Hippeastrum Hybrids

Scientific name: Hippeastrum spp

Common name: Hippeastrum

Family: Amaryllidaceae

Origin: Brazil

Category: Perennial bulbs

Photo taken at: Fraser's Hill

How to grow:
Light : Full to partial sun
Water : Regular, high
Propagate :  Bulbs
Features :There are many hybrids and cultivars. Suitable as in outdoor or indoor plant, grown in containers or in the ground

Sanchezia speciosa - Gold Vein Plant

Scientific name: Sanchezia speciosa

Synonym: Sanchezia nobilis

Common name: Gold Vein Plant, Shrubby Whitevein, Yellow Sanchezia, Zebra plant

Family: Acanthaceae

Origin: Tropical America

Category: Flowering shrub

Photo taken at: Fraser's Hill

How to grow :
Light : Full sun, partial sun or shade
Water : Moderate
Propagate : Cuttings
Features : Ornamental flowers and foliage, suitable as an indoor plant. Flowers attract birds. There is a variety with variegated foliage.

Mussaenda 'Dona Eva' - Red Mussaenda

Scientific name: Mussaenda 'Dona Eva'

Vernacular names:
Chinese name: 紅紙扇玉叶金花 (hong zhi shan yu ye jin hua - meaning red paper fan jade leaf gold flower)
Malay name: Janda Kaya

Family: Rubiaceae

Origin: Philippines

Category: Tropical Shrub

 Photo taken at: Fraser's Hill

How to grow :
Light : Full sun, but can tolerate partial shade
Soil : Rich loamy, but well-draining soil
Water : Regular
Prune : After flowering for a bushy and compact shape
Propagate : Softwood or semi-hardwood cuttings

Features : The most attractive features are the showy flowers which are composed of a small, tubular corolla with 5 orange-yellow petals and 5 greatly enlarged sepals (bracts) of pure white colour.

Justicia brandegeeana - Shrimp Plant

Scientific name: Justicia brandegeeana 

Synonym: Beloperone guttata

Common names: Shrimp Plant, Mexican Shrimp Plant, Shrimp Bush, 

False Hop, Brazilian Shower Plant, Fountain Plant

Family: Acantghaceae 

Origin: Mexico

Category: Shrub

Photo taken at: Secret Garden of 1-Utama

How to grow :
Light : Full to partial sun
Water : Moderate
Propagate : Cuttings
Features : Free-flowering. Suitable specimen plant or applied in mass planting in hedges, beds and borders. Flowers attract bees, butterflies and birds.

Justicia betonica - White Shrimp Plant

Scientific name: Justicia betonica

Common name: White Shrimp Plant, Squirrel's Tail
Malay name: Ekor Tupai, Tapak Murai

Family: Acanthaceae

Origin: Tropical Asia

 Category: Shrub

Photo taken at: Secret Garden of 1-Utama

How to grow : 

Light : Full to partial sun

Water : Regular, High

Propagate : Cuttings

Hippeastrum vittatum - Quilt Plant

Scientific name: Hippeastrum vittatum

Common name: Quilt Plant, Taffeta Plant

Family: Amaryllidaceae

Origin: Brazil

Category: Perennial bulbs

Photo taken at: Fraser's Hill

How to grow:
Light : Full to partial sun
Water : Regular, High
Propagate :  Bulbs
Features :There are many hybrids and cultivars. Suitable as in outdoor or indoor plant, grown in containers or in the ground

Callistemon viminalis - Weeping Bottle Brush Tree

Scientific name: Callistemon viminalis 

Common name: Weeping Bottle Brush

Family: Myrtaceae

Origin: New South Wales and Queensland, Australia

Category: Evergreen tree 

Photo taken at: Fraser's Hill

Ageratum conyzoides - Billygoat Weed

Scientific name: Ageratum conyzoides 

Common name: Billygoat Weed, Chick Weed, Goatweed, Whiteweed

 Family: Asteraceae

Origin: Tropical America

Category: Weed

Photo taken at: Fraser's Hill

Acmella oleracea - Toothache Plant

Scientific name: Acmella oleracea

Synonyms: Spillanthes uliginosa

Common name: Toothache Plant, Eyeball Plant, Paraguay Cress

Family: Asteraceae

Origin: Tropical America

 Category: Perennial shrub

Photo taken at: Fraser's Hill

Nymphaea Hybrids - Water Lily

Scientific name: Nymphaea spp.

