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Update: 2-faced Banyan in peril
Jan 18, 2021 Leave a Comment by urbantreelover Chinese Banyan

Update: 2-faced Banyan in peril

2 views of the same Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa), on Caine Road and Hospital Road. Recent reports said this particular […]

Symbiosis
Jul 12, 2018 1 Comment by urbantreelover Camphor tree

Symbiosis

Specie: Camphor tree OVT Registrar: LCSD CW/68 Location: Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens (on the path leading from the […]

A Horsetail in Stanley
May 9, 2018 Leave a Comment by urbantreelover Horsetail tree (Casuarina equisetifolia)

A Horsetail in Stanley

Specie: Horsetail tree (casuarina equisetifolia) Old and Valuable Tree registrar: ARCHSD S/2 Location: Stanley Village Road, above Stanley Market The […]

Friendly neighbourhood spider…
Apr 25, 2018 Leave a Comment by urbantreelover Old and valuable trees of Hong Kong

Friendly neighbourhood spider…

Specie: Spider Tree (creteva unilocularis) Old and Valuable tree: LCSD WCH/15 Location: Wan Chai Park There are plenty of flowering […]

Red Cotton
Apr 6, 2018 5 Comments by urbantreelover Cotton trees

Red Cotton

Specie: Cotton Tree (bombax ceiba) Location: Green Lane, Happy Valley; various One of my favourite tree species in Hong Kong […]

Hong Kong Corals
Feb 24, 2018 Leave a Comment by urbantreelover Coral Tree (erythrina variegata 刺桐)

Hong Kong Corals

Specie: Coral Tree (erythrina variegata 刺桐) Old and Valuable tree: LCSD WCH/36 Location: Victoria Park, Causeway Bay (near the tennis […]

King George V’s Banyans
Feb 7, 2018 Leave a Comment by urbantreelover Chinese Banyan

King George V’s Banyans

Specie: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa 細葉榕) Old and Valuable tree listing: ARCHSD CW/11 to CW/23 Location: King George V Memorial […]

Two dead trees
Jan 22, 2018 1 Comment by urbantreelover Chinese Banyan

Two dead trees

Species: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa), Indian Rubber Tree (ficus elastica) – DECEASED AND REMOVED Old and valuable tree of Hong […]

Wounded giant
Jan 19, 2018 3 Comments by urbantreelover Indian Rubber tree

Wounded giant

Specie: Indian Rubber Tree (ficus elastica 印度榕) Old and Valuable tree: ARCHSD: WCH/2 Location: entrance of Ho Tung Secondary School, […]

2 passions
Jan 13, 2018 1 Comment by urbantreelover Hiking

2 passions

Specie: various Location: various  In recent years, I discovered two passions that luckily go together like peanut butter and jelly, […]

4 Frangipanis
Jan 13, 2018 3 Comments by urbantreelover Frangipani

4 Frangipanis

Specie: Frangipani (plumeria rubra) 雞蛋花 Old and Valuable tree: LCSD SSP/3-6 Location: Shum Shui Po Park Frangipanis are relatively common […]

Crawler
Jan 6, 2018 Leave a Comment by urbantreelover Chinese Banyan

Crawler

Specie: Big-leaved Fig Old and Valuable tree: HYD WCH/2 Location: Kennedy Road and Stone Nullah Lane Just on the side […]

Two-faced Banyan
Jan 4, 2018 1 Comment by urbantreelover Chinese Banyan

Two-faced Banyan

Specie: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa) Old and Valuable tree: HYD CW/5 Location: Caine Road minibus stop near Ladder St. This […]

Pincushion
Nov 23, 2017 Leave a Comment by urbantreelover Alexandra Palm

Pincushion

Specie: Pincushion Tree (nauclea orientalis) Location: Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens In an earlier post about the ‘octopus’ camphor tree that […]

The Cathedral on the Peak
Oct 30, 2017 1 Comment by urbantreelover Hiking

The Cathedral on the Peak

Specie: Indian Rubber Tree (ficus elastica) OVT Registrar: LCSD CW/134 Location: Lugard Road, Victoria Peak Indian Rubber Trees are quite common […]

Leaning tower
Oct 29, 2017 Leave a Comment by urbantreelover Chinese Banyan

Leaning tower

Specie: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa) OVT Registrar: ARCHSD CW/10 Location: Conduit Road, opposite Skyline Mansion (No. 51) Everybody knows the […]

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