Echinacea update...

Two more blooms are open ...but the first bloom is still holding on...!!

Friday 131213 update....

Alhamdullillah...my Echinacea Sunrise has started to flower.....

....and the Garlic Vine is also blooming prolifically....flaunting its lavender purplish beauty for all to see.....

...and i am very glad to see my LSU Purple fig perking up after dropping the one-brown-spotted-leaf it came with.....

May you grow fast dear....can't wait to see and taste your fruit......!!

My Apple Tree....

My little apple tree today 27th November 2013.....planted about 2 days ago.....

May you grow strong and healthy...and productive....FAST....for i am impatiently waiting....!!

Olive and LSU Purple fig....

...arrived and immediately planted today.....and a cherry plant...barerooted arrived last week a few days before i got home...was away from 16th till 22nd November... first to present a paper at ICELT 2013 (18 - 20th Nov) at Equatorial Melaka...then had to attend a vetting session at UiTM Shah Alam on 21 and 22nd...23rd drove home.... the Cherry must have arrived on the 21st...when i got home there was some whitish stuff on the bare roots.... probably fungus or mold...? Nevertheless i still planted it.....on Sunday 25th Nov 2013.....and i pray for His help....may my cherry plant survive.....amiiin.

Olive from Portugal...looks like there is good potential as a bonsai.....

LSU Purple from Hawaii...looks a little 'unhealthy' with some brown spots on its one and only leaf....hopefully it will recover ...survive and thrive..... in shaa Allah...

Chrysothemis pulchella

I kept forgetting its name...so i decided to post it here... am sure after this i will not forget the name of this beautiful-carefree plant......very easy to grow...no pest problems...errmmm like it very much!!

Here is an interesting write up about this plant :

http://www.rhythmofnature.org/2012/12/chrysothemis-sunset-bells-flower.html  

Diospyros blancoi...

Diospyros blancoi/Mabolo(Kamagong-tree)/Velvet Apple/Butter Fruit/Buah Mentega......

It is a dioecious tropical tree that grows well in a diversity of soil, from the sea level to the 2,400 feet above sea level. Seed trees are normally planted 30 or 45 feet from each other; this one can be planted from 25 to 30 feet from each other. It needs a good distribution of rainfall through the year. Trees that were planted by seeds could take 6 or 7 years to give out fruit, but trees that were propagated by cuttings produce fruit in 3 or 4 years.
source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_Apple

...and i have just received my baby plant....from an ebay seller 7_heads (8885 )....thank you again 7_heads....have looked for it for some time...but not able to get it locally....I  had eaten the fruit when i was much much younger.....errmmm though some people may hate it.... i do like the taste.... here is a pic of my baby.....

At this late age I doubt i'd be able to taste its fruit....siiigghhh....but never mind...am planting it for my children and grandchildren....may they like this rare-not-available-in-the-market fruit....!!

Found some more interesting info about this 'almost-extinct-fruit-in-Malaysia' from these sites...it seems not only is the plant rather ornamental but it also has medicinal values as well...errmmm great....

http://theindianvegan.blogspot.com/2012/11/all-about-mabolo.html  

http://www.philippineherbalmedicine.org/mabolo.htm

Acidanthera/Gladiolus callianthus - second generation

My  Acidanthera/Gladiolus callianthus is blooming.....though not as proliferous ....not as prolific as those in the pics advertising or featuring it....i m very thankful!! I thought i had lost it....when i saw its leaves coming up and growing rather vigorously...i was attacked by doubts....was not very sure it was my Acidanthera making a come back after all the time that has lapsed.....since the laeves are vey similar to glad leaves....however i suspected it was it because though similar...the leaves are not exactly the same...glad leaves are thicker while Acidanthera's are thinner....only when it produces flower buds was i sure-for-sure...!!

Yes i m very thankful although today only 1 flower has bloomed...well a few more buds are waiting their turn....errmm the fragrance..? Not as strong as claimed ....again i suppose it may be due to soil and geographical conditions...