Common name: Water Lily

 Family: Nymphaeceae

Origin: Horticulture

Category: Aquatic plants

Wrightia religiosa - Water Jasmine

Scientific name: Wrightia religiosa

Common names: 

Wild Water Plum, Water Jasmine, Sacred Buddhist, Wondrous Wrightia

Sui Mui, Santalia, Anting Putri, Jeliti, Melati 

Family: Apocynaceae

Origin: Malaysia, Thailand

 Category: 

Victoria amazonica - Giant Water Lily

Scientific name: Victoria amazonica

Common name: Amazon Water Lily, Royal Water Lily, Giant Water Lily

Family: Nymphaeaceae

Origin: Tropical America

Category: Aquatic plant

Vanilla planifolia - Vanilla Orchid

Scientific name: Vanilla planifolia

Common name: Vanilla Orchid, Flat-Leafed Vanilla, Tahitian Vanilla, West Indian Vanilla

Family: Orchidaceae

Origin: Mexico

Category: Vine

Tillandsia xerographica - Giant Air Plant

Scientific name: Tillandsia xerographica

Common name: Giant Air Plant
Chinese name:空氣鳳梨 - 霸王鳳 (kong qi feng li - ba wang feng)

Family: Bromeliaceae

Origin: Tropical America (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador)

Category: Air Plant, xerophytic epiphyte

This plant has been nicknamed "King of Air Plants". The epithet "xerographica" is derived from the Greek words ξηρός (xeros), meaning "dry," and γραφία (graphia), meaning "writing." (Source: Wikipedia)

Plant care: Grow under full to partial sun with occasional misting. No soil needed. 

Tillandsia cyanea - Pink Quill

Scientific name: Tillandsia cyanea
Common name: Pink Quill
Family: Bromeliaceae
Origin: Ecuador
 Category: Epiphytic perennial, air plant

Melastoma malabathricum - Purple Senduduk

Scientific name: Melastoma malabathricum

Common name: Straits Rhododendron, Common Senduduk, Indian Rhododendron, Malabar Gooseberry, Singapore Rhododendron

Senduduk (Malay)

Family: Melastomaceae
Origin: South East Asia
Category: Perennial shrub

Neomarica gracilis - Walking Iris

Scientific name: Neomarica gracilis

Common name: Walking Iris, Apostle Plant

Family: Iridaceae

Origin:Tropical America

 Category: Herbaceous perennial

Limonia acidissima - Wood Apple

Scientific name: Limonia acidissima

Common name: Wood Apple, Elephant Apple, Belinggai, Gelinggai

Family: Rutaceae

Origin: India

Category: Small tree

Dichromena latifolia - White Sedge

Scientific name: Dichromena latifolia

Synonyms: Rhynchospora latifolia

Common name: White Topped Sedge, White Star Grass, Star Rush

Family: Cyperaceae

Origin: Florida

Category: Aquatic plant

Bacopa caroliniana - Blue Water Hyssop

Scientific name: Bacopa caroliniana

Common names: Giant Red Bacopa, Lemon Bacopa, Blue Water Hyssop
Chinese name:虎耳草  (hu er cao - tiger's ear grass), 海洋之星 (hai yang zhi xing - ocean star)

Family: Plantaginaceae

Origin: North America

Category: Perennial herb, aquatic plant

Tibouchina mutabilis

Scientific name: Tibouchina mutabilis
Common name: NIL
Family: Melastomataceae
Origin: Brazil
Category: Tree

Platycladus orientalis - Thuja, Chinese Arbovitae

Scientific name:  Platycladus orientalis

Synonyms: Thuja orientalis, T. chengii, Platycladus stricta

Common name: Thuja, Chinese Arbovitae, Tree of Life

Family: Cupressaveae

Origin: China, Korea and Iran

Category: Tree

Manihot esculenta - Tapioca

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta

Common name: Tapioca, Cassava, Ubi Kayu (Malay)

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Origin: Tropical America

Category: Small tree