crepe ginger (Cheilocostus speciosus)

This is another kind of wild ginger, crepe ginger (Cheilocostus speciosus).


Costus speciosus or crepe ginger is possibly the best known cultivated species of the genus Costus. This plant is native to southeast Asia, especially on the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. Costus differs from the common ginger by having only one row of spirally arranged leaves.

The species reproduces vegetatively by rhizome and birds disperse seeds when they feed on the fruits.

While it is native to many Pacific Islands, it is an introduced invasive species on others, including the Cook Islands, Fiji, and Hawaii. It is cultivated in India for its medicinal uses and elsewhere as an ornamental.

 This was taken at the NTU executive centre.

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Watery Wednesday: Eels and swan

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"Eeny, meeny, miny, moe"
There are so many eels,
which shall I choose for my dinner?

Seen in Western Springs in Auckland New Zealand. Actually, I think the eels and swans co-exist.

I always take my visitors to Western Springs.

ruby red/rednesday: Archilles Point

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weekend Bridge :NTU

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Footbridge linking two spines of Nanyang Technological University.

Queen Anne's Lace

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Join Macro Flowers Saturday, a photo meme for macro photos and close-ups of flowers, garden flowers, wildflowers, blossoms, flowers with insects and butterflies (no insects without flowers), flowers with raindrops and whatever beautiful plants, plant seeds or berries you have, in close-up.

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I have become a queen. These beautiful plant grows wild in Mew Zealand and even on the verge of my footpath. I went to the Mangare area, and at the beach. There were fields and fields of them. I could have become rich if my water engineer had thee patience to wait for me to pluck these flowers. He was kind enough to wait while I took these flowers.

It is used by florist and bridal flowers.

Queen Anne's Lace has many edible parts. The flower tops can be added to salads, made into a jelly or dipped in batter and fried as fritters. The root and seeds can be dried and used as a tea. The roots have a carrot taste and can be used in salads or cooked like a green or vegetable. Also known as wild carrot.

Read more at Suite101: Queen Anne's Lace - Noxious Weed or Flower?: Learn the Many Uses of this Versatile Plant http://www.suite101.com/content/queen-annes-lace-noxious-weed-or-flower-a119991#ixzz1ALBthIVQ
Plant Profile

Queen Anne's Lace is indigenous to Europe but traveled to the United States in the colonial era and has taken a foothold in nearly all the states.

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Watery Wednesday: Hillsborough Beach

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When you are married to a water engineer for more than thirty years, parts of his interest and work is married to you too. We spend our holidays going to beaches and hydro electric dams.

He was very happy when I told him to take this photo so I can post it on my Watery Wednesday Post. Of course, I had to endure his lectures as well, like these rocks are sedimentary rocks etc which I kept quiet by not saying I learn this in High School. May be I could be his assistant at the university when he is traveling abroad. LOL

Ruby red/rednesday Calender

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This is the Chinese character Fu meaning prosperous. This is an auspicious word, and sometimes people hang it upside down.Upside down is a homonym for arrive in Chinese. That means Good fortune arrives according to some.

My parents were Christians and we didn't hang this.