A plants database with articles written on tropical plants which include images or macro flower pics with some plant info and related links for that something extra! It’s arranged according to the posting dates, starting with the latest.
However, for plant search, it’s easier to refer to the A-Z categories situated at the top left side of window.
Quisqualis indica (Rangoon Creeper Vine, Drunken Sailor, Scarlet Ragoon, Chinese Honeysuckle)
An extremely spectacular vine that just loves showing off throughout the year in our tropical heat! When in full bloom, this beauty will be dramatically covered with large trusses of tricolored flowers that are very showy and truly a traffic stopper.
Similar to another tricolor beauty, [...]
Dracaena deremensis ‘Lisa’ (Dracaena Lisa, Dracaena Lisa Cane)
An attractive evergreen and shrubby plant with dark green foliage that is popularly grown as an indoor houseplant or outdoors, as a specimen. It can be potted or otherwise.
Interiorscapers just love Dracaena deremensis! With statuesque beauty, great tolerance for low light conditions and resistant to diseases, they make [...]
Cordyline terminalis (Ti Plant/Tree, Hawaiian Ti, Good Luck Plant/Tree)
We’re definitely going to reintroduce Cordylines to our garden again. Gosh, we didn’t realize how gorgeous they can be until we saw this striking variegated pink/maroon beauty at Felda Residence Hot Springs recently!
It sure would brighten up our plot, adding contrast and interest to our current landscape
Hylocereus undatus (Red Pitaya, Dragonfruit, Night Blooming Cereus, Belle of the Night)
What a stunning beauty, most deserving to be named ‘Belle of the Night’. John and I felt blessed indeed to have enjoyed the rare appearance of two flowers one lovely night more than a year ago on the Hylocereus undatus that is planted by [...]
Calathea makoyana Peacock Plant (Peacock Plant, Cathedral Windows)
Undoubtedly, the foliage of Calathea makoyana is striking and beautiful to say the least, giving it the accolade of being called the Peacock Plant or Cathedral Windows!
Haha, it itself seems to know that for a fact too!
From morning to late afternoon on bright sunny days, it will show [...]
Crytostachys renda (Red Sealing Wax Palm, Lipstick Palm, Rajah Palm)
Considered one of the most colourful and exotic palm tree in the world, Crytostachys renda is such a marvelous sight to behold!
Standing tall and majestic in its erect and beautifully clustered trunks with vibrant red crownshafts and fabulous green feathery fronds, the Red Sealing Wax Palm [...]
Ptychosperma macarthurii (Cluster Palm, Macarthur Palm, Hurricane Palm)
To add elegance and beauty to a garden or landscape, include a palm tree in your must-have garden list! Especially recommended if it is a tropical garden setting.
Macarthur Palm is one attractive and impressive palm tree you may want to consider.
Best to plant it straight into the ground [...]
Tristellateia australasiae (Shower of Gold Climber, Vining Milkweed/Galphimia)
An attractive ornamental liana that is widely grown for its beautiful and showy trusses of bright yellow flowers.
Mostly cultivated in the tropics or sub-tropics to lend beauty to the landscape. Its rampant and vigorous growth make it ideal for trellises, arches and pillars at porches, or as a [...]
Jatropha podagrica (Gout Plant, Buddha Belly Plant, Bottleplant Shrub)
Here is another unique and fascinating herbaceous perennial plant like the Adenium obesum (Desert Rose), that will develop an attractively swollen and knobby caudex as it ages. A tropical beauty with bright orange-red inflorescence towering above its dark green foliage in lovely contrast.
Dracaena surculosa (Gold Dust Dracaena, Spotted Dracaena)
Stunning variegated foliage that sparkles among a crowd of greeneries.
Dracaena surculosa is a much-loved ornamental foliage plant in our garden that really thrives on neglect, once established.
Currently, we have the ‘Florida Beauty’ that is super slow-growing, just perfect as a potted plant as seen in the right image. Though [...]
