tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145920551874622002024-03-12T17:35:18.384-07:00S T i l e T ToAn Enraptured Moment in Paradise ... Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083409767851425580noreply@blogger.comBlogger167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814592055187462200.post-33459768471721978132016-04-25T07:03:00.000-07:002016-04-25T07:03:37.456-07:00Asparagus densiflorus - Foxtail Fern<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Asparagus densiflorus is commonly known as the Foxtail fern, Plume fern or Aparagus fern. </span><br />
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This container of the plant provides a cool verdant contrast to the colourful Bougainvillea in the background.<br />
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This container has a niche spot by the side of a pond. It gets to enjoy the intermittent water spray from the fountain within.<br />
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After a eavy downpour, a tiny butterfly, Zizula hylax pygmaea (Pygmy Grass Blue) with a long name perched on an equally tiny leaf.<span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Each stem is arching and covered with many small needle-like leaves. Flower buds sprout from the lateral branches.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This stem is smothered with masses of delicate flowers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Common Mormon Butterfly (Papilio polytes) is a common swallow-tailed butterfly. </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This butterfly is known for the polymorphic forms (mimicry) displayed by its females which mimic the Red-bodied Swallowtails, considered to be </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">inedible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: justify;">This is the </span>Common Mormon female, form stichius. <span style="text-align: justify;">The </span></span><span style="text-align: justify;">females have </span><span style="text-align: justify;">numerous forms, thus the Mormon appelation, a reference to </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">the community's </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">polygamy practice. </span>This female form of the Common Mormon </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">closely </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">mimics the Common Rose (Atrophaneura aristolochiae). They have a fondness for </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Madagascar Periwinkles (Catharanthus roseus).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This large periwinkle bush is a volunteer plant thriving at the base of a container-bound Bougainvillea which was planted as a standard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Madagascar Periwinkles - magenta petals with white centres</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Madagascar Periwinkles - chilly red petals with white centre.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Madagascar Periwinkles - magenta petals with crimson centres.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Lesser Gull butterfly (Cepora Nadina) can be seen surveying the spread of the feast laid out.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was just wondering whether this caterpillar is dead or in the process of turning into a pupa. I forgot to follow up. It appears to be hung up to be dried off. Two ripe seed pods can be seen to the left of the caterpillar.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Madagascar Periwinkles - </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">uncomplicated with </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">pure white petals. This is the type that has been popularly touted as having anti-cancer properties.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dianella tasmanica 'Variegata' (Tasmanian Flax Lily</span></span>) <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">grows up to 2 foot tall. I plant it for its bold white striped leaves as it makes a nice accent as an edging plant. The local florist has often times used it in their bridal bouquet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As it grows b</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">est in light shade I planted </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">at the base of a </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lipstick Palm Tree </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cyrtostachys renda</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Chlorophytum comosum thriving at the base of a Bougainvillea plant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">An Oriental Magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis), perched on the rim of a container with the Tasmanian Flax Lily in the background.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Tasha looking bewildered when the Magpie-Robin flew off as she approached. She loves chasing birds and gets extremely vexed when her efforts were in vain.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083409767851425580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814592055187462200.post-78691370662041663922016-03-09T03:02:00.003-08:002016-03-09T03:03:38.490-08:00A Cute Baby Bulbul on Tecoma Stans<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tecoma stans never disappoints, producing lovely canary yellow blooms throughout the year, rain or shine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Its a low maintenance plant, needing a slight pruning once in a while to keep it trim and neat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This bush of Tecoma stans has played host to many bird nests, so its no wonder that fledglings are commonly seen on it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I spied this solitary baby bird perched forlornly on a branch of Tecoma stans.</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083409767851425580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814592055187462200.post-47336534329112047622016-02-09T00:22:00.000-08:002016-02-09T00:22:21.651-08:00Orang Utan of Sepilok <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">According to the Chinese lunar calender, the new year begins on 8 February 2016. As this is the year of the monkey, I scoured through my archives of images from a trip, a few years back to Sandakan in Sabah </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(formerly known as North Borneo). </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of the highlights of the trip was a visit to the Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilation Centre besides the Proboscis Monkey </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://stiletto-hottie.blogspot.com/2013/01/proboscis-monkeys-at-lubuk-bay.html" target="_blank">Sanctuary</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Oran<span style="font-size: small;">g utan are primates living in the Malaysia<span style="font-size: small;">-Indonesia region.