Gallery Cassia Surratensis

From Vivian B. Vivian, Germany, Nikon D300, July 29, 2014.





Thanks to Benigno Resurreccion for the right ID.

Gallery: Caladium bicolor

From Deedee Garrido-Granada, "Camauflage"

Week starting July 21, 2014

We have the following new additions to our growing list of indexed plants. Included are exotic plants which may or may not grow in the Philippines.


651 capsicum anuum-katumbal, sili, pepper
652 Oxalis debilis, Oxalis corymbosa,Oxalis martiana - three leafed clover, clover sorrel, pink woodsorrel, large flowered pink sorrel, lilac oxalis, pink shamrock, pink woodsorrel, violet woodsorrel
653 Sarracenia psittacina - Ericales/Sarraceniaceae
654 tropaeolum majus - "garden nasturtium, Indian cressm,monks cress"
655 Tacca leontopetaloides - Gau gau, kanobong, panarien, tambobon, tayobong, yabyaban
656 Actinodaphne hookeri - Pisa
657 Nervilia aragoana - tall shield orchid
658 Dioscorea transversa - Common yam vine, pencil yam
659 Allophylus edulis - Chal-chal; aperta-goela; chala-chala; fruta de pombo

660 Umbilicus oppositifolius, Chiastophyllum oppositifolium - lamb's tail, gold drop, Jim's pride, solar yellow, silver crown
661 Millittia Pinnata,Pongamia pinnata - Bagnei; Balikbalik; Balok; Balok-balok; Balotbalot; Baluk-baluk; Indian beech
662 Trollius pumilus - globe flower
663 Eryngium Giganteum - Miss Willmott's Ghost
664 rollius chinensis subsp macropetalus - globe flower
665 Bucida spinosa - Ming tree, Brier-tree, Prickly tree, Spiny Black Olive
666 Oldenlandia biflora - Dalumpang, Kaddok-na-kalinga, Palarapdap, Pisek, Two flower mille graines
667 Tillandsia Ionantha - Blushing bride airplant, sky plant
668 Cucurbita maxima
651 capsicum anuum-katumbal, sili, pepper
652 Oxalis debilis, Oxalis corymbosa,Oxalis martiana - three leafed clover, clover sorrel, pink woodsorrel, large flowered pink sorrel, lilac oxalis, pink shamrock, pink woodsorrel, violet woodsorrel
653 Sarracenia psittacina - Ericales/Sarraceniaceae
654 tropaeolum majus - "garden nasturtium, Indian cressm,monks cress"
655 Tacca leontopetaloides - Gau gau, kanobong, panarien, tambobon, tayobong, yabyaban
656 Actinodaphne hookeri - Pisa
657 Nervilia aragoana - tall shield orchid
658 Dioscorea transversa - Common yam vine, pencil yam
659 Allophylus edulis - Chal-chal; aperta-goela; chala-chala; fruta de pombo

660 Umbilicus oppositifolius, Chiastophyllum oppositifolium - lamb's tail, gold drop, Jim's pride, solar yellow, silver crown
661 Millittia Pinnata,Pongamia pinnata - Bagnei; Balikbalik; Balok; Balok-balok; Balotbalot; Baluk-baluk; Indian beech
662 Trollius pumilus - globe flower
663 Eryngium Giganteum - Miss Willmott's Ghost
664 rollius chinensis subsp macropetalus - globe flower
665 Bucida spinosa - Ming tree, Brier-tree, Prickly tree, Spiny Black Olive
666 Oldenlandia biflora - Dalumpang, Kaddok-na-kalinga, Palarapdap, Pisek, Two flower mille graines
667 Tillandsia Ionantha - Blushing bride airplant, sky plant
668 Cucurbita maxima - Carabaza, kalabasa,Kabasi , squash
669 Aglaonema crispum - Chinese eergreen, painted drop tongue
- Carabaza, kalabasa,Kabasi , squash
669 Aglaonema crispum - Chinese eergreen, painted drop tongue

Ficus carica in the Philippines!

Our Australian based member Timothy Thornton posted a photo of a ficus growing in
Ven Island, Sweden. That photo was posted on July 11, 2014. Here is a closeu photo of the common fig, which is very edible and is grown throughout Europe and Meditaranean countries.

I checked whether ficus carica grows in the Philippines, but a search on PythoImages yielded photos of the common ficus growing in Spain. Even the Philippine Plants.org site came up empty handed so we entered the plant index data in Around the World page.

Imagine my pleasant surprise when Yvonne Mamaril Peralta posted the following photo of the common fig tree:

The photo was taken in Panicsican, san Juan, La Union with a Samsung Galaxy Tab2, GT3-3100. This is a good proof that yes, ficus carica grows in the Philippines.