Photo of the day: Bodh Tree @ IFC Mall
Dug this photo up from about a year ago, just as contrast to the miserable weather today, when I also […]
Photo of the day: Chinese Banyan
One of many many stunning Chinese Banyans (ficus microcarpa) in Hong Kong. I never get tired of these magnificent trees […]
Revisiting Wendy’s Secret Garden
Location: Wendy’s Secret Garden,North Sydney Species: various Had a wonderful time again revisiting Wendy’s Secret Garden in North Sydney. Got […]
Sweet Gums of Yangmingshan
Specie: Sweet Gum Location: Yangmingshan Park, Taipei Yangmingshan is a mountain just north of Taipei in Taiwan. While there are […]
Townbuilders
Specie: London Plane (platanus × acerifolia) Location: Bath Spa, UK Having spent the last week in the UK, it is […]
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 03: Paperbark Tree
Specie: Paperbark Tree Scientific name: Melaleuca cajuputi Genus: Melaleuca Family: MYRTACEAE (myrtle) Chinese name: 白千層 Location: Kennedy Road, Jardine’s Lookout, […]
HK trees 02: Desmos Chinensis
Specie: Desmos Chinensis Scientific name: desmos chinensis Genus: Desmos Family: ANNONACEAE Chinese name: 假鷹爪, 酒餅葉 Location: Hillside below Robinson Road […]
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 […]
Africa, Happy Valley
Specie: African Tulip tree (spathodea campanulata 火焰木) Location: corner of Wong Nai Chung Road and Sing Woo Road, Happy Valley […]
A study in Yellow
Specie: Peltophorum tonkinense Location: Wong Nai Chung Road, Victoria Park When I first started to learn about trees, particularly their […]
