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Sunday, June 1, 2014

KEMBANG ODOL : AWAKE


Last August I planted Kembang Odol (Gloxinia perennis) in my front yard
Kembang means flower and Odol means toothpaste.
This is an old fashion flower.
I love the colors and the scents.
The minty scent look like a toothpaste smell.
I got this plant from my cousin.  
I've never planted before, so...I didn't know about its habit.  
But two months later the plants were disappeared from my yard, I thought the plants were dead.  
I had planned to take this plant again from my cousin's garden.  
But on December I saw some foreign shoots emerge from the former site of the Kembang Odol planting.
Last month I saw the plants were emerging some flower buds.
It must be so fresh...
I hope there are no pests that will interfere its beauty.
I wish...
Please enjoy the progress.

December, 1st week



December, 2nd week


January, 2nd week


March, 2nd week



April, 1st week


May, 1st week



Tomorrow, I will share you the last appearance.
See you...

10 comments:

  1. The young leaves are an amazing colour.

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    1. Yeah, the young leaves have a really nice color. The shoot emerges from its bulb.

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  2. Looks interesting, looking forward to your post tomorrow.

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  3. That is a new one to me, nice plant.

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    1. When I was studying at Elementary School, we used to inhale the fresh scent of this flowers before and after class. There were a lot of Kembang Odol on my school yard. That's really nice!

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  4. I'm not familiar with this plant. Very neat though!

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    1. This is a lovely plant. It grows rapidly and only needs a little bit maintain.

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  5. Now this is very cool! It looks so hardy and I really like how you documented its growth this way!! Happy week friend! Nicole xo

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    1. Thanks Nicole! I love to documenting every moment in my garden.
      Happy gardening, and have a nice week!

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