</span> <span style="font-size: small;">In the indigenous langua<span style="font-size: small;">ge<span style="font-size: small;">s,</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">H</span>utan or utan <span style="font-size: small;">means </span>forest <span style="font-size: small;">whi<span style="font-size: small;">le </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Orang means </span><span style="font-size: small;">Man. Literally, it means 'Man of the forest'. These half-men have fur with a <span style="font-size: small;">distinct </span>reddish tinge.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This signboard a<span style="font-size: small;">t the entrance indicates the</span> feeding times for the </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Orang <span style="font-size: small;">U</span>tans </span></span>at 11.00am and 3.00pm everyday. These are the times where visitors and tourists throng the place to watch the feeding sessions.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">R</span>ustic weather-beaten mo<span style="font-size: small;">ss-covered<span style="font-size: small;"> boardwalk makes <span style="font-size: small;">trek<span style="font-size: small;">king</span> into the the feeding area a breeze. There <span style="font-size: small;">is no fear of stepping on leeches<span style="font-size: small;">, uneven terrain or slippery slopes, particularly du<span style="font-size: small;">r</span>ing the rainy season. Surprisingly, in spite of the dense vegetation, we were not bitten by any vampire insects (mosquitoes or mozzies).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gnarled vines<span style="font-size: small;">, stems and roots intertwined chaotically in this verdant rain forest.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The <span style="font-size: small;">rich bio-diversity </span>of the Borneo rain forest <span style="font-size: small;">makes it an ideal habitat for these primates.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ropes are provided for th<span style="font-size: small;">ese arboreal primates to <span style="font-size: small;">swing from t<span style="font-size: small;">heir habitat<span style="font-size: small;">s to the feeding platform.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Th<span style="font-size: small;">is one <span style="font-size: small;">must be <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">middle-aged </span></span>as he appeared dark with most his red hair defoliated. <span style="font-size: small;">He </span></span>was suspended </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">on the rope for a long time, swinging to and fro in mid-air. I thought that as wise and wizened as he was, he should be </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">pondering the ways and laws of the jungle ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">when a young red-haired Orang Utan </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">winged jauntily <span style="font-size: small;">past</span><span style="font-size: small;"> in a purposeful direction.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Not to to be outdone<span style="font-size: small;">, he immediately followed suit. Until then I didn'<span style="font-size: small;">t know that the '<b>kiasu</b>' mentality was also prevalent amongst them. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">'Kiasu' means </span></span></span></span>afraid of los<span style="font-size: small;">ing out </span>- a <span style="font-size: small;">derogatory term widely used in Mala<span style="font-size: small;">ysia and Singapore</span></span> to describe a go-getter. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">However it is not necessarily bad. When this trait is viewed positively, it can also<span style="font-size: small;"> mean a person who is goal-driven</span> and determine to succeed<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Their destination is a platform bu<span style="font-size: small;">ilt halfway up a tall tree where feeding sessions <span style="font-size: small;">were held at the stated scheduled times.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here they are offered a healthy diet of tropical fruit<span style="font-size: small;">s<span style="font-size: small;">.</span> Watermelons are a top favo<span style="font-size: small;">urite<span style="font-size: small;"> to quench their thirst ... </span></span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">besides </span><span style="font-size: small;">sugar-canes, and the all-time favourite; sun-ripened bananas.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Table manners are unheard of, as<span style="font-size: small;"> they chewed, munched and masticated voraciously.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Soon, <span style="font-size: small;">some 'red-butt</span>' monkeys arrived to jump on the <span style="font-size: small;">food </span>bandwagon.</span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">They picked up the pieces and leftovers f<span style="font-size: small;">rom the <span style="font-size: small;">careless bi<span style="font-size: small;">gger primates.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Talking of sugarcane, I'm reminded of these sweet words of wisdom:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i>"Relationship with a nice person is like a sugarcane</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i>You break it, crush it, squeeze it ..., even beat it or grind it, </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Still you will get only Sweetness!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Their sharp<span style="font-size: small;"> teeth come in useful for stripping off <span style="font-size: small;">the tough outer covering.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">H<span style="font-size: small;">aving satiated their apetite,<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> they are </span></span></span>now back to their coz<span style="font-size: small;">y haven in the jungle, but not without <span style="font-size: small;">some take-aways for the journey home.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are no rules against eating along the way</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> so eventually they develop </span>multi-tasking<span style="font-size: small;"> skills</span>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Crown of Thorns (Euphorbia Milii) are year round bloomers. They can always be relied upon to brighten up the garden. Each inflorescence last for months and they are seldom seen without any floral adornment. This is a tough plant and resistant to common pests such as mealy bugs, thrips and aphids.</span></div>
