Thread: Thai flowers, your pictures

^I agree.

Me too, the stalk, pistols and flower head shape are just like an amaryllis.

Nice shot benbaaa. I see they've already started harvesting. Get some?

I don't do that kind of thing.

Sorry about the crap background....

This big Rachapruek tree never fails to produce a spectacular load of blossoms.



It's located just a few hundred meters from my house in a compound used by the construction workers who are building the moo baan. I guess you can still get a cup of rice for just one baht. I wonder how long that will last?

These are plants i got for my garden no idea of the names.
below are from my mates garden





orchids not mine sadley

No idea what they're called. I call'em purdy.





And this is my lil plant torture project. I started it about 3 months ago. Every now and then I hear it scream for help. So I breath on it a little.

The first one is called Desert Rose, I think. The second looks like a Ficus Benjamina.

Can't tell on the last.

Originally Posted by buad hai

The second looks like a Ficus Benjamina.

Looks nothing like the Ficus Benjamina I used to have.

Then again, the central heating disagreed with it somewhat.

Originally Posted by Texpat

No idea what they're called. I call'em purdy.

Yep, BH is right. It's a desert rose aka adenium. Keep the kiddies away from it cause the sticky sap is poisonous. I think it looks like an outer space plant as the branches grow in such weird ways. Love it.

Originally Posted by dirtydog

hell he could afford to pay somebody else to pretend to be a fortune teller to save himself the hassle,

That had already happened DD, the guy was not the real one, obviously

My little digital camera doesn't do a great job with white flowers. We have a small yeehoob (?) tree that produces some very fragrant flowers. They open in the early evening and have fallen by morning.





I believe this is a type of magnolia, but not sure. EG?

I like the curve of the stem supporting this bunch of plumeria:

sorry, but don't have a clue

E. G.

Originally Posted by Propagator

They look very much like a variety of Amaryllis to me. I got some similar bulbs a few years ago in Khon Kaen, but for the life of me cannot remember what they were called.

I think you're right Prop. Amaryllis grows like wildfire in the Adelaide Hills (can even be a pest). Thing is though, it's always purple/ mauve in colour there. Had a big clump of the stuff on my property- about 2.5 metres across.

Ms. B found it for me in her "Fragrant and Aromatic Plants" book. The Thai spelling is:

ยี่หุบ

It's Magnolia coco.

Originally Posted by friscofrankie

These guys grow right out my front door.


The blossoms are morelike brightly colored leaves in texture and they take a couple weeks to get truly large I'll take anther shot when this one gets bigger


I like taking pictures of flowers, I know what a rose or a carnation is (and maybe a few other 'flowers') but I have no idea about these but I like 'em

Ah! One of my favourites! Torch ginger.

Surprised to see this Phalanopsis blooming so late in the season.

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Ah! One of my favourites! Torch ginger.

Thanks Jet and FF for the photo. Never seen one of these before so iit was on to the net to learn something about it.

The Torch Ginger or Wax Flower (Elingera Elatior) is believed to be native to Sulawesi and Indonesia. It will grow to a height of 18 feet depending on variety. The Thailand name is Kaalaa and the young shoots of the flower may be served raw with nam prik.

^That would explain why the flower I had hoped to photograph after ti get big has been chopped off.
The property owner's mom lives in our compound, she's gotta be close to a hundred, bent over back, toothless grin; sometimes she recognizes us sometimes she's in her own little world.

She came into my yard chopped down my grapow push, the whole thing was bigger'n two of me. She'd come back and steal our tomatoes every day. What the hell shit's cheap at the market. What're ya gonna do? Crazy old bat, I still like her though. There's a few blooms left. Maybe she'll let one live.

^ Oops, sorry, forgot to tell you the Thais eat them. But thanks, Props, I thought it was the roots, but that makes sense that they eat the bloom shoots, as I used to buy them at the market for Bt5 a stem. I put mine in a vase. Can't remember how long they lasted.

We bought this plant because of the nice variegated leaves, but this week it surprised us and threw up this stalk with tiny little flowers on it. Any idea what it is?

From your picture BH it looks as though it could be a variety of Bromiliad. there are about 3000 varieties. Does the flower come from the centre of the plant. One of the most well known bromiliads is the pineapple