白楸新葉花季 new leaves and flower of turn-in-the-wind

炎炎夏日，看樹周圍都是深綠一片，突然遇到一片毛黃色，不自覺走近。 白楸真的是種繽紛的喬木。這個時候開始花季，色彩就來了。本身常綠，葉是青綠色，準備開花，葉叢中心拔起新嫩的葉，還有花蕾，皆嫩毛棕黃的色調，不顯眼奪目，但那種帶質的顏色一樣誘人。然後風一吹過，葉底那新白，像海浪的白花，色彩配合動感，自是目不暇給。 turn-in-the-wind flowering season spans from summer to autumn. it is the early stage. we can spot trees in the city started showing signs. in the middle of the green mature leaves, are some small and young leaves in grey-yellow with tomentum; floret as well. the evergreen tree does not produce sharp colours but...

夏之草 2017 – 小飛揚/千根草 summer grass 2017 – thyme-leaved spurge (euphorbia thymifolia)

這陣子經常大雨，繼而放晴灼熱，造就空曠少人的路上山邊，小草野花欣欣向榮。希望盡量多寫幾個品種。 先由他開始。 很喜歡這草本擺出的方陣，扁平地佈置出圖形和指向。而且不甘於小草就是綠綠棕啡，莖呈粉紅色。 細看，小橢圓形樹葉互生，而葉腋已經爆發花朵。 這是香港原生的草本，亦見於熱帶地方，並常見於亞洲藥療。 this summer is so wet and intercut with tremendous heat and sunshine. such weather nourish herbs and wildflowers blooming away on road and hill sides. aiming to feature a number of them in following days. our first star is thyme-leaved spurge. the reason to feature this herb first is loving...

九龍公園植物筆記 2016.5.29 kowloon park plant notes

這次筆記可能零碎一些，但重點在品種特別是植物的科的特色。 these notes may appear quite random but try to name characteris of the family and the species. ♦♦ + 黃槐 sunshine tree (senna sulfurea) - 蘇木科 caesalpinioideae family # 蘇木科 caesalpinioideae family - 第一和第二葉軸上有腺點。leaves usually paripinnate or binary; raceme inflorescence.      ~ 葉軸 (參考: 香港家育城) ♦♦ + 蜘蛛抱蛋 common aspidistra (aspidistra elatior) - 百合科...

白楸的花 turn-in-the-wind blooms

這陣子走到山邊、郊外，都會看到白楸正值花季。花沒有開出奪目的色彩，但每棵樹都沉淡地綻放熱鬧滿樹的花。 白楸是本地原生小型喬木，花雌雄異株。白黃色細小花朵密集組成（總狀）花序生於枝頂（頂生），映照不太壯大的樹身，感覺濃郁喧鬧。 快到你身邊的綠地方，應該不難看到白楸，欣賞一下這種低調但強烈的植物季候景致。 同時，讓你參考年前10月寫過白楸的果 - 《白楸的果 turn-in-the-wind and there are fruit》，準備接下來這物種的果季。 turn-in-the-wind is common in and native to hong kong. it is its flowering season now. you won’t miss it even though there is no bright colour. small yellowish white flowers build dense towers at tips of branches, or flowers in terminal, branched racemes in...