Be Kind To Pets, Vet case studies, Photography tips, Travel Stories: 3425. PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS - FLOWERS in 2022 and 2025- The Chinese Violets. Use tripod.

Common names: Chinese Violet

Family name: Amaranthaceae (Amaranthus family)

Status in Singapore: Naturalised

Features Occurs in roadsides, forest edges and disturbed areas A perennial herb that grows up to 50 cm tall with horizontal stems that form mats Leaves are egg-shaped, paired, 2.5–8 cm long and 1.5–4 cm wide Flowers are small, white and tubular, and consist of two lips; the upper lip has two lobes while the lower lip has three lobes and dark purple markings This species is a host plant for the following butterflies: Jacintha Eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina jacintha), Autumn Leaf (Doleschallia bisaltide) and Blue Pansy (Hypolimnas orithya wallacei).

Management Seeds are contained inside capsule-like fruits that, after reaching maturity, eject the seeds when lightly touched. For best management, entire plants should be removed before the flowers set seeds.

31 Aug 2022.

PHOTOGRAPHY TIP
Tripod is needed to get sharp image.
Canon R5, Tripod as low as possible,

P Mode, single focus. No direct sunlight. No breeze.

Near river bank.

Chinese Violets in Yio Chu Kang Crescent forest wish you
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5 FEB 2025

PHOTOGRAPHY TIP:

Use tripod, tv mode to get sharp images of the Chinese Violet.
Yio Chu Kang Cres forest. No more mosquitoes nowadays due to regular thermal fogging and cutting of vegetation for the past months. No more butterflies and dragonflies nowadays. The commonly seen yellow butterfly during Covid-19 pandemic and two years after that, has disappeared for some months.

Chinese Violets flowers and buds. 4 Feb 2025

Canon R5, 24-100 mm lens.

TRIPOD. 105mm, TV mode, 1/500 sec, f/4.5, ISO 500

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A. gangetica micrantha is native to sub-Saharan Africa. It has spread to and become naturalized in other tropical regions including Singapore where its occurrence is widespread as a weed in multiple habitats including wastelands, roadside, forest fringes, coastal areas and other neglected land parcels.

Plant Biodata :
Family : Acanthaceae
Genus : Asystasia
Species : gangetica
Sub-species : micrantha
Synonyms : A. coromandeliana, A. intrusa, Justicia gangetica, Ruellia intrusa
Country/Region of Origin : Africa, Tropical regions
English Common Names : Chinese Violet, Common Asystasia
Other Local Names : Ara Songsang, 赤边樱草
Larval Host for Butterfly Species: Hypolimnas bolina jacintha (Jacintha Eggfly), Doleschallia bisaltide ?bisaltide var. (Autumn Leaf), Junonia orithya wallacei (Blue Pansy).

Flowers of the Chinese Violet are small and tubular, each up to 3.5cm long. There are usually 6 to 10 flowers borne on one side of a spike-like inflorescence. The calyx (sepals) is deeply 5-lobed, and the five spreading petals are mostly white with the bottom petal bearing purple blotches. These bisexual flowers attract insects including various species of butterflies to act as pollinators in the reproduction process.

BLOG AT:

https://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2015/07/larval-host-plant-for-butterflies.html

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Bidens pilosa - few seen in Yio Chu Kang Crescent forest fringe 22 Jun 2021

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The flower are composed of 4 reddish petals that gradually fade to pink or light purple. The petals point upwards and are arranged side-by-side in a fan-like pattern.

Herbaceous plants that form dense mats or grow as an epiphyte.

Compound, trifoliate leaves are composed of elliptic to narrowly ovate leaflets. The leaflets are tightly packed together and united at the base without any intervening stalk. The sunken, pinnate venation creates a quilted leaf surface.

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