Top Hill Footpath completed

At last, the Top Hill Footpath is completed today.  The photos were taken late in the afternoon, i.e. about 4 pm and therefore there is a strong evening sun overcast on the footpath. Two species of the heliconias that I planted here are the psittacorum and the latispatha varieties.  In the picture below, towards the foreground on the right is the inflorescence of the Heliconia psittacorum which is commonly referred to as the parrot flower.This variety has yellow and pink bracts.

The stock for the parrot flowers above were taken from the valley section of the hill as shown clearly in the picture below.

On the  left side of the footpath in the picture below are planted the Heliconia latispatha.  This variety is indeed a pleasure to see and for that reason I have taken a close up view of the inflorescence.

      

Below is the CU view of Heliconia latispatha.  This variety has green colour at the tips of its bracts.

Total manhours for the Top Hill Footpath is 9 man hours.

Lipstick Red Footpath

On Friday and Saturday last week, the lipstick red footpath was planted with heliconias and ground cover plants.

On the left of the picture is planted the 'parrot flower' heliconia ( Heliconia psittacorum) . The reddish ground cover plants are the 'red ti' or 'fire brand' ( Cordyline terminalis). In the miidle of the footpath is the belian log that has been cut and to be used for benches, stools etc.later.
View from east

View from west
On the left of the picture can be seen white caladium ( Caladium x candidum) planted as ground cover for the heliconia stratas above.
Total man hours spent for planting = 10 man hours

View from the hill top of Vegetation Island No. 1

Sunday ( 29 June) is a rest day for me. Therefore I just had an early morning stroll around 7.00 am to the top of the hill of Vegetation Island No.1. With my camera hand phone N93i, I took two shots of the surrounding view .
Below is the view towards the south. The densely forested area to the right of the picture is the Vegetation Island No.1 where the heliconias planting are in progress.
The tall trees on the left of the picture looks small from above here, but are actually 20 meters high.

The above picture shows the view towards the east. The tall trees to the left of the picture are the trees that have been here more than 60 years ago.

Additional Plantings on Sassy Pink Footpath

Ground cover in between the heliconias.
Two varieties were planted today. The spider lily and a species like that of the scindapsus. Both can be glimpsed below.

View from west. This morning I have added spider lily (Hymenocallis littoralis) in between the sassy pink heliconias as seen on the right of the picture. Spider lilies have white flowers and are scented. On the left, however, I have placed a species similar to the 'scindapsus', though at the point of writing I am unable to name it I'll get back to it in the near future.

Mid Hill Footpath

View from the East. Ati is in the process of planting the 'lipstick red' heliconia, from which is derived the name of the mid hill footpath.