It's Summer

Flowers blooming everywhere.

The Heliconia Hirsuta Chumaniana.

Heliconias are native mostly to South America.

They belong to the Heliconiaceae family, which has more than 200 species.

Also blooming beautifully are the Heliconia Amercian Dwarfs.

American Dwarf have orange, black tipped flowers

SkyTerrace BTO

Sky Terrace has peaked.

The terraces joining the blocks are linked.

 The cranes are being dismantled.

The lucky new residents are eagerly waiting for the keys.

The Ixora Bloom

Ixora is a genus in the Rubiaceae family and flowers in the summer.

There are 500 types of Ixora. Commonly found on parks pavement is the Ixora Javanica.

 

 

Ixora is native to the tropical areas throughout the world, more common in tropical Asia.

The Amaryllis

Amaryllis and Hippeastrum plants are related and come from the tropics and sub-tropic, have large stalks and trumpet-shaped flowers. They are a genus in the amaryllidaceae family which comprises almost 100 species.

Hymenocallis

The Hymenocallis species has scented, crisp white flowers: with long spidery petals. Hymenocallis come from Central and South America.

The bulbs are now in bloom along Singapore roads.

And yes, as a reminder from Shivani, the architecture of Dubai Burj Khalifa features a triple-lobed footprint, an abstraction of the Hymenocallis flower.

Oldies but Goodies

Matured, aged but still the classic performers.

As General Macarthur said, old soldiers never die, they just fade away.

And riding into the sunset...

After the Rain

During the dought at the beginning of 2014.

The dried leafless trees.

The straw-brown drought-stressed grass.

After two months of dry rainless days.

The trees bloom. The grass turn a lush green.

The Trumpet Tree, scientific name Tabebuia Rosea, bloom gloriously making up for lost time.

This tree is known for its impressive flowering display, where the entire tree is spectacularly covered in blossoms.

This takes place in April and August, usually after a dry spell.

Exhaust In The Sky

The contrail from the jet plane occurs above 8,000 metre.

Some contrails stop and start. This is due to the plane flying into a layer of low humidity.

In view of the downing of Malaysia Airline MH17 which was cruising at 9,000 metre, attention has been directed to the BUK Missile System which can hit aircrafts flying at over 15,000 metre.

The system cannot tell the difference between civilian and military aircrafts. As the MH17 disaster proves, the weapon in the hands of "thuggish militants" should send chills down the spine of air travellers.