Some native plants and flowers

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Some snap shots of the native plants and flowers - some taken earlier, some just a couple of days ago:
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* \6 @2 \* y0 r1 E7 z* [# c  {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbI put in the name of the first one, perhaps the learned horticulturists can fill in the blanks.5.39.217.76$ S! \4 }5 n, J) O( j5 |3 x
  

norman.ho

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Spot on, it is a very very slow growing plant, and it grows in native forest and national park.  Some people dig it up and try to grow it in their garden, that ends up killing it.  Its also illegal to collect.
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1 million points to you..  Pity I am not the mod.

norman.ho

That's a very tricky one, I put it there just for fun.  It is actually an old gum tree that died.  In most of the botanical garden here, there is a resident artist, they made  sculptures using dead trees, and this one was sealed and varnished.

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Two million points for you bchew.  Protea is quite a common one, but actually knowing the botanical name of Sunset lily is really something.

norman.ho

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" m! M: X: m$ J$ p( vHa, ha, ha, I thought I could have tricked you all.  Yes, its the banana flower upside down.- A; Y9 x! C0 ^
See, chowold2 knows everything.

norman.ho

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+ O5 k9 W( f1 j% dHay, bchew, I nearly missed that comment.

向你学习呀！

???, you got to be kidding every one.

norman.ho

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No, not really.  None of them are tropical plants.  They belong to the temperate zone.   ... I don't want to give away too much though.

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5 F5 `' q  b6 L# ~6 C" F5.39.217.76This is commonly called Hyacinth here, sold in florist as cut flower, has a nice fragrant.
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2 Z; a  C* c( S, RThis one is a ground cover, its flowering madly now at the front garden.  The flowers are only tiny, when looked at closely, you will notice its beauty.  One problem, I don't know its name.
' b) S; `6 ^, o1 g公仔箱論壇What about we give it a fancy one like "Superbia Galaxia"?  Until someone tell me the proper name.
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Same for this one, I forgot to note down the name when I took the photo, any good suggestions?& O6 k4 x! T& z1 [9 i

norman.ho

Hello chowold2,
. t% W+ C+ F' aSo you will always be right 101% , I've got the official answer from the botanical garden manager for this photo:
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9 m+ Z: O& ?9 b4 x公仔箱論壇Its the female version of a Begonia.