Memecylon caeruleum Jack 1820, commonly called Blue Strawberry Flower, because of its strange blue flowers, is a broad-leafed, tropical shrub or small tree, native to Thailand (Andaman Islands) Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietanam, Cambodia, Tibet and South China (Hainan, Yunnan). The small shrubby tree can reach a height of up to about 12 meters. The blue strawberry Read More »
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Strophanthus gratus (Wall. & Hook.) Baill. 1888, commonly called Cream Fruit, Climbing Oleander, Indian Rubber Vine or Rose Allamanda, is a tropical climbing shrub, native to West Africa. The cream fruit shrub, with umbels of stunning, soft pink flowers with a burgundy center, became very popular in many tropical countries around the world, especially in Read More »
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As we photographed the flowers of the Rudraksha tree (Elaeocarpus grandiflorus Sm. 1809), also called Fairy Petticoats, Lily of the valley tree, Blue olive berry, Scrub ash or Fringe Bells, we didn´t know anything about that tropical plant, not even the name. A few days later we went to the Doi Kham Royal Project and Read More »
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Mussaenda Queen Sirikit (Mussaenda philippica var. Queen Sirikit), commonly called Bangkok Rose or Pink Flag Bush is a tropical shrub hybrid devoloped in the Philippines and named in honour to Her Majesty Queen Sirikit of Thailand. Mussaenda philippica var. Queen Sirikit is a breed from Mussaenda philippica, endemic to the Philippines and the Ashanti Blood Read More »
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The perennial, tropical plant Costus barbatus Suess. 1942, better known as Spiral Ginger, Red Velvet Ginger or Red Tower Ginger, is a member of the order Zingiberales and the most cultivated species of the Costaceae family. The Spiral Ginger (Costus barbatus) is native to Costa Rica, but a very well liked ornamental plant in many Read More »
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The tropical vine or climber Petrea volubilis L. 1753, commonly called Queens Wreath, Sandpaper Vine, Purple Wreath, Fleur de Dieu or Bluebird Vine, is endemic to Central- and South America and the Caribbean Islands. As a tropical plant Petrea volubilis requires a warm – hot climate and a lot of sun. If the plant is Read More »
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Hoya praetorii is often confused with another very beautiful Hoya species, Hoya lasiantha Korthals ex Blume 1848, which looks quite similar, but has bigger flowers and the corona is colored in a creamy yellowish white, whilst the corona of Hoya praetorii is red. Hoya lasiantha has been primarily described by the German-Dutch botanist Karl …
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The spectacular blooming Garlic Vine (Mansoa alliacea (DC.) A.H. Gentry 1980) got its name, as crushed leaves of the tropical climber smell like garlic. The garlic vine can reach a length up to about 10 meters, but isn´t a unruly plant like some other vines and creepers, which overrun other plants. The evergreen garlic vines Read More »
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The Yellow Poinciana Tree (Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) Backer ex K.Heyne 1927), also called yellow flamboyant, yellow flame tree or in India Radhachura, is a deciduous, tropical tree. Yellow Poinciana trees are cultivated for their stunning yellow flowers and as shadow trees and often planted as avenue trees together with the Red Flamboyant (Delonix regia). …
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Nymphaea Madame Wilfon Gonnère is a hardy water lily hybrid introduced in 1924 by the nursery Latour-Marliac in Le Temple-sur-Lot (South-France). The French botanist Josef Bory Latour-Marliac founded the water lily nursery, which still exists today, about the year 1885 and is deemed as the father of modern water lily cultivation. The pink coloured …
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Hoya imperialis Lindl. 1846, native to Malaysia and Borneo (Kalimantan) is ranked among the biggest Hoya flowers. Hoya imperialis blooms in clusters of up to 10 flowers, single flowers reach a size of up to 8 cm across. Flowers of this impressive wax flower stay up to about 2 weeks and are fragrant, strongest in Read More »
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Nymphaea caerulea Savigny 1802, commonly called Blue Lotus, Blue Egyptian Water Lily or Sacred Blue Lily, is an aquatic plant, most likely native to Egypt, but since ancient times also found in India, Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Thailand. The common name Blue Lotus is missleading, as the plant isn`t ranked among the genus Lotus (Nelumbo). Read More »
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Passiflora foetida L. 1753, commonly called Santo Papa, wild maracuja or running pop, is a passionflower vine, native to the USA (Texas, Arizona), Central- and South America and the Caribbean islands, but widely spread throughout tropical and subtropical countries. Due to the likeness of the cute, small flowers to the Pope’s mitre, Passiflora foetida got Read More »
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When the Golden Shower Tree (Cassia fistulata L. 1753), also called Golden Rain Tree, blooms with the beginning of the hot season at Thai New Year (Songkran) in mid April, our home city Chiang Mai, North Thailand get dipped in a blaze of colours. Spectacular yellow flowers from the Golden Shower Tree (Cassia fistulata), orange Read More »
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The Flamboyant (Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf. 1837), also called Flame Tree, Royal Poinciana or Peacock Flower, presents a spectacular sight when in full flower. The deciduous, tropical tree, native to Madagascar, reach heights of 20 meters and more and has widely spread throughout tropical countries. As the Flamboyant belongs to the legume family Read More »
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Lemonia (Ravenia spectabilis)
Bulbophyllum orectopetalum
Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi Blume & Rchb. f. 1860
Epidendrum ciliare (Coilostylis ciliaris)
Man of the Earth (Ipomoea pandurata)
Dendrobium infundibulum Lindl.1859
Paphiopedilum insigne
Crimson Bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus)
Phalaenopsis Golden Beauty
Paphiopedilum parishii
Hoya megalaster
Vandachostylis Thai Sky
Phalaenopsis violacea fo. coerulea Christenson
Oceanblue Morning Glory (Ipomoea indica)
Buddha’s Lamp (Mussaenda philippica var. aurorae)
Hoya waymaniae Kloppenb.1995
Brassia Eternal Wind “Summer Dream”
Phalaenopsis × valentinii
Hoya carnosa white
Cattleya Tainan City
Hoya macgillivrayi F. M. Bailey 1914
Monkey Flower Tree (Phyllocarpus septentrionalis)
Bulbophyllum sikkimense (Cirrhopetalum sikkimense)
Spathoglottis Citrus Cooler Sorbet