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<img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4NtckCu059f8850ehyphenhyphenOqoc9TbxND0K_yoaDbHTwJJrJBJ5TNbSlB4m99UoyJZ4CK_Y5nQfwlzpqI9am24b6g4PuMf_8YS2-ZmC0-NQfZeRN3KRfrJwdZ4ziSvNK1un7Wq0q5XkOByhfU/s640/DSC_0311s.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">This inflorescence of red flowers is tinged with green. Contrast this with ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">this cluster of pure red flowers. This plant has since passed on to plant heaven due to poor drainage of the pot-bound plant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">In the background is a Lantana camara standard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Euphorbia Milii co-existing happily in container</span> with pink Portulaca and pink Torenia fournieri. Its bluish-green leaves are thick and when crushed, bleeds with a white latex.<br />
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Inle Lake at Heho, Myanmar. This photo taken from the verandah of a lakeside restaurant. This restaurant serves western meals.<br />
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Wooden houses built at the edge of the lake are charming and hark back to a rustic, gentler way of life.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Carpenter bees whizzing past is a common sighting in my garden. They flew by fast and furious, buzzing loudly at the same time. When there is a handful of them buzzing around, the drone can be quite intimidating. Sometimes I have to duck when they buzzed just inches away from my head.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This one flew purposely towards the object of its desire ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">a blushing red Hibiscus rosasinensis bud.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Eventually it landed on the coveted Hibiscus bud<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bud hugging is a favourite past time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> In the background are the orange clusters of </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bauhenia kokiana. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">They bloomed profusely for most times of the year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">It continued doing so for all eternity, flying off for a brief interlude and back again to the same bud. I think they could be suffering from a psychological condition, OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Under the overhead sun, the dark wings glimmered with hues of blue, purple and tinges of red. The body is absolutely </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">jet black.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Every now and then, it flaps its parchment-thin wings rapidly ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">in readiness for <span style="font-size: small;">take off to God knows where.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It landed on the bud and perched on it possessively.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I always wonder why they do not fancy fully matured blooms such as this but instead chose the buds. There were no signs of pollen or nectar gathering.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083409767851425580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814592055187462200.post-40793921763750524882016-01-19T05:36:00.002-08:002016-01-19T05:36:49.133-08:00Clear Wing Moth, Allamandas and Alpinia Pupurata<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "pro w3" , "hiragino kaku gothic pro" , , "meiryo" , , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">The Clear Wing Tiger Moth (Ceryx sphenodes) is a small moth of about two cm wing span.It is a wasp mimic. Normally I do not take much notice of them as they are too small to make an impact. </span></span>I pointed my lenses on this mini beauty when there were no other butterflies or moth around for me to snap away. It was only after I reviewed them in my monitor, that I was able to fully appreciate its beauty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This petite was resting on an Allamanda cathartica leaf.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The long spikes carry clusters of round buds at intervals</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> on its nodes. </span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cascades of flowers bloom from the long flower spikes. The next day another fresh crop will take its place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">With many generations of plantlets growing from the container, its time to consider re-potting. The leaves are now about one third its original size. The large leaves of the Calathea lutea is seen in the background.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Masses of blooms produce the effect of a bridal bouquet.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Its a magnet for both bees and flies.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">After the snacking, it was time to enjoy the view below.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another type of Flower fly (Eristalis) approach this treasure trove of entomological epicurean delights.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Suddenly, it stood up and chirped loudly.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The source of its excitement was the arrival of mummy bird with a morsel of food in her mouth. It looked like a green berry harvested from my shrubs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A soon as the feeding was done, mummy flew off, leaving the young one to its own device.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here it perched and rested under the dappled sunlight, framed with foliage and a single red hibicus. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and continued ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to other parts of the body. A good pecking was done all over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Malay spotted doves </span><span style="font-size: small;">(Spilopelia chinensis) are easy to recognise from the patch of white on black spots on their nape. Their colours are shades of browns with dashes of black on the wings and tails. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Their presence is often indicated by a pleasant crooning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are often found striding along the tree branches of this casuarina that I had planted from a young sapling about two decades ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A branch of the casuarina tree laden with cones. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A branch with the colourful bougainvillea in the background.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The upper reaches of the casuarina.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With the sun low down on the horizon, these doves can still be heard cooing above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On another tree nearby, another spotted dove was seen chilling out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It passed its time by preening and snoozing. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">T</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">hese doves are normally found alone and often in pairs feeding<i> on the ground.</i></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083409767851425580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814592055187462200.post-86837699588663780722015-12-24T05:45:00.002-08:002015-12-24T05:45:25.761-08:00Olive-backed Sunbird on Lantana Camara<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Olive-backed Sunbirds are frequently seen on my </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Lantana camara shrubs. They are ingenious in the way they collect nectar from the flowers. Being small-bodied, light and possessing a long, narrow, curved beak helps.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This sunbird alights on a slender stalk ...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and insert its curved beak into a tiny flower.</span></span><br />
