Update On Labu Manis (Pumpkin)
After 12 days of sowing the seed of labu manis which I bought at pasar malam for the purpose of cooking sayur air, this is how the leaves look like, very green and healthy. But check out 3 days later, a bad and evil grasshopper (as reported by Mr...
Jambu Laut – Syzygium grandis
I was browsing some of my last year vacation pictures when I found this plant. It is called jambu laut or sea apple. The scientific name is Syzygium grandis. When we arrived at the beach resort, we were given welcome drinks. The fried keropok lekor which is a signature...
Henna – Revisited
For those interested to know the facts about henna, please refer to my previous post about it here – Henna – Lawsonia inermis. When I moved to the new house, I brought the henna plant in the pot along. It grew quite well until up to a point where...
Asplenium australasicum – Bird’s Nest Fern
It took me some times to identify the name of this plant. I only know it as Bird’s Nest Fern. But when I did some research, there are actually many species. I hope I get it correctly after reading the description on the page of Australian Native Plants Society...
Aloe Vera – A.barbadensis Mill
I’m sure many of us are very familiar with these Aloe Vera plants. While researching for this entry, I found out that it actually belongs to lily family. The species also has many synonyms : A. barbadensis Mill., Aloe indica Royle, Aloe perfoliata L. var. vera and A. vulgaris...
Henna – Lawsonia inermis
I took this picture of my henna plant in January and totally forgot about it. Browsing through my whole year of picture collections make me realize that I never mention about Henna in my gardening blog. As a person who love arts and craft, I also love the art...
Mother In Law’s Tongue – Sansevieria trifasciata
At first when I edited the picture of this Lidah Mak Mertua plant, I thought it belongs to dracaena family. But after searching for the info, I realized that it is a species of Sansevieria plants. It is also known as snake plant because of the shape of the...
Dracaena
I am sure this is one of the dracaena genus but I still couldn’t find the exact name of it. I have checked in my The Complete Guide to Houseplants book but I couldn’t figure out if this belongs to Dracena Sanderiana or Dracaena Reflexa Variegata. When I first...