Begonia semperflorens

Can anyone help to identify this flower?

Added 24 December 2005
Thanks to Identification from Asa_S and

Genus: Begonia
Species: X semperflorens-cultorum
Common Name: Wax Begonia
Family: Begoniaceae
Order: Cucurbitales
Native: Parents from South America
Location: Prefers sunny to part shady, moist to moderately dry, well-drained, organic-rich soil Habit: Herbaceous Perennial
Height: 0.5 to 1.5 feet
Width: 0.5 to 1 foot
Season: Spring, Summer to Fall
Color: White, pink, crimson, red or bicolor
Propagation: Seed
Zone: 9_10

This compact, fibrous-rooted plant is primarily grown as an annual, and is suitable for beds, containers, window boxes, borders and edging. Monitor plant for powdery mildew, blight, crown rot, stem rot, leaf spot, mealy bugs and thrips. Good air circulation is required to reduce fungal diseases. Cultivars with bronze-green leaves tolarates full sun location better than green leaves cultivars

Buy Flowers Online

Have you ever purchased flowers online? I have! Once... and it was for my marriage proposal. I had them send the flower to my wife's office with the note attached....

"Will you marry me dear?

If yes, meet me at Berjaya Times Square"

Haha! and she did turn up!

We're happily married now. So if you're thinking of reasons to buy flowers online, I have just given you one.!

Grasshopper = Belalang!

What do you think about this grasshopper? It does not look like the common grasshopper with big head and eyes. And it's got four legs only!

Did you know that a grasshopper is called a "Belalang" in the Malay language?

Can anyone identify this hopper?

Purple Flowers

Can anyone help to identify this plant? I think it's a wild plant as it grew outside my sister's home in Seremban 2.