Hot & Heat Resistant Plants for May GBBD (republished from May last year)

The plants i posted for April  I called heat tolerant. But some of them already died this May, leaving a few that are really very persistent in living. I don't know how to describe them, i guess they are really resistant to extended hot temperatures. But some of them just bloom this May, which is also unusual for me.

Sanchezia speciosa is a perennial in our climate. I just prune them immediately after the dry season or when rainy season begins. This clump we had has been with us for already 7 years, and still going nicely. If the old plants are not cut to give way to new shoots, insects like aphids and mealy bugs get in, so i would rather start them new.                                                                                                                                                

Our Hippeastrum puniceum, as i've posted in an earlier post, lost all their leaves since March. We expect them to bloom after the first heavy rains in May, however due to unknown circumstances some of them flowered at the height of the dry season. Reasons are still not known, but maybe dormancy was cut by any factor aside from water.
                                                                                                                                                                 

 Rain or without rain, its beauty is the same, sizes are the same too, however they fade/dehisce faster with the heat. Morever, the beauty of simultaneous blooming within a hedge is not reached because not all of them flowered without water.            

                                                                                                                                                                   

  This is Crinum Ellen Bosanquet, a temperate climate lily given to me from the US. It struggled to grow, but persistence let it bloom for the first time. However, compared to those growing in their natural habitat, the scape is just above 1 foot. Fortunately, the sweet scent is in the genes, so we savored its lovely aroma in the evenings.                                                                                                                                                  

The same crinum with a trumpet-like flower before it fully opens.                                                                

                                                       The red salvia is looking great as well.                                                                                                                                                                                           

Euphorbia millii, being a succulent is quite happy, rather than affected by heat.   It never stops flowering.                
                                                                                                                                                                 

This white petunia is the only bloom we have that is not only orange or red. It just behaves nicely because it is under the shade of the hoya plants, provided with two layers of black net.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

This red Pentas lanceolata is moderately resistant to heat, so i placed its pot also under the hoya area.

                                                                                                                                                                   

This plant i forgot the name,but this might be a species of the shrimp plants.                                                                          

The plants occupying my almost full attention during weekends that i am home are my hoyas. Most of them are flowering for the first time. At the left is Hoya obscura, while at the right is Hoya fungii. Whenever a new peduncle is growing, i am always on guard asking my sister and nephew the stage of development. The digital technology is very useful for remote control or absentee gardeners. When they texted me that one peduncle already opened, or one is about to open, i will surely go home to observe, watch and take photographs. I gothere after waking up, camera on hand, and stay there as long as i can still withstand the heat. At a distance in our terrace, my eyes and attention are still focused on them.                                      
                                                                                 

This is the close-up of Hoya fungii. It gave simultaneous blooms for three umbels. The scent is also wonderful starting in the afternoon until the whole night. With scent alone the gardener is already rewarded.
                                                                                                                                                                 

This Hoya obscura is scented too. The size of the umbel is much less than the H fungii, but it makes up for its size by having many umbels flowering at the same time per stem. As for the scent, i guess it is just like beauty that depends on the eye of the beholder. For me and my senses, i prefer its scent than the former. It is in the nose of the beholder. Others might have the opposite preference!          

GBBD

Today's Flowers

PS. This was published in May 2014, i was enticed to publish it again today to see that these plants are still growing now. However, due to the much extended dry season and hotter temperatures today, the flowers are not as plenty as last year. They are suffering the heat, just like us!