Punggol Promenade

I have cycled at the Promenade and the waterways a number of times. I have not been able to observe the flora around there. This time I made a special walking trip around the Punggol waterways and the Promenade.

The trip started at the Damai LRT. This LRT is the closest to the Punggol waterways. It is just a 50 meter walk from the station to the entrance of the waterway.

The very first plant I noticed is the Yellow Peacock flower.

This dragon fly stays still despite me getting very close to it. It is probably still sleeping or is already dead.

The plan is to walk across to the other side of the waterway. That side is marked as a PCN which I usually cycle through. There is 5 bridges on the waterway. The one nearest to Damai is Kelong bridge.

Just across the bridge is a Heliconia tree with large flowers.

These Orange Jasmine forms a nice shrub fence.

The Flying Goldfish Plant is also near by.

Further down is Ardisia sp.

The Sea Lettuce is a large plant with a tiny flower.

Around the yet to open LRT track, there is a nice purplish color White Weed. It is a climber. Probably grown there no by design.

Morning Glory is such a nice climber that you simply cannot miss. It is all over the place.

Dwarf Fountain Grass was planted along the pathway.  IT is a nice thin grass that is soft looking.

Another tiny flowered climber is found on short grass patch.

This White Heads try to grow above the grass and climbers.

The Mexican-clover is a small climber with tiny flower. Its shape is slight extra ordinary. The flower is supported by 4 leaf and a a bulb.

If you are not afraid of the shakiness of going over a hanging bridge, this one could provide you with a slight entertainment. It is called the Adventure bridge.

Little bell is another type of Ipomoea seen earlier. This flower is much smaller. Notice the leaf is different? There is another common name for this plant. It is called Three lobe morning glory. Probably because of its leaf.

Cupid's Shaving Brush is a small plant growing out of the grass. There is more to it later.

I though mushroom usually grows under the shade. This one is right under the sun. According to bloggers, it is too young to tell the specie. There is one other mushroom picture later which is probably of the same type.

Hairy Indigo is a creeper. it is so small that I hardly notice it.

I had a hard time naming this tree. The new leaf actually grows right at the bottom of the trunk.

Another variegated grass which I am unable to find the name. It is sure nice to look at this ornamental plant.

This man made waterfall don't always run.

Another nice grass which I cannot find the name.

The Giant Sensitive Tree is one big Mimosa plant.

Another sight of the water fountain which is not always on.

Geiger Tree is a nice tree with large orange color flower. It stretches a long way on the foot path.

I simply cannot miss this Golden Thryallis. Previously it took me a long time to find its name till I post on Flickr for help to identify it.

Chinese Ixora is very common. It is even found by the road side.

This Chlorophyllum molybdites mushroom is probably the same type as previously shown mushroom. I am not very sure of its name. Those flora sites usually don't list fungus. It is probably due to the fact that it is of no commercial value.

Beggarticks is a small but very nice wild flower. This one grows near the water. The location of the plant is near the reservoir gate already.

I loved the tender looking Love Vine that grows on both side of the PCN. I once took a blurred picture of it. This time I spent quite some time taking a few pictures of it. I must wait for the wind to stop blowing before I can take the picture. It is worth it. At least I have a large picture of the flower.

There are white species of the same plant.

It sure is lonely walking alone down the lane lined with love vine.

This Lantana sure is colorful.

The Red Ixora beside the road is spectacular.

This wild flower is simply gorgeous. This picture is one of the best shot I have here. Its name is Blue Pea Vine. Its scientific name leads to wild imagination (Clitoria ternatea).

Another wild plant is Indian Beech.

Powderpuff Plant lines the path opposite the Marina country club. They are young thus easily shot.

There are plenty of Geiger trees grown here.

The Blue Snakeweed grows nicely here. Unfortunately, the main shot on the flower itself is blurred due to wind.

White Firecracker Plant grows in abundance here.

Vining Milkweed looks exactly like Golden Thryallis shown earlier. This one is not a shrub. It is a climber.

You simply can't miss Encephalartos hildebrandtii, a type of palm. It is huge.

Purple Fountain Grass is nice purple color grass. Its flower is also purple.

Ivy Gourd is a climber. Its flower is small.

When I reached the promenade, I am surprised that there is a police post on the walkway. Previously I cycled on the path above it thus never notice it.

There are two water ponds on this area. Nice water lily grows on it. It is the first time I am able to shoot it using my Android. It is that close. This one got the best contrast and not over exposed like many white flowers I took.

The Santa Cruz Water Plant besides the water lily is not so nice and few apart. Nevertheless it is still interesting to shoot it.

Bintangor Bunut is another young tree that I can take a shot.

By now I have reached the red pebble path. It is long and empty.

It is so off the way that ants build their highway on it.

Along the way, turned towards Coney Island. Unfortunately it is still closed to public access.

This Rattlebox grows among the glass.

This Wild Water Lemon a passion flower is still not fully open yet when I took a picture of it.

Earlier I mentioned about Cupid's Shaving Brush. Little did I know this picture is its seed. It look like a Dandelion. Just to take this picture, I tried several shots. Due to the glaring sun, I could not see the picture clearly. When aiming, it looks ok but after the shot it look like blurred. I finally gave up and took this last one. It turned out to be super clear and sharp.

This Glory Bush is slightly blurred but still captures the excellent color.

The Indian Shot flower of the Canna family is very strikingly red.

Its seed pod picture is also very sharp.

This tree growing beside the Wave bridge eludes my name search. The flower or bud is very nice. I shot this picture on the bridge.

This large leaved Giant Taro grows beside the condo construction site wall.

Currently there are many condo construction along the waterway. They all took advantage of the waterway attraction. It looks like this waterway is going to turn into rich people's backyard.

This Laurel-leaved Thunbergia hangs over the shed. Very cool color.

Took another picture of the Glory Bush.

On exit to Damai LRT, took this panorama picture of the winding cycling path near the Kelong bridge. Need a lot of skill just to go down this path on bike.

There are actually much more species of flora available in the waterway. I could not take picture of them simply because it is too dangerous to reach, no access, or don't look nice enough to take picture of it. Also skipped a few species because the sun is too hot on the return leg. It took me almost 4 hours just to walk the 11.5 KM. 

A WikiLoc route map is available here.

I got sick of creating custom HTML to accommodate all the pictures of the same specie. This particular trip has 162 pictures. The above is just selected pictures. The photo album is available at https://picasaweb.google.com/106611639464075912591/PunggolProminade#.