Dollars Dollars Dollars

Hydrocotyle Umbellata
[Dollarweed, Water Pennywort, Marsh Pennywort]

Dollarweed is an aquatic, or water-loving, perennial plant that thrives in sandy edges. It is a common native weed of lawns that grows best in moist clay soils, but can also survive in loamy compacted soils. It is an edible weed that can be used in salads or as a pot herb.

Blessed by the garden fairy

Hymenocallis littoralis
[Spider Lily, White Spice,Seashore Crinum, Crinum Lily,
文殊兰,水鬼蕉 , 蜘蛛兰]

I've grown this Spider Lily for more than a year already, and it was almost thrown away by my mum as it's not doing well. Good things are worth the wait, I supposed. I spotted the sprouting a few days earlier, and I intent to following it's development until it re-joined the garden fairy eventually.

Updated: 21 Mar 09

Updated: 22 Mar 09 - The end is near

Looks like its days are numbered with 2 remaining ones to go.
It will join the garden fairy for good soon...

Updated: 27 Mar 09 - The end is here!! (Farewell)

A native of tropical America, this lily has individual clusters of white frilly flowers with funnel shaped centres borne on tick flattened stems. It has strong analgesic properties comparable to that of morphine. [A Guide to Toxic Plants of Singapore]

White, Green and finally Red

Asparagus densiflorus 'Sprengeri'
[Sprengeri Fern, Asparagus，天冬]
Orgin: Natal

Asparagus falcatus is a robust thorny creeper that has attractive white flowers and red berries and will easily double as a safety hedge against unwanted visitors.

New Asparagus shoot among Crown of Thorns

That's it? Not unfolding anymore?

Pedilanthus tithymaloides 'Variegatus'
[Devil's Backbone, Japanese Poinsettia, Redbird Flower, Redbird Cactus, Zigzag Plant,
PokokLipan, Slipper Flower, 红雀珊瑚 , 银龙木]

Update: 21 Mar 2009

Yup, looks like they are not so "open". They just stayed this way, but recently, there are more 'flowers' in each cluster.

This tropical plant can grow up to heights of 2m and is normally grown in pots, gardens or sometimes even as a fence. The simple variegated leaves are placed alternately along the slender stem. The red and purple folwers are found at the terminal end of the stems. Both the leaves and stems, when damaged, ooze a milky sap. Posioning causes vomiting and abdominal plan. Sap can cause dermatitis. [A Guide to toxic plants of Singapore]

Babies on mummy

Bryophyllum crenatodaigremontianum
[Bryophyllum, Mexican Hat Plant]

See how much it's grown...

Asplenium nidus
[Bird's Nest Fern, Crow's Next Fern，山苏花]
Orgin: Tropical Africa, Tropical Asia, Pacific

Botanically, the fern is known as Asplenium Nidus or commonly known as Bird Nest's Fern or Crow's Nest Fern. The fern is a native of Tropical Asia, Northern Australia, India and Japan. It can grow in great variety as an epiphyte (i.e. plant growing on another) on large trees especially in rainforests, and it's a common sight on trees in Singapore. Independently, it can also be found on the forest floors or on rocks with good available light.

The unique formation of nest shaped radiating fronds has nest-like 'hairs' in its crown. Water clogging should be kept away from it to prevent rotting. The roots of the fern is small, dense & spongy to keep it constantly moist.

The Bird Nest's fern is one of the easiest fern to grow. Propagation is by division of the mother plant or by spores found on the underside, mid-rift of the matured fronds or by young babies easily found in between rocks, plants, etc.

If propagation is by using spores, place a leaf with mature spores onto a piece of paper or in a paper bag. Within a day or two, the spores can be collected and placed onto a pot containing moist peat moss, sphagnum moss or any moist medium. Placed the pot in a shady location and mist daily to encourage germination.

To propagate a division or the baby of the fern, placed the plant onto a well-drained medium in a pot, basket or tub and placed them on shaded areas with filtered sunlight to produce nice, green lust fronds. The roots should always be kept moist but not wet.

Never fail to lift my spirits... if only they last longer...

Zephyranthes rosea
[Rain Lily]
Origin: Cuba