The Last Photo, April 2021
Chanced upon these little flowers meandering my way through the Gallop extension of the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Anyone have any idea what flower they are?
This post is my contribution to
- The Last Photo hosted by Brian at Bushboy’sWorld
- Life in Colour hosted by Jude at TravelWords
- Six Word Saturday hosted by Debbie at TravelWithIntent
Note: these purple flowers are Common senduduk (Melastoma malabathricum), also known as Singapore rhododendron), a shrub native to Singapore; it took a while to find out but thank you for those who thought about it …. it inspired me to keep looking.
Touring My Backyard 
Seems like tiny sparks are pouring out of those Singapore rhododendrons 🙂
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Arent’t those fun? I think they are filaments of the flowers!
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Love your purple flowers and I confess to a flash of envy when I saw your shoes. I’ve had two pairs from Saucony – they are so comfy, but I always manage to rub a hole in the meshy toe in at least one shoe.
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I hear you! The toe box is where I scuff first!!!!
Thank you for stopping in for a visit Susan!
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I can’t help you either, but I do think they are beautiful.
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Thanks for giving it a think! I can’t seem to google it either … I will keep looking!
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Finally found it: Singapore Rhododendron
https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/2/2/2221
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No idea, sorry!
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Not to worry, Sue … I might have to stop a gardener and ask – I feel bad interrupting their work, but it looks like it has to be done in this case.
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Mystery solved: Singapore Rhododendron
https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/2/2/2221
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Well, it surely won’t interrupt them for long!
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That’s a nifty bit of combining challenges, Ju-Lyn 🙂 🙂
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Hee hee! Thanks Jo. Sometimes I feel it’s a little cheeky to do log into so many challenges with one post … but sometimes it just all seems to fall together!
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I don’t. But they sure are pretty.
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Thanks Laurie! I will keep looking ….
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Google finally bore fruit: Singapore Rhododendron
https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/2/2/2221
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