Stranger flowers (2)

Swan Plant, Balloon Plant (Gomphocarpus fruiticosus)

Stranger flowers (1)

Abrus precatorius

The Tale of the Bamboo Princess

This is the story of a beautiful moon princess, but it is also a story about bamboo, a plant which was once believed to be sacred.

Once upon a time there was an old man and his wife. One day he went to a bamboo grove to collect bamboo shoots, where he found a bamboo tree illuminated in the middle part. He wondered why and then became curious about what was inside. He carefully cut the bamboo and was astonished to find a pretty baby inside. He decided to pick her up and bring her back to his home. He consulted with his wife how to handle this baby, and they made up their minds to raise this baby as a gift from God.

Peregrina, Lady Pilgrim (Nhất Chi Mai)

A shrub with long flowering season, this plant offers bright showy scarlet red flowers with yellow stamens.