Antigonon leptopus 'Alba' - White Flowers

Scientific name: Antigonon leptopus

Common names:
Coral Vine, Coral Vine, Chain of Love, Hearts on a Chain, Coral Bells, Queen's Jewels,

Chinese Love Vine, San Miquelito Vine, Coralita, Confederate Vine, Sandwich Island Creeper, Honolulu Creeper, Mexican Creeper, Rose of Montana Vine.

Chinese name: 珊瑚藤 (shan hu teng)

Malay name: Air Mata Pengantin (A Bride's Tears)



Family: Polygonaceae

Origin: Mexico

Category: Ever-flowering tendril climber
Photograph taken at: Penang Butterfly Farm

Azalea - Light Pink

 Scientific name: Rhododendron sp.

Common name: Azalea
Chinese name: 映山红 (ying shan hong), 满山红 (man shan hong),

Family: Ericaceae

Native to: Asia, Europe, North America

Category: Flowering shrub.

Photo Taken at: The Secret Garden of 1-Utama

Notes

Azalea is the symbol of happiness, harmony and balance in life. It is used to foster and strenghten relationships. Azaleas bloom in spring and the flowers last a few weeks. Azaleas are regarded as 'the royalty of the garden". There are sold as an auspicious Lunar New Year Plant. Azalea is lso the flower symbol for the star sign Sagittarius.

For more information about the varieties of azaleas and how to grow them, visit here

Azalea - Red

 Scientific name: Rhododendron sp.

Common name: Azalea
Chinese name: 映山红 (ying shan hong), 满山红 (man shan hong),

Family: Ericaceae

Native to: Asia, Europe, North America

Category: Flowering shrub.

Photo Taken at: My home garden

Notes

Azalea is the symbol of happiness, harmony and balance in life. It is used to foster and strenghten relationships. Azaleas bloom in spring and the flowers last a few weeks. Azaleas are regarded as 'the royalty of the garden". There are sold as an auspicious Lunar New Year Plant. Azalea is lso the flower symbol for the star sign Sagittarius.

For more information about the varieties of azaleas and how to grow them, visit here

Angelonia biflora 'Alba' - White

Scientific name: Angelonia biflora 'Alba'

Common names:
Angelonia, Willowleaf Angelon, Angel Mist,
Summer Snapdragon, Angel Flower

Chinese name:  天使花('tian shi hua' or angel flower)
Malay name: bunga satay (satay flowers)

Family: Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family)

Origin: Tropical America

Category: Annual to tropical perennial herb

Photographs taken at: My home garden



Notes:

An ornamental plant with flowers that look like snapdragons. Most suitable for English styled gardens. Needs a lot of sunshine and moist, well drained soil that is rich in humus. Flowers in varieties of pink, lavender and white. Blooms fast and repeatedly. Easily propagated by herbaceous stem cuttings. I am growing the pink and lavender varieties in my home garden now. It flowers easily and can be propagated easily by the 'cut and plant' method.



Translation to Bahasa Malaysia

Nota Ringkas:

• pokok renek
• ditamam sebagai bunga hiasan di laman berkonsepsi kedesaan Inggeris (English Cottage Garden)
• tanaman pasuan
• tanah yang mudah mengalir
• sinaran matarhari yang banyak
• siraman air yang mencukupi tetapi jangan biarkan ia menakung di pasu
• pangkas selalu untuk mencapai batang pokok yang tebal dan cantik
• bunganya dalam warna merah muda dan ungu
• berbunga sepanjang tahun
• membiak melalui keratan batang

Angelonia biflora - Purple

Scientific name: Angelonia biflora

Common names:
Angelonia, Willowleaf Angelon, Angel Mist, Summer Snapdragon, Angel Flower, Purple Pasion

Chinese name:  天使花('tian shi hua' or angel flower)
Malay name: bunga satay (satay flowers)

Family: Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family)

Origin: Tropical America

Category: Annual to tropical perennial herb

Photographs taken at: My home garden

Notes:

An ornamental plant with flowers that look like snapdragons. Most suitable for English styled gardens. Needs a lot of sunshine and moist, well drained soil that is rich in humus. Flowers in varieties of pink, lavender and white. Blooms fast and repeatedly. Easily propagated by herbaceous stem cuttings. I am growing the pink and lavender varieties in my home garden now. It flowers easily and can be propagated easily by the 'cut and plant' method.



