FLORA MAGAZINE

Issue1 October 2021
FLORA
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SITE PLAN
In this issue:
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PLANT
IDENTIFICATION PLANT
TYPES

10 PLANT

IDENTIFICATION




PLANT A FLOWER & YOU CAN HAVE MANY SMILING FLOWERS AROUND YOU EVERYDAY.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

AUTHOR : NUR ARINA SYZWANI BT MUHTAR ARNI ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CHECKED BY : DR. JULIA BINTI MD. TUKIRAN

This research was supported and partially
supported by the mobile application called
PictureThis on Appstore/Playstore. I am thankful
to my lecturer Dr. Julia bt Md. Tukiran who
provided expertise that greatly assisted the
research and crit session in class Landscape
Design until the book released in the market.

I am also grateful to myself for finally completed
this magazine book with fun. Last but not least, I
have to express out appreciation to my mom for
sharing let me studied her house's garden that
fillness with a blossom.

[email protected] ArinaSyzwn
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Table of

LANDSCAPE DESIGN

Content

QUOTE OF THE DAY: ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

FLORA 04 INTRODUCTION
are god
gifted Its contain the Introduction of site plan
treasure; house/garden area, with the label and legend
where's the plants identification place.
their absence will increase
environmental pressure WHAT IS PLANT IDENTIFICATION

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The definition of Flora.

06 SOFTSCAPE TYPES

Its contain the sample photos of plant with
charecteristic.

07-17 PLANT IDENTIFICATION

Its contain the sample photos of plant with the
scientific name, category, plant characteristic
and the plant care requirement.

18-24 TIPS ON PHOTOGRAPHY FLORA

6 Flower Photography Tips for Instantly Stunning
Flora Photos

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SITE PLAN

THE LABELLING PLANT IDENTIFICATION BY A SATELITE GOOGLE MAPS VIEW

INTRODUCTION LEGEND :

This is the site plan of house owner's garden
by plant identification in the next page.

The location was at No. 30 Lorong 1c/19
Kampung Baru Kundang Tambahan, 48020,
Rawang, Selangor.

WE CAN LEARN A LOT FROM TREE: THEY'RE
ALWAYS GROUNDED BUT NEVER STOP
REACHING HEAVENWARD.
- EVERETT MAWOR

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Flora!

REFERENCES BY FLORA HARVARD.EDU,CHINA

A Flora may contain anything from a simple list of the plants
occurring in an area to a very detailed account of those
plants. A Flora almost always contains scientific names, and it
may also include common names, literature references,
descriptions, habitats, geographical distribution and
flowering times. Sometimes the plants are listed
alphabetically, and sometimes they are represented within a
classification system that indicates which plants are most
similar or thought to be related.

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Softdcape types
& CHARECTERISTICS

01 TREE 04 CLIMBER

Has a hard wood and a height of more Shrubs that have tendrils, roots or thorns
than 4 meters. that can be used as support for climbing.

02 PALM 05 GROUND COVER

Palm plants have fronds. All types of creeping plants on the earth's
surface & height less than 0.5 m.

03 SHRUB

Has a stem and a height of between 4 to
0.5 meters.

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PLANT

IDENTIFICA-
TION

“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow.
The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real

thing.” — Abraham Lincoln




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Schefflera arboricala

Umbrella tree

LEAVES

CATEGORY
SHRUB

FLOWER

FRUIT

PLANT IDENTIFICATION

PLANT CHARACTERISTIC PLANT CARE
REQUIREMENTS

Dwarf umbrella tree is an evergreen, multi- -Full sun
stemmed shrub native to China. It is commonly -Need more water in
grown as houseplant or a garden plant in midler summer and should
climates for its decorative palmately compound watered once a day
leaves. The leaves contain calcium oxalates, -During spring and
which damage internal organs when ingested. It fall, water every 3-4
shouldn’t be confused with the Australian umbrella days
tree, Scefflera actinophylla
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Dracaena fragrans

Corn tree

LEAVES

FLOWER

CATEGORY
SHRUB

FRUIT

PLANT IDENTIFICATION

PLANT CHARACTERISTIC PLANT CARE
REQUIREMENTS

Corn plant (Dracaena fragrans) is an evergreen, -Partial sun
slow-growing perennial shrub native to tropical -Less water, watering
Africa. Also, it is a classic houseplant, grown in once a week is
Europe since the 1800s. its glossy green foliage enough
that resembles corn leaves grow on top of a thick
cane, which is why the plant is sometimes called
“false palm tree”.

