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By Sandy, on March 8th, 2010
I have traveled so much in the past two months, to Cambodia as well as many places in Malaysia. Besides Kuala Lumper, Langkawi, Melaka, and Sabah, I also visited Putrajaya – the new Federal Government administrative center and future capital of Malaysia.
Frankly, in this current stage, Putrajaya hasn’t yet been tourist friendly enough. The city is still under development, guided by the strategic vision 2015, which is to turn Putrajaya into a well managed, vibrant, prosperous city.
 
Photos taken in a bus
Continue reading Putrajaya – City in the Garden
By Sandy, on February 17th, 2010
 After waiting for three months, I finally have a big bagful of Impatiens blossoms! Apparently, impatiens is very easy to maintain, and it grows well in shade. Since I planted the six young impatiens in November, I haven’t done much but only watered them every 5-10 days, depended on the weather. I would definitely . . . → Read More: My Impatiens in the Rubbish Bag are Blooming!
By Sandy, on February 15th, 2010
 
Since Narcissus flower blooms around lunar January, it is one of the most associated flowers with the Chinese New Year. The Chinese like to decorate their homes with this beautiful white Narcissus flower and wait in anticipation of its blossom, which symbolizes good luck and prosperity for the coming year. In addition, Narcissus has one of the sweetest fragrances! Continue reading Narcissus Blossom – An Important Symbol in Chinese New Year
By Sandy, on January 12th, 2010
Although members are restricted to cultivate plants other than bonsai trees in the bonsai workshop, Teacher Wong always keeps some flowering plants in the workshop for ornamental purposes. And now in the early winter, we have some big and beautiful Chrysanthemums with showy blossoms  Continue reading Beautiful Chrysanthemums
By Sandy, on January 8th, 2010
Have you ever bought a Spider Plant (aka Airplane Plant, botanical name: Chlorophytum comosum) that just never grows “baby spiders”, or runners, no matter how well you take care of it? Instead of questioning your method of watering or fertilizing your Spider Plant, may be first of all, you should examine your plant and check whether or not it really is a Spider Plant! Because instead of a Spider Plant, it could be a Bichetii Grass.
Bichetii Grass (aka False Lily Turf, Siam Lily, botanical name: Chlorophytum bichetii) is in the same genus as Spider Plant, a very common variegated form of Chlorophytum laxum. Continue reading Is It Really a Spider Plant? Or a Bichetii Grass?
By Sandy, on December 17th, 2009
In early November, I mounted one of my baby Vanda orchid on a piece of draftwood and the other on a rock, before hanging both orchids on my balcony (see post: My Hanging Vandas). A month has passed. I have noticed that the root system of the Vanda orchid that is mounted on the driftwood seems stronger and more vigorous than the one that is mounted on the rock.
This Vanda orchid likes the driftwood so much that its roots keep drilling into every corner and cracks of draftwood 
Continue reading My Hanging Vandas Updates
By Sandy, on December 15th, 2009
Last week, Teacher Wong, Gui, and I set up the greenhouse and planted over200 strawberry plants in containers.
 
In order to reuse the soil that was used for yellow-skin watermelons and cantaloupes in the greenhouse, Teacher Wong has adjusted the soil pH level, mixed in additional organic fertilizer, while leaving the soil heated under the sun in the greenhouse for several weeks.
 
These are the strawberry plants that we have planted in our greenhouse. I potted these strawberry plants around a month ago.
Continue reading Growing Strawberries in Container – Day 1
By Sandy, on December 11th, 2009
My Episcia Ronnie (aka Flame Violet) is growing very well. It has grown many stolons, with some of them getting pretty long, and starting to tie up with one another. To prevent my Episica Ronnie from growing into a tangled mess of stolons, I knew I better change the container and repot the plant as soon as possible.
A hanging basket would be nice for trailing plants like Episcia, but I couldn’t find a suitable place in my house where I could hang the plant  While I was puzzling over the new container problem for my Episcia, I saw a cool bike/trolley looking raised planter when I was shopping one day. Yes! This could solve my problem I thought, and so I bought it right away. Continue reading Episcia Ronnie on Bike
By Sandy, on December 3rd, 2009
Zinnia Elegans is a gorgeous choice for gardens. Zinnia comes in a wide variety of colors, and its large, bright blooms really give a garden a sense of cheer. There are even varieties of zinnia that are as jumbo as three feet in height! Moreover, Zinnia Elegans can easily be grown from seeds. All these factors make Zinnia a very popular flower in gardens.
Collecting seeds of Zinnia Elegans is fairly easy. As the blooms fade, air dry the flowers by hanging them upside down.
 
(Left: Zinnia seeds that are not yet ripened Right: ripe Zinnia seeds)
Continue reading Zinnia Elegans: Collecting and Saving Seeds
By Sandy, on November 30th, 2009
 
As said in an earlier post, my Hoya Kerrii had grown a new leaf. But unlike the other leaves of my Hoya Kerrii, this one was all in green. While I was wondering if the edge of the leaf would somehow turn yellow as the leaf grew bigger, I read an excellent post about Hoya Kerrii in Plants are the Strangest People (thank you Stephanie ).
In the post, Mr Subjunctive, the author, suggests to remove all the stems with all-green leaves. He explains that because a stem with all-green leaves has an advantage over a variegated one, with enough time, the all-green leaves will eventually take over the whole pot ! Continue reading Hoya Kerrii – Should I or Should I Not?
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