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<img border="0" height="531" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Y5tzppQ9NJs3HHSiL9viEKu_ROgDEVB0PP3Ls2jGeCqNKVFjjZUtq0WxJdvzUEcz1wMbjHqFiPTG3B4JoVKO14Y7CiV1bQjnY5BzQArfLU3IFB54cPy_fgKJoVMaqfoZ114ucecga-1i/s640/DSC_2254s.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It then flips up to approach a flower facing upwards.</span><br />
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<img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfo2BQXuMwVySM45xbIyyhAAjyD7LGm4OM6FxwNy_8QKm9DkhkLpnz6ydHuGDwlwkevDelodX7uRYz4HQinkB1dFu3AgSPmiLkV8si50EclyK6UFNCz62tQA62MnourjQZU60yprwXMpA-/s640/DSC_1588s.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See how its fine beak can be inserted into the teeny weeny florets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">These globular heads are left behind when all the flowers drop.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lantana flowers non-stop and add dashes of colour to the garden where ever the seeds disperse and take root.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This variety has touches of pink.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this variety of orange-yellow florets, the buds first appear pink.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The colourful flowers of Lantana camara are always top favourites with insects.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The flowers after the evening shower </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and under bright sunshine.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This hornet visited each and every floral inflorescence in the bush whether ample or ...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">with scant flowers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was very meticulous in its collection of nectar. Each and every flower was picked through.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even these denuded heads were not spared the inspection.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The name refers to the grainy, granular texture of the leaves.
This shrub can be found growing wild but thrives well under cultivation. It blooms frequently.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;"> Each </span><span style="text-align: justify;">blossom is </span><span style="text-align: justify;">five-petaled and about 2" wide. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">The petals are delicate and </span>is a deep rose-violet to deep purple </div>
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The flowers are borne in erect terminal panicles.</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">The stamens are </span><span style="text-align: justify;">gnarled</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">and are a favourite of pollen-collecting bees</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">The dark green leaves are elliptic in shape and pubescent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Aphids having a field day on the flower buds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I saw this Yellow Vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier) on a branch of the casuarina tree and decided to lure it closer to me for some near shots. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yellow Vented Bulbuls (Pycnonotus goiavier) love to visit Hibiscus plants, to partake of its sweet offerings or merely to perch and chill out.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To access the sweet nectar, the Bulbul will perch on the stem just behind the flower stalk. It then insert its beak into the base of the flower and drink long and hard.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> A red Hibiscus rosa sinensis from a bush in my garden.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Most of the time it is really easy to spot them as I have many Hibiscus plants. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This bush was propagated from a cutting.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">the flowers of this species (our national flower) point downwards.</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083409767851425580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814592055187462200.post-7189595180595800052014-12-18T06:41:00.004-08:002014-12-18T06:41:52.272-08:00A Pair of Bulbuls on Balcony<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This pair of Yellow Vented Bulbuls (Pycnonotus goiavier) was first spotted perched on a branch the Rangoon creeper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They took turns to perch on the branch at a spot just above a clump of Alpinia purpurata (Red ginger torch) providing me with a nice photo finish :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This climbing variegated Bougainvillea Mrs Eva scales up two floors and spread out out on the glass balcony. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Spotted Doves (Spilopelia chinensis) often nest in my garden. They are quite bold and are not too shy of human presence. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I took a ladder and clambered to the top to take this photo. </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This one sat serenely atop its nest and simply ignored my intrusion. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I was actually very close to it. The bird was merely inches away from my lens.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This is how the </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Spotted Dove accessed its nest, its tail a tell-tale sign of its domestic activities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bauhenia kockiana vine tends to be invasive. I kept it under control with constant pruning and shaping.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On a visit to Cork last autumn, we decided to make a day trip to a nearby town, </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kerry. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Along the way</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> from Kerry to Dingle, I captured the following images.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To add vibrancy to the garden, it is always a strategic move to have some butterfly attractants to the garden. One of this is Lantana Camara. