Friday, 2 January 2015

Zephyr lily plants 

The flowers are pleasing and eye catching. But after a few years, the leaves become dense, messy and entangling, with less flowers. Perhaps it is time to replant to cut down the population.


Heliconia psittaorum

The Friendship Park management  has cleared off most of the heliconia rostrata and replaced with this variety. Perhaps the former type grew too tall and dense that made this part of the Park became isolated, posing security threat to the visitors. 
This variety only grows to a height of 1.5m, perhaps the yellow and red inflorescences are more distinctive.


Penang Butterfly Farm (12) - Jumonia orthya

This blue pansy butterfly is one of the most common butterflies in Malaysia, including Borneo Sarawak. It is outstanding because of the blue colour.






Penang Butterfly Farm (11) - Jumonia Atlites

This grey Pansy butterfly looks more pleasing although it has just single light grey colour and simple markings. But there are five pairs of yellowish black ocellis at each wing besides another five pairs of uncoloured eye-spots.


Penang Butterfly Farm (10) - Jumonia almana javana

This mostly dark brown colour peacock pansy butterfly does have some similar wing pattern design but the eye-spots are certainly more outstanding. 



White and Pink Bouganvillea

Though the colour of the flower-like leaves of  this variety is not mono neither deep, it still exhibits unique beauty with its pinkish stain in the white. It is found near the fence of a house next to Kuching Friendship Park.


Thursday, 1 January 2015

Mimosa-like Plant

The leaves look like mimosa plant, but they are not sensitive to touch and remain as it is after disturbing. There are no familiar pink flowers. It has a pair of twelve leaflets at each side of a pinnate leaf. 
It is likely to be a tropical flowering tree, Cassia, growing out of the seeds dropped down by the bird's shits.