Flowering in Singapore

Posted by Cindy on June 25, 2009

I’ve been in Singapore for about two weeks now and no one told me about the beauty of the flowering Sea Apple trees. I’ve seen trees flowering in the East Coast of Bedok, a city near Little India and along Beach Road and Holland Village. I wonder if they have been flowering elsewhere. My trip to Singapore is a business trip which hardly allowed for free time to find out just how far into the country and along the coastline are these Sea Apple trees flowering. Being an amateur botanist, and having a few days of vacation time, I booked a few more days at the 5 Star Singapore hotel where I’m staying in order to explore a little bit more.

The white flowers on the Sea Apple tree are compact and come in cluster. They are very prominent with just even a quick glance, especially against an overcast day which Singapore seems to be having lately. I’ve been told, my noticing the flowering is a little late, they are starting to turn brown. I do see some browns against white and the dark green of the Sea Apple canopy, now that I take a closer look. This does not stop me from taking some photos.

The flowering most likely started a half a month ago. I feel some regret to not be here at the beginning, but at least I’m here now, and took sometime off work to study this amazing tree. I decided to travel and take some more photos, but the winds were very strong at midday which made it almost impossible to get a good shot. But, not to fear, I found some very wonderful photos of the Sea Apple tree on the Internet. Alas, they are not mine, but all the same, they are quite exquisite. I found my favorites on Flickr. One day my amateur botany photos will be just as good as those on Flickr.