Sunday Flowers

On any Sunday in Kuching you can feast your eyes with a vast collection of flowers and colourful foliage. The happening is as always at the Satok Sunday market . Orchids, Hibiscus, Bougainvilleas, Roses, Coleus and many more varieties of indoor plants and fruit trees are in abundance to cater for the diverse interests of garden enthusiasts or hobbyists. It is a great place to see the latest additions of plants for the eager consuming Kuching crowd.


At one corner of the market I was impressed by this rich collection of bougainvillea species. The colourful bracts of the bougainvilleas make up for their small significant flowers.

The above is my prized possession of the day, a begonia rex species. The colourful foliage with 'batik-like' impressions on the leaves are indeed awesome. The varying colours and patterning are a show of nature's masterly handiwork. Nature will forever continue to amaze me.

This variegated draceana species ( Draceana fragrans 'Massangeana') will do fine as an indoor potted plant.

Overall, a perfect day for flower shopping.

Jalan Satok

This is the main Jalan Satok or Satok Road. Satok Road is a major shopping, banking and eating area in Kuching. On weekends city folks flock here to do their weekend shopping at the Sunday market which kick off on Saturday afternoon till Sunday morning. Daily in the evening one of the car parking spaces will be turned into a hawkers food centre .

Crossandra Flowers Open Flat

At the Satok weekend flower market I notice these interesting crossandra species.  They are commonly in shades of yellow, but the samples above are in orange / salmon-pink, and a mixed white and light yellow variety. Notice how the petals and the flowers open up horizontally like the palm of the hand. Crossandras are a low perennial shrub( i.e. blooming throughout the year) and are  planted en masse in beds in landscaped areas around Kuching city.