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lantana camara has small tubular shaped flowers arranged in terminal clusters. Each tiny flower has four petals. The flowers on the outer ring of the cluster open first, followed by the next inner row. The buds appeared as little bows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I like this combination of sweet </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">pastel colours. The mix of baby pink and light cream flowers is almost perfect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jacintha Egg Fly can be seen extending its long </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">proboscis </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">deep into the tubular part of the tiny flowers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A tiny yellow butterfly took refuge from the heat on the underside of a leaf.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One day while looking for bugs, my lens zoom in on an amorous pair of flesh flies (Sarcophaga carnaria).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This pair were caught in flagrante delicto right on the leaf of my L. camara.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Flesh flies are often mistaken for houseflies due to their coloration and markings. However, their gray-checkered abdomens are distinctively larger than those of the housefly. Typically, flesh flies exhibit three dark stripes along the prothorax and four distinct bristles atop the thorax. An extra row of bristles is found beneath the flesh flies’ wings and yet another can be found at each side of the thorax. Flesh flies measure approximately 10 to 13 mm from end to end. Larvae are yellow in color, with pointed heads. Along with bottle and blowflies, flesh flies prove useful to forensic entomologists. These fly larvae may assist in pinpointing time of death. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">~ extracted from Wikipedia</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Flesh flies reproduce on decaying vegetable items, animal flesh, carcasses, garbage and excrement. Although flesh flies do not bite and are not carriers of disease, their feeding habits can become a nuisance. However, larvae can also prove beneficial to humans, as they are parasitic on the eggs and immatures of other pests such as grasshoppers, blowflies, houseflies, spiders and snails." ~extracted from http://www.orkin.com</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A container of Lantanas in assorted colours.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A "Painted Lady" butterfly winging colours to compete with these striking orange-yellow Lantana flowers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The following two images on my pet guinea pig was added on 3.8.14</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I presented some Lantana flowers to Nikolai ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... but he sniffed at them disdainfully. I like his pink lips and two front teeth on both upper and lower jaws :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A few heads of the pastel Pink and white Lantana camara in a white vase.</span></span></div>
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To get at the sweet nectar of these portulaca grandiflora blooms, they can curve, contort and assume all sorts of posture.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lacy tree philodendron (Philodendron bipinnatifidum or P. selloum)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">grows large with enormous glossy leaves that are</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> d</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">eeply divided into narrow, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">wavy-margined</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> lobes. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The leaves are </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">held on long petioles and </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> reach up to 3 ft long. Older and larger plants develop leaves that are more deeply dissected and more ruffled. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For this characteristic, it is also called the S</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">plit-leaf philodendron. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The
plant itself grows to a height of 10 feet or more and a broad spread of up to 8 feet. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It requires little care except for the occasional trimming of the lower
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The easiest way of propagating this plant is to simply cut the top section and take at least two strong roots. This top cutting can then
be potted and the old stem which is now leafless will eventually produce
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The leaves are broad and lush taking up lots of room in the planter box.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The pinnated leaves are borne on long petioles which extend them high up.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The stem is the central axis of the plant and provides support.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> However it</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> tends to fall over and sprawl when the plant gets large.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a soft landing for a fallen </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">fledgling </span>sparrow. I put it back on the nest above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tasha positioned herseif under the Philodendron bipinnatifidum to have a cool lookout for birds and cats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here a smaller specimen of Philodendron bipinnatifidum is seen to be equally happy in a relatively small container.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Filtered light through the leaves provide just the right touch of solar nourishment for delicate plants below.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The columnar </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">flower </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">bud </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">emerges from a leaf axil. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The inflorescence consists of a 1 ft long white spathe enclosing an upright spadix with many tiny </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">pale yellow </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">petalless flowers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnfrrtuVpWRnBZ4nYQsgctAMpZc04wDLQgJccYPaoI5xoamaBMQIJTB33iDwUHwQ1KxU-gZeG1usQbeEiYxDjYQPn3Elz7i93o7rtg1A8K7KAf9bkLXEasvp7q81Cc2oHadqB2OUK5__3P/s1600/DSC_1621s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnfrrtuVpWRnBZ4nYQsgctAMpZc04wDLQgJccYPaoI5xoamaBMQIJTB33iDwUHwQ1KxU-gZeG1usQbeEiYxDjYQPn3Elz7i93o7rtg1A8K7KAf9bkLXEasvp7q81Cc2oHadqB2OUK5__3P/s640/DSC_1621s.jpg" height="426" width="640" /></a></span></span><span style="text-align: justify;">The robust stem</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">shows typical 'leaf scars'</span></span></span></span> forming an interesting pattern. S</span></span><span style="text-align: justify;">tout, a</span>ventitious<span style="text-align: justify;"> aerial rootlets a</span>re seen sprouting out <span style="text-align: justify;">between conspicuous leaf scars.