Posted in Plants and Garden, tagged Aquatic Plants, Goldfish, Setting up Natural Environment, Water Garden on November 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We have several gold fish outdoor in a big tub and a water fountain. They live healthy and happy in a natural setting without modern filtering system or chemicals added into the water.
Keeping water garden in form of an aquarium or man made pond today rely on technology supports such as chemicals to remove traces of unwanted chlorine [...]
Posted in Plants and Garden, tagged Fruit and Tree, Garden Plant, Invasive, Loquat on November 16, 2009 | 9 Comments »
There is this loquat tree next door that hangs over our front garden along the driveway. Though this small tree is quite attractive with its compact rounded shape and glossy large foliage, I have come into conclusion that it is annoyingly invasive. The problem is that the people next door don’t pick the fruits and [...]
Posted in Plants and Garden, tagged Gardenia, White Fragrant Flower on November 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
When summer is approaching and the gardenias are blooming, the heat of a slightly balmy evening heightens the sweet sensuous fragrance. I don’t know why, but I think the best perfumed flowers are white in colour, like for examples Jasmine and Tuberose.
http://kiyanti2008.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/jasmine-flower/
http://kiyanti2008.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/tuberose/
Gardenia is native to the tropics and subtropics of Africa, southern Asia, Australasia and [...]
Posted in Plants and Garden, tagged Colourful flowers, Epiphyllum, Gardening, Jungle Cacti, Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri, Zygocactus on November 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Most cactus plants originally grow in sandy desert, but the moist and humid forests in South America have their very own species. Most of them, in natural environment live as epiphytic plants that grow in tree or rock crevices.
There are many species of jungle cacti and the most common name for them is “Holiday Cacti” [...]
Posted in Plants and Garden, tagged Crassula ovata, Jade, Money Tree, Plants, Succulent on November 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
One day my hubby said that I should trim the fat plants along the driveway. Ha….. fat plants? I had no idea what he was talking about. Actually, he was talking about Jade plants. Why? He reckoned because it had rounded fleshy leaves and thick fat soft trunks.
Jade plant is also commonly known as lucky [...]
Posted in Plants and Garden, tagged Plant, Genista racemosa, Yellow flowers, Hardy on October 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If you love bright yellow flowers, Genista racemosa can be the plant for you to grow. Last year’s long drought in Victoria (Australia) did not affect the performance of this tough plant. Now during the Australian spring time, it is showing off masses of pealike blooms that cover the whole plant. I have shaped it [...]
Posted in Plants and Garden, tagged Cymbidium, My new Orchid Collection, Plant, Sarah Jean 'Ice Cascade' on October 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Few weeks ago, there was a stand from one of Orchids Societies/Clubs in Brandon Park Shopping Centre (Melbourne, Australia). There were many displays of the contest winning orchids which were not for sale, but they also sold other orchids which were mostly cymbidium varieties.
I wish I could grow orchids as good as those people. Only [...]
Posted in Plants and Garden, tagged Front yard and Back yard, My garden, Spring 2009 on October 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Spring here in Victoria, Australia is coming although it seems to be reluctant to warm up quickly. So far it was more cold days than the warm ones. Now it is grey and drizzly.
At last the back garden is done now. It took us few months to rearrange everything as I only did it when [...]
Posted in Plants and Garden, tagged Beligo (winter melon), Labu botol (bottle gourd), Plant on October 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Waktu berkunjung kerumah saudara di Solo, kulihat dirumah mereka ada beligo alias si-labu genit. Mereka bilang sedang musim dan harganya murah. Waktu melihat beligo yang seperti dibedakin seputih wajahnya Geisha itu aku langsung ingat blog-ku dulu mengenai jenis labu ini. Dibawah ini adalah link untuk membaca blog tentang beligo alias winter melon:
http://kiyanti2008.wordpress.com/2009/01/16/winter-melon/
Memang banyak jenis labu-labuan, tapi yang [...]
Posted in Plants and Garden, tagged Changing Colour, Cymbidium, Gardening, Orchid, Plant on September 14, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Help! My Cymbidium orchid is turning green this year. I hate green flowers!
Last year I bought this Cymbidium orchid in Caribbean market (in Melbourne, Australia)and the colour was bright yellow with dark red throat. The reason I bought it because I liked the colour and also it was quite cheap in the market.
I don’t know [...]
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