Thai Gardenia (Gardenia mutabilis)

I wouldn’t exactly call the Thai Gardenia (Gardenia mutabilis) a common tree in Singapore, but once in a while, you do see a couple of them loitering around. It’s quite easy to identify, really, with its large light green leaves, and bright yellow-orange flowers. If you get close enough to smell them, there’s a very…

Champak (Magnolia champaca)

Streets in office districts have a tendency to be rather quiet in the afternoons, when everyone’s working off their lunch and caffeine. Which, I suppose, is why an elderly not-so-gentleman decided to pick that time to- very unceremoniously and expressionlessly, I might add- whack flowers off their perches from a whole laneful of trees. Anyhow,…