Flowers After the Rains

There are all sorts of parks in Hong Kong. A little while ago, I learned from a fellow blogger that there is an astronomy park. Now I know that there is even a Chinese herbal medicine park! Here're some of the flowers I found there.

Some yellow flowers.

This one looks a bit like orchid but is not.



These Blood Flowers (馬利筋) grow in clusters.

So are these lantana camara (馬櫻丹), which can be found everywhere in the countryside.

But not these.



I used to call this flower "finger nail flower" (指甲花)



Its cousins in white and yellow.

These flowers are normally white. But this one is tinged with patches of brown.

These really look a bit like our city logo.

I don't know the true name of this flower. I used to call it "egg flower" (雞疍花)

The same flowers in semi-opening buds.

I know that these are jasmines because I used to grow them at home.

It looks so fresh after the rains.

This one is getting ready to bloom.

I just learned that this is called.Chinese St. John's Wort (金絲桃).

Don't know the name of this flower. But it looks quite delicate.

A smaller version of the same flower.

This one doesn't lose any time in sticking out its stamen.

The same flower in full bloom.

Don't know the name of these tiny flowers growing on the underside of the tree like a string of little bells..

Nor these which also grow so closely to the branches but above them.

What a beautiful little beetle I had for company there!

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