HK trees 04: Golden Shower
Specie: Golden Shower Scientific name: cassia fistula Genus: Cassia Family: FABACEAE sub-family: Caesalpinioideae Chinese name: 臘腸樹, 豬腸豆 Location: HKU Pokfulam […]
Tai Kwun
Species: Candlenut Tree, Mango Tree, Rose Frangipani, Hoop Pine, Dragon Tree Location: Tai Kwan, Central Tai Kwun, literally ‘big hall’ […]
HK trees 01: Lance-leaved Sterculia
Specie: Lance-leaved Sterculia Scientific name: sterculia lanceolata Genus: Sterculia Specie family: STERCULIACEAE Chinese name: 假蘋婆 / 七姐果 Location: Bowen Road; […]
Symbiosis
Specie: Camphor tree OVT Registrar: LCSD CW/68 Location: Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens (on the path leading from the […]
Sakura
Species: Sour cherry trees (prunus), Weeping cherry tree, (prunus pendula maxim), Crab Apple (malus halliana), Dwarf Crab Apple (malus micromalus) […]
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 […]
Gorgeous yellow cows
Specie: Yellow Cow Wood (cratoxylum cochinchinense) 黃牛木 Location: Hong Kong Botanical and Zoological Garden, path towards exit to the Church […]
A study in Yellow
Specie: Peltophorum tonkinense Location: Wong Nai Chung Road, Victoria Park When I first started to learn about trees, particularly their […]
Yellow Silk
Specie: Silk Oak (grevillea robusta) Location: Wanchai Park, Hollywood Road Park Ever since I came across my first Silk Oak […]
Friendly neighbourhood spider…
Specie: Spider Tree (creteva unilocularis) Old and Valuable tree: LCSD WCH/15 Location: Wan Chai Park There are plenty of flowering […]
Sacred
Specie: Sacred Fig/Peepul Tree (ficus religiosa) Location: Roof terrace, IFC Mall The Sacred Fig, known locally as the Peepul Tree, […]
Red Cotton
Specie: Cotton Tree (bombax ceiba) Location: Green Lane, Happy Valley; various One of my favourite tree species in Hong Kong […]
Gold Trumpets
Specie: Golden Trumpet (tabebuia chrysantha 黃花風鈴木) Location: Central Harbour Front Promenade, Kowloon Park, Bowen Road Park, Wanchai Gap Park, Victoria […]
Mangoes!
Specie: Mango Tree (mangifera indica 杧果) Location: Hong Kong Park, various There are mangoes in Hong Kong! While mangoes are […]
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 […]
John Denver’s Wanchai tree
Specie: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa 榕樹) Location: Wanchai, Johnston Road, corner of Luard Road, and corner of Wan Chai Road […]
