Archive for February, 2008
Catharanthus roseus
29 February 2008, Flower
You know this flower as Madagascar periwinkle or rose periwinkle. Catharanthus roseus is the botanical name for this flower. Here, in Indonesia, we call this flower as tapak dara.
Wikipedia wrote that the extract have been used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat numerous diseases like diabetes, malaria and Hodgkin’s disease.
This plant is easy to grow [...]
Butterfly Plant
26 February 2008, Plant
I had search the internet for this plant name but didn’t found anything that refer to this one. The leaves looks like a Christia obcordata or vespertilionis, but I think it’s different.
We - in Indonesia - usually call it bunga kupu-kupu or butterfly plant/flower in English - because the leaves are really look like a [...]
Zamioculcas zamifolia
17 February 2008, Plant
I bought this one from a seller who passed in front of my house. He told me this plant name as pohon dollar or dollar tree in English. I wonder where they get that name for this plant. Later, I know this plant name is Zamioculcas zamifolia and in some websites known as money tree.
What [...]
Aloha!
06 February 2008, Note
This is my first time post here. I made this blog, so I can write up anything and share with you about my daily life with flowers and plants on my small garden - in a suburb near Jakarta, Indonesia.
I hope, you will enjoy reading this blog and looking at some pictures here - as [...]
Catharanthus roseus
29 February 2008, FlowerYou know this flower as Madagascar periwinkle or rose periwinkle. Catharanthus roseus is the botanical name for this flower. Here, in Indonesia, we call this flower as tapak dara.
Wikipedia wrote that the extract have been used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat numerous diseases like diabetes, malaria and Hodgkin’s disease.
This plant is easy to grow [...]
Butterfly Plant
26 February 2008, PlantI had search the internet for this plant name but didn’t found anything that refer to this one. The leaves looks like a Christia obcordata or vespertilionis, but I think it’s different.
We - in Indonesia - usually call it bunga kupu-kupu or butterfly plant/flower in English - because the leaves are really look like a [...]
Zamioculcas zamifolia
17 February 2008, PlantI bought this one from a seller who passed in front of my house. He told me this plant name as pohon dollar or dollar tree in English. I wonder where they get that name for this plant. Later, I know this plant name is Zamioculcas zamifolia and in some websites known as money tree.
What [...]
Aloha!
06 February 2008, NoteThis is my first time post here. I made this blog, so I can write up anything and share with you about my daily life with flowers and plants on my small garden - in a suburb near Jakarta, Indonesia.
I hope, you will enjoy reading this blog and looking at some pictures here - as [...]
