The weather wasn't that promising but fortunately, we managed to have a look at it. On a sunday.
Just some info (from the Botanic Gdns webbie) about why I was so excited to witness this.
An 80-year-old Talipot Palm (Corypha umbraculifera) nestled in the Singapore Botanic Gardens has reached the end of its life. (Refer to Annex A for more details on this plant.) This species of plant has been programmed by nature to live for approximately 30 to 80 years without producing any flowers. Upon reaching the brink of its end, the plant, after conserving much food and energy over its lifespan, has begun to produce an immense floral candelabra of an estimated 24 million flowers in tiny clusters.
Given the right conditions, the flowers should produce fruit and then disperse seeds, which will give rise to new plants.
The end is just the beginning for this Talipot Palm!
We got lost right after looking at the map as we weren't able to locate the lawn.
But on 2nd stare then we walked over and managed to find the signs.
There it is!
And the tiny flowers upclose.
It really felt nice standing right under the tree as its flowers drop to the ground.
And I did enjoy the movie as well. :)
Silver Linings Playbook.
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