Pick of the park - Cream Fruit (Strophantus gratus)

Cream Fruit (Strophantus gratus)
Syn: Roupellia grata
Family : Apocynaceae - Periwinkle family
Location : Butterfly Garden, Zone C

It is a beautiful shrub which bears close clusters of attractive all year round funnel-like pink flowers.  The flower buds are dark crimson in colour and somewhat waxy.  It is possible to plant them from cuttings, though I find the success rate by this method is not so good.  A very characteristic feature of the flower is the presence of scale-like appendages on the throat of the funnel.  It  has a semi-climbing habit and some varieties are vines.

Blogging about blooming flowers

Tabebuia rosea or Trumpet flower at the very top of picture with colourful flushes of the Mesua ferrea (Ceylon ironwood) in the middle of picture.
Location : Zone C

CU of Trumpet flower

 Two plants that are producing beautiful blooms right now are the Trumpet flower (Tabebuia rosea) and the
Bauhinia kockiana.  The Trumpet flower is a cultivated species while the Bauhinia  is a climbing plant or vine that grows naturally at the park.  I have blogged a fair bit about both plants and there can be accessed here ...>>>http://mykambatikworld.blogspot.com/search/label/Tecoma%20pentaphylla
and here ...>>>
 http://myussop.blogspot.com/2009/12/tug-of-war-with-jane.html

Bauhinia kockiana, is seen at left of the picture in orange colours
Location : Provinsi Rattan
Zone I

Bauhinia kockiana,  in close-up
Location : Provinsi Rattan
Zone I