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Saraca cauliflora
(Yellow Saraca)
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Family
: Leguminosae
Origin : Indo-China, Java,
Malaysia
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I am always fascinated by the bunches of flowers that adorn the Yellow
Saraca trees each time they flower. These trees are common in Singapore and I have photographed these
flowers in the Botanic Gardens, Bukit
Batok Park
and a small park in my housing estate. The clusters of tiny flowers attract
large bumble bees that flit from cluster to cluster.
Place: East Coast
Park (near
MacDonald’s)
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Schefflera
actinophylla
(Umbrella tree,
Octopus tree, Australian Ivy Palm)
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Family:
Araliacceae
Origin:
Tropical Australia, Papua New Guinea
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Where I have seen these trees – Botanic Gardens, near Sungei Buloh, Sentosa,
expressway near entrance to CTE tunnel.
These trees grow up to the height of
palm trees and do not flower often. Whenever I chance upon flowers high
above me I would reach for my camera and hope that I could take a good
picture of them. Most of the time I had to activate the zoom to the maximum
and usually in fading light with an auto setting, my pictures were less
than perfect. Nevertheless, I had a great time photographing these flowers,
getting better results each time. For me, the joy lies in trying to capture
nature’s beauty in the best way possible and
knowing that these images will hold precious memories when I view them in
future.
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