</span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A sparrow was seen cracking a seed under the broad canopy of the Philodendron bipinnatifidum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Alocasia macroorrhizos, (Upright Elephant Ears, Giant Taro, Wild Taro) </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">is a stunning plant that can be found growing by roadsides and in jungles, more often next to jungle streams.</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Its should be watered well especially in hot weather and as the plant grows larger. However, too much water will rot the tuber. To avoid this, well draining soil is imperative. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When planted </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in the ground and </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">fed regularly with organic fertilisers, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">it</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> will easily grow up to ten feet high. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If grown in a container, it will not reach its full potential, unless the pot is very large. Over time,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> it will develop a tree-like stem. O</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ffsets (plantlets)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> are produced from mature plants. These baby Alocasias</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> can then be easily transplanted.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">It can be planted in either sun or in shade. The plants here grow in full sun together with the Bougainvilleas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A leaf bud unfurled over about three to four days from ... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">... the stalks of older leaves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When the leaf first make its way out, it is </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">held stiffly upwards, with prominent veining on the underside of the leaves. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The large </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">emerald green leaves are</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> glossy and can measure up to three feet long. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Over time, the leaves bend over.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>On the underside of the large leaves, insects abound.</b></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A pair of ladybugs huddled together for some coziness.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Close-ups of the playful pair.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was curious about a whitish film until I saw this many legged arachnid and immediately identified as a tiny spider.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tiny larvae moving away from the nest to make it on their own.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The young spathe standing tall and erect in its sheath.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px;">Neomarica longifolia have yellow flowers with mottled brown markings. It can be propagated by rhizomes or from the offsets formed from the flowering stem. It can be planted in partial shade, but for showy blooms, it is best to locate under full sun.</span></div>
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The leaves are sword like and upright and can extend up to 2-3 feet.</div>
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Fully extended petals <b> </b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The centre is mottled with b</span>r<span style="font-size: small;">own markings.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">At </span><span style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;">the end of the day, the petal closes and drop off the next day. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Each flower last only one day, but the following day, another one will takes its place, ensuring that the clump is always adorned with blooms.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>
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When flowering is done, little plantlets "pups"developed next to the spent blooms. These can be harvested and planted elsewhere. </div>
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If nothing is done about it, the flowering stem gets weighted down to the ground allowing the plantlets to get rooted and replant themselves. Over time, the clumps will continue in all directions, änd literally walked" to a new spot.</div>
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However when planted in a container, the "walking" will somehow be restrained. I started planting the pups <span style="font-size: small;">not too long ago. <span style="font-size: small;">Now her<span style="font-size: small;">e it is rewarding me with bl<span style="font-size: small;">ooms<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The purple and red Dawn dropwing dragonfly adds another layer of colours to the image.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01083409767851425580noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814592055187462200.post-23408813530328843292014-06-04T04:40:00.003-07:002014-06-04T04:43:13.518-07:00Clerodendrums Wallichi - The Bridal Veil<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Clerodendrum Wallichi (The Bridal Veil) is a </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">shrub that can reach up to 7 ft in height. It has narrow shiny leaves of up to 5 to 6 inches long. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blooming is year round in the tropics. It can easily be propagated from semi-hardwood cuttings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The white flowers cascade down in pendulous panicles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Delicate buds about to pop anytime.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">The young panicle with developing green buds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The mature panicle with fully developed terminal blooms. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The petals flare out from a narrow tube. Stamens and style </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">protrude out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My domestic helper keeps the plants in great shape with routine watering, pruning, fertilizing and checking out for pests.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A panicle seen against a background of Bougainvilleas.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The sprawling flowers of B. Mrs Eva.</span></div>
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