Bert's Begonias atbp.

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Plants within the garden area - Variegated Hymenodictyon orixense battling with the Pereskia bleo with orange flowers ✨

Scyphiphora hydrophyllacea

Pathway to Greenhouse 1

Cleared and rescaped this area a month ago.

Pandanus sp. from Leyte?

One of my Kerriodoxa elegans 🐘 Elephant Palm endemic to thailand

Variegated Dendrobium

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My Purple Basil plants can finally make pesto pasta🍝🍃

Grew this from seed around May, and when I was away for a month I was surprised that my helpers repotted them in individual pots. They grow so quick

Last garden update post for now, maybe will post again next year :-P or when I feel like it.

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Cycas cairnsiana native to Australia 🩵

Pachypodium rutenbergianum native to Madagascar planted in the ground

Kokak

Variegated Brugmansia

11/08/2026

Update on Cycad Greenhouse 1. Moved most of the Encephalartos outside so they can have develop nicer color, and repotted the seedlings to buckets in place of the old ones. Will be moving these out next when they grow. 🩵

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Pachypodiums native Madagascar and some parts of Africa doing well with the rains as long as they are planted in a well draining mix and porous clay pots ✨

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Beautiful snowflake like foliage on my Boswellia socotrana endemic to Socotra Island, Yemen. ❄️

It has been thriving outdoors in a cement plant box. I've grown this plant for over a year potted with a mix of loam soil and pumice 1:1 ratio, to increase drainage. Once it formed a root ball decided to finally plant it outside and it has been thriving in Manila rain or shine in this area of my garden for over 6 years.

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Encephalartos and other plants outside the garden area

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My Cycads loving the cooler weather 🩵

28/07/2026

Just made this low maintenance fern set up for my bedroom 🌿 once they grow lush I might be adding Begonias in the empty spaces 🫶🏻