Translation to Bahasa Malaysia

Nota Ringkas:

• pokok renek
• ditamam sebagai bunga hiasan di laman berkonsepsi Inggeris
• tanaman pasuan
• tanah yang mudah mengalir
• sinaran matarhari yang banyak
• siraman air yang mencukupi tetapi jangan biarkan ia menakung di pasu
• pangkas selalu untuk mencapai batang pokok yang tebal dan cantik
• bunganya dalam warna merah muda dan ungu
• berbunga sepanjang tahun
• membiak melalui keratan batang

Musa siamensis 'Thai Gold' - Ornamental Yellow Banana

Scientific name: Musa siamensis 'Thai Gold'

Family: Musaceae

Origin: Indo-China, Thailand

Category: Tender perennial herb 

Photo Taken at: Rooftop Secret Garden of 1-Utama

Aeschynanthus pulcher - The Lipstick Plant

Scientific name: Aeschynanthes pulcher

Synonym: A. lobbianus, A. parvifolius, A. radicans

Common name: Lipstick Plant
Chinese name: 口紅花 (kou hong hua)

Family: Gesneriaceae (African violet family)

Origin: Malaysia, Southeast Asia

Category: Evergreen perennial vine

Photographs taken at: The Rooftop Secret Garden of 1-Utama

The genus name 'Aeschynanthes' is derived from the words 'aischuno' meaning 'to be ashamed' and 'anthos' for 'flower'.

Asystasia intrusa

Scientific name: Asystasia intrusa
Synonym: Asystasia gangetica subspecies (ssp) micrantha

Common name: Common Asystasia

Chinese name: 赤边樱草 or 十万错花
In mandarin, 赤边樱草 (chi bian ying cao) means 'violet margin cherry (sakura) grass' and
十万错花 (shi wan cuo hua) means 'a hundred thousand wrong flowers'.

Malay name: rumput Pengorak, rumput kambing (goat grass), bunga istana.

Family: Acanthaceae (Ruelia family)
Origin: ??? (unknown to me)
Native to: India, Africa
Category: Ever-flowering perennial creeper

Photo taken: by the roadside

Ensete perrieri - Madagascar Banana

Scientific name: Ensete perrieri

Common name: Madagascar Banana
Family: Musaceae

Category: Ornamental banana

Origin: Madagascar

Photo taken at: Floria 2010.

Musa velutina - Self Peeling Hairy Banana

Scientific name: Musa velutina

Common name: Royal Purple Banana, Self-Peeling Banana, Hairy Banana, Baby Pink Banana

Family: Musaceae

Category: Ornamental banana

Origin: India and Southeast Asia

Photo taken at: Floria 2010

Musa zebrina - Blood Banana

Scientific name: Musa zebrina

Common name: Blood Banana

Family: Musaceae

Category: Ornamental banana

Origin: Sumatra, Indonesia

Photo taken at: Floria 2010.

Musa laterita Cheeseman - Bronze Banana

Scientific name: Musa laterita Cheeseman
Common name: Bronze banana

Family: Musaceae

Origin: Northeastern India, Indochina (Myanmar, Thailand)
Category: Ornamental banana

Photo taken at: Floria 2010.

Musella lasiocarpa - Goldan Lotus Banana

Scientific name: Musella lasiocarpa

Common name: Chinese dwarf banana, golden lotus banana

Family: Musaceae

Native and endemic to: Yunnan, China

Category: Perennial herb, ornamental plant
Photo Taken at: Floria 2010

Musa beccarii N.W. Simmonds

Scientific name: Musa beccarii N.W. Simmonds

Family: Musaceae

Category: Ornamental banana

Origin: Borneo

Photo taken at: Floria 2010.

Adenium obesum - Desert Rose King 'Santa Claus' Triple Flower

Scientific name: Adenium obesum 'Triple Santa Claus'

Common name: Desert Rose

Chinese names:
 沙漠玫瑰 (sha mo mei gui), 天寶花 (Tian bao hua),
富貴花 (Fu gui hua) , 矮性雞蛋花 (Ai xing ji dan hua)

Malay name: Kemboja Jepun, Ros Gurun

Family: Apocynaceae

Origin: East Africa to Arabia

Picture taken at : My home garden
Plant purchased at Floria 2011

Photo updated on 21st Sept 2012

Adenium obesum - Desert Rose King 'Amazon Beauty' Double Flower

 

Scientific name: Adenium obesum

Common name: Desert Rose

Chinese names:
 沙漠玫瑰 (sha mo mei gui), 天寶花 (Tian bao hua),
富貴花 (Fu gui hua) , 矮性雞蛋花 (Ai xing ji dan hua)

Malay name: Kemboja Jepun, Ros Gurun

Family: Apocynaceae

Origin: East Africa to Arabia

Picture taken at : Floria 2011

Adenium obesum - Desert Rose King 'Red Rose' Double Flowers

Scientific name: Adenium obesum

Common name: Desert Rose

Chinese names:
 沙漠玫瑰 (sha mo mei gui), 天寶花 (Tian bao hua),
富貴花 (Fu gui hua) , 矮性雞蛋花 (Ai xing ji dan hua)

