藍紫花色 － 十月 blue and purple flowers, oct 2016

秋冬，大家印象萬物漸息 － 植物落葉、生物冬眠。其實這城的秋冬還是生機處處。今年夏季後的颱風大雨，更給與周圍花草多了滋潤。

we are almost winter, yet under the effect of climate change we are still having typhoon and rain downpours during our typical dryer season. in the end, such new pattern will disturb the order of nature. but right now it also gives rise to more living boost to the living things. here are a collection of plants with blue and purple blossoms saw last month.

草本 (按植物拉丁名字排序) herbs (in alphabetical order according to their latin names):

藿香薊 billygoat-weed (ageratum conyzoides)

小花十萬錯 chinese violet (asystasia gangetica)

印度白花菜 cleome burmannii

洋紫蘇 coleus (coleus scutellarioides)

鴨跖草 common/creeping dayflower (commelina communis)

地膽草 elephant’s foot herb (elephantopus scaber)

聚花草 floscopa scandens *香港原生植物 hong kong native

圓葉母草 lindernia rotundifolia

含羞草 mimosa (mimosa pudica)

喬灌木或攀緣植物 other plants  (in alphabetical order according to their latin names):

細葉雪茄花 false heather (cuphea hyssopifolia)

三裂葉牽牛 little bell (ipomoea triloba)

水黃皮 indian beech (millettia pinnata/pongamia pinnata) *香港原生植物 hong kong native

黃荊 yellow bramble (vitex negundo)