Nephrolepis falcata with lovely fishtail pinnae tips
Nephrolepis falcata cv. furcans (Fishtail Fern, Fishtail Swordfern)
Ferns are must-have for our tropical garden, otherwise it appears incomplete! We simply adore these elegant ornamental greens!
Garden delight in March 2009
Haha! Of course I know it is past mid-April now and I am a little behind time in reporting last month’s garden news! Blame it on the thunderbolt that knocked out our iMac, rendering the computer unserviceable for quite some weeks since late March.
Nevertheless, there is usually at least one extraordinary surprise in our tropical [...]
Pityrogramma calomelanos (Dixie Silverback Fern)
Pityrogramma calomelanos (Dixie Silverback Fern, Silver Fern)
One of the pleasures of gardening is to know the names of our garden plants! Like babies entrusted into our care, it is lovely to be able to call them by name and to know their likes and dislikes! Hence, recently when researching online for our previous article [...]
Platycerium (Staghorn Ferns) with fascinating fronds
Platycerium (Staghorn/Elkhorn Ferns)
Platycerium are epiphytes, growing naturally on branches and trunks of trees in the tropical and subtropical jungles and rainforests of Southeast Asia, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, New Guinea, Madagascar, Africa and South America (only one species, P. andinum that is native to Peru and Bolivia). There are popularly cultivated worldwide for their fascinating antler-like [...]
Memorable June 2008 event in our garden
Everything seem so marvelously perfect in our tropical garden setting in June. Foliage plants were at their luxuriant best, flowering plants/shrubs were happily blooming non-stop, mealy bugs/white flies were least seen, and even the weather was extra kind, neither too hot nor too wet.
Adiantum trapeziforme – free tropical ferns for life!
Adiantum trapeziforme (Diamond/Giant Maidenhair) -
How wonderful! These tropical green beauties are found self-sown in every nook and corner, sort of. Like the Torenia fournieri and other ferns, they’re seen growing on mossy bricks, sharing ground or pot spaces, on crevices of walls and pavement, along the sides of drain and even sprouting from the drainage [...]
Delicate beauty of Adiantum capillus-veneris (Southern Maidenhair Fern)
Adiantum capillus-veneris (Southern Maidenhair Fern, Venus Hairfern)
Enjoy Asplenium nidus (Bird’s Nest Fern) with least care!
Asplenium nidus (Bird’s Nest Fern, Crow’s Nest Fern)
