Anthurium

These are spectacular flowers - the anthurium - and not easy to grow, but these are all flowering at the house where I am house sitting.  In fact there are several plants and they all have several flowers on each plant.

It is my duty to keep these flowers alive and well - and they sit on a small table on the back deck, for the moment looking very healthy.

Heliconia and Ginger Flowers

I have long been a lover of Heliconia and Ginger flowers - and as we live in a subtropical area, they grow quite well, although this last season they did not do very well as we have had so little rain. They love rain - heat and high humidity, and barely flower without the optimum conditions.

Singapore is great for these flowers as well as Orchids and while we were there we say many of them.

We went for a long walk around the Singapore Botanical Gardens which are spectacular -

this one is one of the wonderful single ginger flower.

Thai Tulip or Curcuma

This flower fascinates me. At one stage I thought of growing it commercially, but couldn;t get the support of my flower growing partners. I think it would grow easily here, especially if we got our summer rains. One drawback is that it only flowers once a year, and we are used to plants flowering non stop all year round.

They are a member of the ginger plant family.

I do have some in my garden.

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