Ground Morning Glory Singapore Flower

Its botanical name is Convolvulus Sabatius. Ground Morning Glory, is a small, trailing perennial bearing trumpet-shaped vibrant blue-purple flowers. Light blue funnel-shaped flowers bloom throughout the year. The slender stems are clothed with small, oval, mid-green leaves. Convolvulus Sabatius is excellent in crevices between rocks. Ground Morning Glory can brighten your house without garden in a hanging basket where it can spill over an edge.

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Sentosa Merlion

Located in Sentosa Island, Singapore, Sentosa Merlion is an enduring icon of Singapore that's half-lion and half-fish. Climb to the crown and you’ll be rewarded with a spectacular 360 deg view of Sentosa and a glimpse of the dazzling city skyline. Back on the ground, take a beautiful walk along the Merlion Walk, a 120-metre-long Gaudi-inspired mosaic walkway.

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Phalaenopsis Pink Orchid

Phalaenopsis usually have 3-6 very broad, somewhat floppy leaves that alternate. The flower spike comes from between these leaves.
The flowers on Phalaenopsis can be any color, including white, pink, yellow, striped or splotched. Flowers are usually 2-4 inches in diameter and bloom on a spike that may be 12-18 inches in length.

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Phalaenopsis Yellow Orchid

Phalaenopsis are thick-leaved plants with elegant, arching sprays of blooms that can be seen in so many design magazines and sitting on coffee tables. There are about 60 true species of phalaenopsis; they are native to tropical Asian countries. These plants have been extensively hybridized, and there are thousands of phalaenopsis hybrids, ranging from the stark, classic white hybrid (often called a moth orchid) to jewel-like miniatures with clouds of yellow and candy pink blooms.

Phalaenopsis do not like direct sunlight and will scorch.  A well-grown phalaenopsis will have darker green leaves on top and streaks of red or burgundy on the undersides.

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Happy Mother's Day

To all the lovely, beautiful and gorgeous mummies! A special pink flower to celebrate Happy Mother's Day, just for you!!

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Suspended Rose Singapore Flower

Roses are a popular crop for both domestic and commercial cut flowers. Generally they are harvested and cut when in bud, and held in refrigerated conditions until ready for display at their point of sale.

In temperate climates, cut roses are often grown in glasshouses, and in warmer countries they may also be grown under cover in order to ensure that the flowers are not damaged by weather and that pests and disease control can be carried out effectively. Significant quantities are grown in some tropical countries, and these are shipped by air to markets across the world.

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Rose Singapore Flower

Roses are shrubs or scandent shrubs, cultivated or wild. Theirs stems are often armed with prickles, their leaves are composed and theirs flowers are more or less fragrant and multicolor. They belong to the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae.

There are over 100 different species of roses, both cultivated and wild. The flowers of the rose grow in a rainbow of colors, from the well-known red rose to yellow roses and even white roses.

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Zinnia Singapore Flower

Zinnias are one of the easiest annuals to grow and bloom heavily. They make a massive burst of color in the garden. Zinnias have bright, solitary, daisy-like flowerheads on a single, erect stem. The flowers have a range of appearances, from a single row of petals, to a dome shape, with the colors white, yellow, orange, red, purple, and lilac.

Zinnias are popular garden flowers, usually grown from seed, and preferably in fertile, humus-rich, and well-drained soil, in an area with full sun.

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Torenia Singapore Flower

Torenia is a genus of plants in the snapdragon family, Scrophulariaceae. Its common names are Wishbone Flower, Clown Flower and Bluewings.

Torenia is an annual flower that thrives in shade and hot, humid weather. Leaves are oval or heart-shaped. The flowers look a bit like open-faced snapdragons with prominent markings on the petals. The most predominant color has been blue flowers, but newer varieties are pink, rose, light blue, and white.

Torenia has tubular flowers with two lips. The lower lip is divided into three lobes, often with a bright, yellow dot in the center lobe.

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Dianthus Singapore Flower

Most dianthus have pink, red, or white flowers with notched petals. Sweet Williams are biennial or short-lived perennials covered with bicolor flowers in late spring. Pinks are low-growing dianthus suitable for rock gardens. Carnations are taller and good for bouquets but tend to be less hardy than other dianthus.

The flowers have five petals, typically with a frilled or pinked margin, and are pale to dark pink. Dianthus blooms may be single or double, but all have the same jagged edged petals.

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Red Rose Singapore Flower

A rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing or trailing with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds.

Roses are best known as ornamental plants grown for their flowers in the garden and sometimes indoors.

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Hydrangea Singapore Flower

Hydrangeas are popular ornamental plants, grown for their large flowerheads. In many species, the flowerheads contain two types of flowers, small fertile flowers in the middle of the flowerhead, and large, sterile bract-like flowers in a ring around the edge of each flowerhead.

