Skywatch: Bereaved parents and grand parents released balloons in Mt Eden.

These balloons lingered on, reluctant to fly away. They belonged to the gentleman who brought the rose. His love heart balloon didn't fly away






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Flower: Japanese honeysuckle 金銀花

Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) is a climbing vine from Asia that has a lovely fragrance and pretty flowers - but which can pose a significant threat to our forests when it spreads into the wrong place.

It is a vigorous evergreen shrub that will typically be seen winding its way up host plants or forming dense clumps along the roadside or on forest margins. Japanese honeysuckle is easily recognised by its tubular and sweetly-scented flowers, ageing from cream to yellow-cream from September through to May. Glossy black berries, from 5-7mm long, are also noticeable from October to June.

The berries/leaves of most honeysuckle are toxic, but either flower (white or yellow) can be used. Flowers can be dried to make a tea, very common in Asia for many ailments or for health maintenance and combined with others for sore throat and cough medicine. jīn yín huā (Chinese: 金銀花; literally "gold silver flower")

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Musa ornata x velutina, upside down banana

Saw these unusual bananas in Singapore. The fruits point up wards.

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Red: Cherry Picker Machine.

Any one needs to clean window's clean?

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Sunday bridge: New artistic bridge in Auckland

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Scenic Sunday: belimbing besi in Bau, Borneo

Gerald Harry's tree laden with fruit.

Pierce Tk Wong's closeup photo.

My friend Gerald Harry and a group of friends " Do you remember" went to an off skirt village to visit Kampung Segong, Bau.Kuching. 

He took these photos of the fruit tree and he has kindly allowed me 

to post the belumbing Besi fruit.

I have not seen this fruit when I was growing up in Borneo. This may be the first photos to be shown internationally. I googled and didn't find any photos, unless they go by another name.

"It is sour but when it is ripe (the skin will change to white) the fruit is very very sweet.

We will visit the farm again in February and I heard that's the best time to eat." Gerald.

Thanks Gerald and Pierce.

As I suspected this rare plant goes by other names:

Baccaurea angulata (Tampoi Belimbing, Belimbing Bukit, Red angle tampoi, Belimbing 

merah)

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Skywatch Friday: At the beach

Cloudy day, bravehearts at the beach.




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