Banana

Finally after about 2 years of growing, the banana tree is fruiting and it's a big bunch of banana.

Tradescantia zebrina

A pot of this plant was given to me by a kind GCS member when she had to leave Singapore for her studies. The plant I received had the leaves cascading about 3-4 feet down. I trimmed them and tried to repot and root them in hanging pots to grow at my landing. However they didn't do well. Some months ago I planted the rest of the cuttings onto the Roselle planter bed as a cover plant. They are growing well and lush under direct sunlight for about 4-6 hours and have alredy covered up the entire planter bed. I think it's about time to trim them down.

Cymbopogon nardus

This is what they look like after about 6 mths of growth in the ground. I dug up a plot and gave some away. They look like the lemon grass plant. However when the stalks are examined the characteristic redness of the stalks show that they are the cymbopogon nardus. Lemon grass stalks are whitish in color.

Jade Bittergourd Update

The vine is bearing fruits. The last time I took a peak at it, I saw this set up .... someone has already laid claim on two of the fruits ... LOL and you know I never cover the fruits this way.

Adenium Update 6th Mth.

These had been fed a round of chix poo . The caudex of each are definitely getting fatter by the day and they are as thick as my right thumb and fingers ... LOL

Bittergourd

Out of the six seeds I got from a forumer only one managed to survive this far. The leaves are large so I guess this would be the normal sized fruit. Now I wonder if it's the Jade or the Green fruit I will be getting. Stay tune!

Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes ventrata)

I saved this pitcher some time ago from a certain death due to neglect at the Passion fruit canopy. I cut off all the dead and dying stems and pitchers and left the entire pot hanging at a new area in the fruit trees area where I built the hanging pot frame. I just kept watering the pot for a couple of months. Slowly and surely I see new stems growing and with them new pitchers too and these pitchers are red due to the sunlight that they are getting from this spot. I also tried propagating the plant using stem cuttings and these are also pitchering in my home. However the pitchers in my bright balcony are green in color and lack the redness that I see in the pitchers in the CG.