Ecogarden (outside Cafe)
Mexican Marigold
Tagetes erecta, the Mexican marigold or Aztec marigold, is a species of the genus Tagetes native to Mexico. Despite it being native to the Americas, it is often called African marigold. In Mexico, this plant is found in the wild in the states of México, Puebla, and Veracruz.
​Sunflower
Helianthus annus - Helianthus, a genus of plants mostly native to north and central America.
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Hoya Plant
Hoya carnosa, the porcelainflower or wax plant, is an Asclepiad species of flowering plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae.
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Dollarweed
Hydrocotyle - Dollarweed. This weed’s leaves are round, bright-green and fleshy.
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Asystasia
The genus Asystasia belongs to the family Acanthaceae and comprises approximately 70 species found in the tropics, including the weedy species Asystasia gangetica.
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Globe Amaranth
Commonly known as globe amaranth, bachelor's button, makhmali, and vadamalli, is an edible plant from the family Amaranthaceae. The round-shaped flower inflorescences are a visually dominant feature and cultivars have been propagated to exhibit shades of magenta, purple, red, orange, white, pink, and lilac.
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​Spurflower
Plectranthus, with some 350 species, is a genus of warm-climate plants occurring largely in the Southern Hemisphere
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Pachystachys lutea
Pachystachys lutea, known by the common names lollipop plant and golden shrimp plant, is a subtropical, soft-stemmed evergreen shrub around a metre tall.
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Melastoma affine
Melastoma affine, also known by the common names blue tongue or native lassiandra, is a shrub of the family Melastomataceae.
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Bamboo Orchid (Arundina Graminifolia)
Arundina graminifolia is a species of orchid and the sole accepted species of the genus Arundina. Only 200 Arundina orchids were found to be growing naturally in Singapore, and it is close to extinction in Singapore. This is largely due to the destruction of their natural habitats.
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Meuhlenbeckia axillaris
Muehlenbeckia axillaris is a low evergreen shrub and is a species of genus Meuhlenbeckia. It has thin, red-brown stems, with glossy squarish to roundish leaves that are less than 1 cm in diameter and 2–4 mm thick.
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Sobralia Orchids
Sobralia is a genus of orchids native to Mexico, Central and South America. The plants are more commonly terrestrial, but are also found growing epiphytically, in wet forests from sea level to about 8,800 ft. The genus was named for Dr. Francisco Sobral, a Spanish botanist.
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Episcia cupreata
Episcia cupreata is a species of perennial plant in the family Gesneriaceae that is found in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela. Its common name is flame violet, although this name may also refer to other species of the genus Episcia. A number of hybrids have been created.
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Pyrostegia Venusta
Pyrostegia venusta, also commonly known as flamevine or orange trumpetvine, is a plant species of the genus Pyrostegia of the family Bignoniaceae originally endemic to southern Brazil, Bolivia, northeastern Argentina and Paraguay, but now a well-known garden species.
Gardenia sootepensis
Gardenia sootepensis is a tree, growing to 7-10 m tall and often with gelatinous secretions. Leaves are thinly leathery (turns papery when dried), oval to elliptical (7-29 × 3-16 cm). The upper surface is smooth to hairy while the underside is densely hairy. Stipules are cap-like (0.5 - 1 cm) and covered in flattened soft hairs. Petiole is 0.6 - 1.2 cm and hairy. Flowers are tubular (50 – 70 mm long) and can occurs solitary or in clusters. Each flower have 5 cream white petals which turn yellow as it age. Calyx is hairy. Berry is hard, elliptical (2.5 - 5.5 cm long and 1.5 - 3.5 cm wide) with 5 or 6 faint ridges and hairs on the fruit surface.