Photo of the day: Wax Tree
I spotted this large cluster of tiny bean-like fruit while walking along Bowen Road. Thanks to tree and arboreal expert […]
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 […]
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; […]
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 […]
Hong Kong, Sydney
Specie: Jacaranda (jacaranda mimosifolia) Location: Pacific Place 3 I had one of the most surreal experiences last November when I […]
Yellow Silk
Specie: Silk Oak (grevillea robusta) Location: Wanchai Park, Hollywood Road Park Ever since I came across my first Silk Oak […]
Rosy Trumpets
Specie: Rosy Trumpet Tree (tabebuia rosea) Location: Wong Ngai Chung Road and Link Road, Happy Valley; Perkins Road, Jardin’s Lookout […]
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 […]
2 passions
Specie: various Location: various In recent years, I discovered two passions that luckily go together like peanut butter and jelly, […]
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 […]
