Aromatic Garden Aphrodisiac. Dwarf Ylang-Ylang, Cananga odorata var. fruticosa, Herbal Garden, Taman Tasik Perdana, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Usually in Kuala Lumpur during other periods of the year, I was now happily surprised to see Dwarf Ylang-Ylang in full bloom! The Herbal Garden in the Lake Gardens has a nice little shrub-stand of Cananga odorata var. fruticosa, that is the small species of the larger, tree-size Cananga odorata. Ylang-Ylang of both sorts is a highly prized aromatic plant, and if famous anthropologist Margaret Mead is to be believed its blossoms were strewn on Samoan Marital Beds as an aphrodisiac.
The flowers are rather difficult to photograph well because of their 'frilliness'; but I think I got a good enough shot this time...
Aromatic Garden Aphrodisiac. Dwarf Ylang-Ylang, Cananga odorata var. fruticosa, Herbal Garden, Taman Tasik Perdana, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Usually in Kuala Lumpur during other periods of the year, I was now happily surprised to see Dwarf Ylang-Ylang in full bloom! The Herbal Garden in the Lake Gardens has a nice little shrub-stand of Cananga odorata var. fruticosa, that is the small species of the larger, tree-size Cananga odorata. Ylang-Ylang of both sorts is a highly prized aromatic plant, and if famous anthropologist Margaret Mead is to be believed its blossoms were strewn on Samoan Marital Beds as an aphrodisiac.
The flowers are rather difficult to photograph well because of their 'frilliness'; but I think I got a good enough shot this time...