Prunus Trail

This post is dedicated to a certain lady, G, who invited me on the Prunus Trail (MacRitchie) guided walk. Am so grateful to her. These walks are organized by N parks and the guided walks on this particular trail are available every second Sunday of the month.

A volunteer guide took us on this 1 hour walk which ended 45mins longer than planned because he had so much to share. While he proclaimed right from the start he does not know everything, he does have some good knowledge of the flora and fauna that can be found commonly along the trail. Here are some picts on what I learnt there.

Fruits of The Fig
Commonly known in Mandarin as the Wu Hua Guo (the fruit with no flowers).
No flowers? Where do the fruits come from?

The Inside

Here are some interesting-looking leaves.

Drip Tips?
More than that.

Pitcher Plant
Belongs to the Nepenthes family.
Nepenthes = End of all sorrows

Here is another plant which has been extremely useful. It used to land on me backside when I was naughty. :)

Yep, the Rattan.
Also nick-named the 'Wait a Minute' plant.
Because if you are walking thru the forest and gets hooked by it, playing the tug of war with it will only rip your clothes or your flesh apart. U need to stop, maybe take a step back, and get it out of you before proceeding.

And ah, an interesting occurrence - leaves that sweat. Yep. This is not the result of rain. Most other leaves were dry and it hasn't been raining earlier on.
Another of those leaves found 'perspiring':

There are many explanations but our guide offered this one: the plants are trying the keep the forest humid. :) Interesting.


And now, back to me state of repose.


SW