Malay name: Kemboja Jepun, Ros Gurun

Family: Apocynaceae

Origin: East Africa to Arabia

Picture taken at : Floria 2011

Adenium obesum - Desert Rose King 'Pathum Ma' Tripple Flower

 Scientific name: Adenium obesum

Common name: Desert Rose

Chinese names:

 沙漠玫瑰 (sha mo mei gui), 天寶花 (Tian bao hua),

富貴花 (Fu gui hua) , 矮性雞蛋花 (Ai xing ji dan hua)

Malay name: Kemboja Jepun, Ros Gurun

Family: Apocynaceae

Origin: East Africa to Arabia

Picture taken at : Floria 2011

Adenium obesum - Desert Rose King 'Sweet Blossom' Tripple Flower

Scientific name: Adenium obesum

Common name: Desert Rose

Chinese names:

 沙漠玫瑰 (sha mo mei gui), 天寶花 (Tian bao hua),

富貴花 (Fu gui hua) , 矮性雞蛋花 (Ai xing ji dan hua)

Malay name: Kemboja Jepun, Ros Gurun

Family: Apocynaceae

Origin: East Africa to Arabia

Picture taken at : Floria 2011

Adenium obesum - Tripple Red Prosperity

Scientific name: Adenium obesum

Cultivar: Tripple Red Prosperity

Common name: Desert Rose

Chinese names:

 沙漠玫瑰 (sha mo mei gui), 天寶花 (Tian bao hua),

富貴花 (Fu gui hua) , 矮性雞蛋花 (Ai xing ji dan hua)

Malay name: Kemboja Jepun, Ros Gurun

Family: Apocynaceae

Origin: East Africa to Arabia

Picture taken at : Floria 2011

Adenium obesum - Santa Claus Double Flower

Scientific name: Adenium obesum

Common name: Desert Rose

Chinese names:
 沙漠玫瑰 (sha mo mei gui), 天寶花 (Tian bao hua),
富貴花 (Fu gui hua) , 矮性雞蛋花 (Ai xing ji dan hua)

Malay name: Kemboja Jepun, Ros Gurun

Family: Apocynaceae

Origin: East Africa to Arabia

Picture taken at : Floria 2011

Adenium obesum - Desert Rose King 'Red Prosperity' Single Flower

Scientific name: Adenium obesum

Common name: Desert Rose

Chinese names:
 沙漠玫瑰 (sha mo mei gui), 天寶花 (Tian bao hua),
富貴花 (Fu gui hua) , 矮性雞蛋花 (Ai xing ji dan hua)

Malay name: Kemboja Jepun, Ros Gurun

Family: Apocynaceae

Origin: East Africa to Arabia

Picture taken at : Floria 2011

Adenium obesum - Bicolour Red and White Double Flower

Scientific name: Adenium obesum

Common name: Desert Rose

Chinese names:
 沙漠玫瑰 (sha mo mei gui), 天寶花 (Tian bao hua),
富貴花 (Fu gui hua) , 矮性雞蛋花 (Ai xing ji dan hua)

Malay name: Kemboja Jepun, Ros Gurun

Family: Apocynaceae

Origin: East Africa to Arabia

Picture taken at : Floria 2011

Adenium obesum - White



Scientific name: Adenium obesum

Common name: Desert Rose

Chinese names:

 沙漠玫瑰 (sha mo mei gui), 天寶花 (Tian bao hua),

富貴花 (Fu gui hua) , 矮性雞蛋花 (Ai xing ji dan hua)

Malay name: Kemboja Jepun, Ros Gurun

Family: Apocynaceae

Origin: East Africa to Arabia

Picture taken at : Floria 2011

Cananga odorata var. fruticosa - The Dwarf Ylang-ylang Tree

Scientific name: Canaga odorata

Common name: Ylang-ylang,

Malay name: Kenaga

Family: Annonaceae (annona family)

Category: Tropical Tree

Origin: Myanmar to Southeast Asia to Northern Australia

The dwarf garden form is Canaga odorata var. fruticosa (from Thailand)

 Photo Taken at: My home garden

Fragrant ylang-ylang oil from the flowers of the Canaga odorata tree is reputed to be used as one of the ingredients of Chanel no. 5.

Orchids at the Secret Garden of 1-Utama

Kagawara Sri Perak

Name provided by Orchids de Dangau

Orchids at the Secret Garden of 1-Utama

Vanda Dicky Chua

Name provided by Orchid de Dangau.

Orchids at Genting Strawberry Farm

Orchids at the Secret Garden of 1-Utama

Dendrobium Orchid - Pure White

Dendrobium Emma White

Name provided by Orchid de Dangau.

Orchids at the Secret Garden of 1-Utama