Gallery: caryota rumphiana, takipan.

This specimen photo is by Ivanhoe Arcilla, taken with a Canon 1200D in Virac Catanduanes. Identification provided by Benigno Resurreccion.

View more photos in Ivanhoe's album

Gallery: Citharexylum spinosum , fiddlewood tree, spiny fiddlewood.

This plant belongs to the order Lamiales and family Vrbenaceae. It produces nice looking flowers and can form dense thickets for borders. This specimen photo was taken by Lola Let with an Iphone5S in Jordan, Guimaras.



But beware! This plant can be very invasive, crowding out native Philippine species. The worst characteristic of this plant is that it has aggressive roots which may destroy utility pipes.

For further information, see Wikipedia and ISSG.org.

Gallery: Sessuvium portulacastrum

From the lens of Ivanhoe Arcilla's Canon 1200D camera, taken at Palnab, Camarines Sur.

Gallery: caladiums

Some caladiums were not indexed, we post their photos in this gallery for reference.

From Estela Julayco,

Gallery: Buhong dilau

Here is our current indexed photo of Buhong dilau, Schizostachyum zollingeri (Steud) by Evelyne S. Bautista, using a Samsung Note 3 smartphone.




Al Claud also posted a photo of buong dilau, using his Myphone Aqua smartphone camera.



Both photos above were taken in Negros Occidental.

Gallery: Living fossil plant , the ginkgo plant

This plant is a survivor from the ancient Permian age of 250 millions of years ago. Most of the current cultivated specimens thrive best in regions having winters. Our indexed specimen comes fro Californi, grown and photographed by Ela Ancheta.



Another ginkgo specimen is growing in Germany and was photographed by Vivian B. Vivian.

Pelargoneum graveolens, Malvarosa

I visited QCMC garden plant sales section and I saw this malvarosa herb. Photo taken with a Fujifilm H50exr superzoom camera.