In most species the flowers are white, but in some specie can be blue, red, pink, light purple, or dark purple. The colors of some Hydrangeas flowers are affected by the relative availability of aluminum ions in the soil. Acidic soils with a pH of less than 5.5 produce blue flowers; soils with a pH greater than 5.5 product pink flowers. White flowers are not affected by pH.

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Dracaena Marginata Colorama Singapore Plant

This plant's common name is Colorama Dracaena or Madagascar Dragon Tree.

The Dracaena marginata leaves are long, linear, narrow, attached to the stem without a stalk. The cultivar 'Colorama' has green leaves with red-pink stripes on the margins, midrib and either side of the midrib.The stems or trunks usually are un-branched when young, eventually branching when mature to form spreading, vase-shaped trees.

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Vinca Rosea Singapore Flower

With the botanical name Catharanthus roseus, vinca rosea is also commonly called Madagascar periwinkle, rose periwinkle and cape periwinkle. Vinca rosea prefers poor, unfertile soil. Vinca rosea has a glossy, deep green, oval leaf and blooms with long-lasting, five-petal pink, lilac or white flowers.

As far back as medieval times, Vinca Rosea has been used as a charm and for love potions. Garlands were once fashioned from the flowers to protect the wearer from evil spirits, while the French came to see vinca rosea as an emblem of friendship. Today, many still believe in the spiritual power of vinca rosea.

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Melastoma Singapore Flower

Also known as Himalayan Melastome, it is a genus in the family Melastomataceae. It has about 50 species distributed around Southeast Asia, India, and Australia. Many species have been planted around the world for the aesthetic value of their bright purple flowers.

Himalayan Melastome is a bristly haired shrub growing up to 5 m. Leaves are broadly lance-like with 3 prominent parallel viens, and are bristly haired beneath. Pinkish-mauve flowers, 5 cm across, occur in clusters at the end of branches. Sepals are feathery-haired and long lance-like. The flowers have 5 obovate petals. Identifying feature are the 10 stamens, 5 long curved, with purple anthers, and 5 short, with yellow anthers.
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Yellow Canna Singapore Flower

Cannas are tropical and subtropical flowering plants with large, banana like leaves. They add an instant touch of the tropics to gardens. A surge in interest and hybridizing has resulted in a dazzling array of cannas to choose from.

Cannas are often grown from their foliage alone. The flowers come in shades and combinations of yellow, orange, red and pink and are borne on tall stalks coming out of the foliage.

Cannas grow from swollen underground stems, correctly known as rhizomes, which store starch, and this is the main attraction of the plant to agriculture, having the largest starch particles of all plant life.

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Ashanti Blood Singapore Flower

Its botanical name is Mussaenda erythrophylla, also commonly known as Ashanti Blood, Red Flag Bush and Tropical Dogwood.

The bracts of the shrub may have different shades, including red, rose, white, pale pink or some mixtures. Mussaenda erythrophylla grows best in warmly temperate or subtropical areas. In its natural habitat the shrub may scramble up to 10 m. The star-like flowers of the shrub are 10 mm in diameter and have single, modified sepal.

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Purple Philippine Ground Orchid

Its botanical name is Spathoglottis plicata, a species of terrestrial orchid found from tropical and subtropical Asia to the western Pacific. It is the type species of the genus Spathoglottis. It is commonly known as the Philippine Orchid, Philippine Ground Orchid, or Large Purple Orchid.

The flowers have 5, oval-shaped, pink, purple, or white tepals (2 side petals and 3 petal-like sepals) and a similarly colored, spade-shaped labellum. The flowers are followed by 6-ribbed seed capsules that split open to release the minute, dustlike seeds into the air.

The leaves are long (up to 3 feet), bright green, and pleated. They resemble palm leaves. The flowers bloom year round from the top of the plants stem (about 3 feet tall). The flowers range from white, pink, and purple. This plant can be grown in the ground or in a container. It prefers full to partial sun. This plant attracts butterflies and hummingbirds!

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Euphorbia Lactea Singapore Flower

Euphorbia lactea cristata or Elkhorn is a crested form with intricately undulating fan-shaped branches forming a snaky ridge or crowded cluster. The more common crested form is dark green attractively marked with silver-grey zigzag patterns. This plant is now available in a large number of picturesque variegated cultivars ranging in colour from white to, yellow, pink, violet and green.

As with all other Euphorbias when a plant get damaged it exudes a thick white milky sap known as latex. This latex  is poisonous and particularly dangerous for the eyes, skin and mucous membranes. So pay extreme attention not to get any in your eyes or mouth.  Cultivated plants must be handled carefully.

Where to Buy: Far East Flora
Suggested Retail Price: SGD $118 per pot

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Medinilla Singapore Flower

Medinillas bear panicles of flowers that resemble clusters of small grapes, which stand out against attractive dark green foliage. Some medinillas have showy bracts which resemble flower petals.

Medinillas are evergreen shrubs in their native habitat. The leaves contribute to the tropical look of this plant, growing up to 14 inches in length. Leaves are ribbed, and moderately succulent.

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