The Philippines is blessed with a very high biodiversity,
including the plants living in its remaining forest cover. Trees
alone comprise about 3500 species. Just to research on a species
a day would take about 10 years to finish all of just the trees.
Then there are still the shrubs, herbs, ferns etc. Through this
blog we hope to introduce you to some important plants in the
forest before they completely disappear because of habitat
destruction. Friday, January 13, 2012 Another Katmon in Flower
Dillenia sibuyanensis in flower Flower is much smaller than a
katmon's Quick Post: I was gifted by Wendy Regalado with a
cutting of Dillenia sibuyanensis or katmon-sibuyan. In about 8
months it established itself then grew from 6 inches to about 2
feet. The other day I saw it in flower. It had a smaller flower
compared to Dillenia philippinensis, but has an attractive
yellow flower. It must be a delight to see a specimen heavily
laden with the yellow blooms. For now I have to contented with
the single flower, and at l