Singapore has only two seasons – dry or wet, but it seems like spring season around here these days thanks to these flowering trees. I’ve been living here for over 5 years but this is the first time this has happened. Last Friday, my friends and I took a detour on the way to lunch just so we could have a pictorial with this pretty bouquet of a tree. #happiness
Here are some more pictures of other trees that were snapped by my roommate.
According to this article, the pinkish/purplish blooms are called the pink mempat, while the ones with the white blossoms are trumpet trees.
Also according to that same article, the mass flowering is especially rare for a country like Singapore, as the local climate of uniformly wet without prolonged period of dry spell does not cause such mass flowering to occur. However, the prolonged dry spell in the recent month followed by a sudden heavy rain triggered the intense mass flowering of the trees, thus creating this “Sakura” season in Singapore. Thanks, Mother Nature! 🙂
This post is part of the A to Z Challenge, a blog hop that goes through the alphabet for all the days of April except Sundays.