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, Pacific […]
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 […]
Hong Kong, Sydney
Specie: Jacaranda (jacaranda mimosifolia) Location: Pacific Place 3 I had one of the most surreal experiences last November when I […]
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, […]
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 […]
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
Specie: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa 細葉榕) Old and Valuable tree listing: ARCHSD CW/11 to CW/23 Location: King George V Memorial […]
Pretty in scarlet
Specie: Rhodoleia (rhodesia championii 紅花荷) Location: Lugard Road (next to the Indian Rubber Tree and Mount Austin Road next to […]
Climbing walls
Specie: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa 榕樹) Location: top of Eastern Road (leading to Bonham Road); top of Honiton Road (leading […]
Hidden dragon
Specie: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa 榕樹) Location: Tai Hang Road (opposite the entryway to Wang Fung Terrace) Sometimes photos just […]
Two dead trees
Species: Chinese Banyan (ficus microcarpa), Indian Rubber Tree (ficus elastica) – DECEASED AND REMOVED Old and valuable tree of Hong […]
7 1/2 frangipanis
Specie: Frangipani (plumeria rubra 雞蛋花) Location: St Paul’s College, Bonham Road Somehow, every time I come across some extraordinary trees […]
Star of Africa
Specie: African Tulip tree (spathodea campanulata 火焰木) Location: end of Wun Sha Street, Tai Hang; Wanchai; edge of the tennis […]
