an all time favorite with home gardeners and landscapers in the tropical and sub-tropical regions worldwide.
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Our latest toy, the iMac really rocks!
Yippee! We have joined the bandwagon of Mac users! Made an unexpected switch from PC Windows platform to Mackintosh, less than 2 months ago and loving every moment with it. 
The beautiful iMac 20-inch aluminium is absolutely impressive, inside and out! Terribly glad that we followed our elder son, David to Machines, Malaysia’s largest Apple reseller at Mid Valley, Megamall when he had wanted to buy a Mac notebook. An awesome MacBook Pro he did buy that day!
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Shout to The Lord!
Just want to shout out to The Lord!
And sing aloud this hymn of praise, worship and thanksgiving!
Life is so wonderfully joyous and peaceful!
O HOW MIGHTY AND AWESOME
GOD, OUR KING IS!
Infinite and constant is His love, mercy and blessings to all His children!
…that include YOU and ME!
Psalm 145…
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Memorable June 2008 event in our garden
Everything seem so marvelously perfect in our tropical garden setting in June. Foliage plants are at their luxuriant best, flowering plants/shrubs are happily blooming non-stop, mealy bugs/white flies are least seen, and even the weather was extra kind, neither too hot nor too wet.
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Hippeastrum species and hybrids - bold, brilliant and dazzling!
Hippeastrum (Amaryllis, Hippeastrums, Hippies, Barbados Lily)
Rhapis excelsa, an extremely versatile palm tree
Rhapis excelsa (Lady Palm) -
Another impressive palm that adds a touch of elegance to our tropical paradise.
We love that it is not only strikingly attractive, but relatively small and slow-growing, just perfect to be grown in containers to suit our small garden which is mostly paved.
Furthermore, Rhapis excelsa is included in the list of air-cleaning plants, which was the impetus for its addition to our garden in 2003.
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White-browed Bulbuls nesting on our Lady Palm Tree!
The month of May 2008 was very significant for us! We have VIP visiting our home garden since the third week of May. A pair of White-browed Bulbul (Pycnonotus luteolus) had finally succeeded in building their nest outside, on our potted Rhapis excelsa (Lady Palm), at our front yard! Yippee, the breeding season/cycle has begun!
Our garden star in May 2008
Rhododendron simsii or better known commonly as Indoor Azalea, Indian Azalea or Azalea indica is definitely our garden STAR FOR THE MONTH OF MAY!
Just look at these fabulous blooms in these images taken in early May…aren’t they impressive? Simply love those large and rosy-red blossoms with ruffled petals! There were 4 of them, lasting for about 3 wonderful weeks. I’m amazed that such a dwarf plant (less than 8 inches tall) with fragile looking stems can bear such ‘gigantic’ flowers! 
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Veitchia merrillii (Christmas/Manila Palm), small yet impressive!
Veitchia merrillii (Manila Palm, Christmas Palm) -
These palms are popularly grown in our tropical country, Malaysia - in urban areas and countryside alike, as well as along coastal regions. Enchanted by its smallness and neat umbrella-like appearance with delightful symmetry, we added a young tree to our garden in mid 2005. Having limited ground space, we had no choice but to plant it in a container. It tolerated the restriction for sometime, but finally showed its displeasure by breaking its pot, about a year and a half later! 
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