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Monday, October 5, 2009

Golden Candles

Eversince my first visit to The Secret Garden of 1-Utama, I was captivated by the wide varitey of plants available and cultivated successfully there. Whenever time permits, I will be there during the weekends. You'll find me wandering around the garden like a little girl at play, so happy to be among such beautiful blooming plants. Look, see what I have photographed here. These are golden candles.

Scientific name: Pachystachys lutea
Common names: Golden shrimp, yellow shrimp, lollipop plant, shrimp plant, candle plant.
Malay name: Sepit Udang (meaning shrimp pincers)

I was so lucky that on one Saturday morning, I met Dr. Francis Ng, the consultant botanist and researcher, in person. He was there to conduct a tour of the secret garden to public visitors. It was a great learning experience following him around, learning about his plants, herbs and fruit trees.

I would like to thank him for his generosity in letting us, the public take as many photographs as we like about the garden and its plants. I'd like to dedicate a post each week to a plant at The Secret Garden.

This plant is native to tropical America and Peru.
Are you growing this plant in your garden?
Which common name do you like? I like the lollipop.

This post is my entry for Mellow Yellow Monday # 38. My grateful thanks to Drowsey Monkey for hosting this fun site. For other MYM posts around the world, please click here.

23 comments:

  1. You are fortunate to live near the Secret Garden. It is in gardens like this that we find inspiration.

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  2. Common names are a teaser. I expected to see Candlesticks, Cassia alata. Love the shrimp plant. I only have the white and the red, the white only blooms here in a greenhouse when days are short.

    Nell Jean -- Seedscatterer

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  3. Golden candles, lollipop plant, interesting name!!

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  4. Beautiful! I enjoyed your post!

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  5. Wow!! What a beautiful plant. Nice post, thanks...

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  6. this is one shrimp i will not be allergic to!

    pretty!

    come and visit my place

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  7. No matter what name, these are gorgeous tropical flowers!

    Happy MYM!

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  8. Lovely... my garden is waining down now.... winter is approaching... ;)

    cielo

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  9. I like this flower too! This plant is definitely a nice shrub to have in a garden. The obvious green leaves is pleasant too. Have a wonderful day Autumnbelle!

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  10. What a flower like a candle. Nice... hope can have that in my garden. Don't know where i can get the seeds. My MYM Entry

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  11. So beautiful and what a vibrant yellow color!

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  12. Autumn Belle, these are so beautiful! I did grow them a long time ago (the peach variety). But now seeing these amazing photos, I'm tempted to grow them again. I like the names Shrimp plant and Candle plant.

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  13. Such interesting form these yellow candles have. Great photos,Autumn Belle!
    Rosey

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  14. I will find time to be there with Kakdah, just to yellow mellow with the beautiful blooms there!! ~BANGCHIK

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  15. I have not seen these Golden Candles. They are striking and refreshing. Beautiful photos.

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  16. salam,
    At first i thought i am gonna see cassia alata but i was wrong. Beautiful plant and marvelous blooms. I wonder if butterflies visit it or not.

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  17. Pam, Rainfield, Kiki, Urban Green, Fickleinpink, Lindy, Cielo, Stephanie, Noelle, Kanak, Rosey, Poetic Shutterbug, Thank you very much for the nice comments. I appreciate it very much.

    Ann, I think I have seen the seedlings being sold at the nursery.

    NellJean, Thank you for telling me about the Candlesticks plant. I just saw a picture of it from your blog and it looked different but lovely.

    Bangchik, you and Kakdah can have a romantic picnic there. Both of you may fall under the spell of the Passion Flowers which are extremely fragrant. Remember to bring along a sunblock and cap.

    Muhammad, I’m not sure about the butterflies. The butterflies were busy over other flowers and they do have plenty to choose from.

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  18. Such a lovely flower, it looks so much like a pineapple cone ice-cream with vanilla topping....
    Hmmm...

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  19. I grow a shrimp plant with the coral blooms...just love them!

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  20. Lovely unusual flowers and such a nice yellow

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  21. James, I like the way you describe the flower. Now I feel like eating ice cream too.

    Lynn, I bet the coral blooms are lovely.

    Joanne, Yes, they do have a yummy shade of yellow which complements the white perfectly.

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  22. We sell these at the flower shop where I work, people are always amazed at them.
    Thank you again for welcoming me to Blotanical, I am surprised at how many garden bloggers there are.

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  23. Hey I recognize this plant. I had one a long time ago. We called it a Lollipop plant. We grow it as a tropical houseplant here. It didn't last long. My thumb is much greener outdoors than it is indoors.

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