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Leucophyllum frutescens

Texas sage

LEAVES

CATEGORY
SHRUB

FLOWER

FRUIT

PLANT IDENTIFICATION

PLANT CHARACTERISTIC PLANT CARE
REQUIREMENTS

Leucophyllum frutescens or Texas ranger is used -Full sun
often as an ornamental plant as it is fairly easy to -Water once a day
grow. While it is sometimes known as Texas sage, because the leaves
it is not an actual sage as it belongs to the need a humidity more.
barometer bush genus (Leucophyllum).

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PLANT IDENTIFICATION Bougainvillea glabra

Bougainvillea

PLANT CHARACTERISTIC PLANT CARE
REQUIREMENTS

Paperflower is used commonly as an outdoor -Full sun
Average water needs,
ornamental plant and thives in warm climates. The watering when the
top 3 cm of soil has
genus Bougainvillea is the official flower of many dried out.

places, including Guam, Pingtung, Ipoh,

Tagbilaran, San Clemente, Guangzhou, and Naha.

Paperflowers have unique flower patterns and can

make good bonsai plants. Its flower are mostly

purplish-red, bright and dazzling.

LEAVES

FLOWER

CATEGORY
SHRUB

TRUNK

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PLANT IDENTIFICATION Aloe Vera

True aloe

PLANT CHARACTERISTIC PLANT CARE
REQUIREMENTS

Aloe vera is an evergreen succulent species native -Full sun to partial sun
to the Arabian Peninsula. The thick leaves are -Drought-tolerant.
filled with gooey flesh that store water for survival Allow the soil todry
in its native desert territories. Aloe vera has completely between
become a popular houseplant and is also watering.
incorporated into a wide range of cosmetics and
skin-care products.

LEAVES

FLOWER

CATEGORY
SHRUB

TRUNK

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Platycladus orientalis

Chinese thuja

LEAVES

CATEGORY
TREE

FLOWER

FRUIT

PLANT IDENTIFICATION

PLANT CHARACTERISTIC PLANT CARE
REQUIREMENTS

Oriental arborvitae (Platycladus orientalis) is a -Full sun
small evergreen tree native to East Asia. Unlike
many other plants, which share a “genus” family -Average water
with many other species, the oriental arborvitae is
the only member of the Platycladus genus. It is needs, watering when
most often cultivated as an ornamental plant and
a source of wood. the top 3cm of soil

has dried out.

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Hibiscus rosasinensis

Chinese hibiscus

LEAVES

FLOWER

CATEGORY
TREE

FRUIT

PLANT IDENTIFICATION

PLANT CHARACTERISTIC PLANT CARE
REQUIREMENTS

Chinese hibiscus is a small flowering tree. Its -Ample sunlight
fragnant flowers are well known the world over,
leading to many cultivated variants. Chinese (6hours a day)
hibiscus is the national flower of Malaysian coins.
Although the Latin name, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, -Optimum
means “the rose of China,” it is not related to true
roses. temperature is 16-32’c

PAGE 14 -Young rose of Sharon

(hibiscus syriacus)

should be watered

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Euphorbias tithymalodes

PLANT IDENTIFICATION Devil's-backbone

PLANT CHARACTERISTIC PLANT CARE
REQUIREMENTS

Devil’s-backbone (Euphorbia tithymaloides) is a -Full sun to partial sun
succulent species of spurge native to North and Drought-tolerant
Central America. It has been planted in gardens -Allow the soil to dry
since the 17th century and valued for its unique completely between
appearance and its habit of attracting watering.
hummingbirs. However, nearly all parts of this
species are toxic and should not be consumed.

LEAVES

CATEGORY
SHRUB

FLOWER

FRUIT

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PLANT IDENTIFICATION Heliconia psittacorum

Parrot's flower

PLANT CHARACTERISTIC PLANT CARE
REQUIREMENTS

Parrot’s beak (Helliconia psittacorum) is a -Full sun to partial sun
perennial herb species native to the Caribbean Drought-tolerant
and South America. The parrots’s beak self- -Water everday
pollinates without additional pollination from
insect pollinators. This species is often planted in
tropical gardens

LEAVES

FLOWER

CATEGORY
SHRUB

FRUIT

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Carica papaya

Papaya tree

LEAVES

CATEGORY
TREE

FLOWER

FRUIT

PLANT IDENTIFICATION

PLANT CHARACTERISTIC PLANT CARE
REQUIREMENTS

Papaya (carica papaya) is a fruit bearing plant -Full sun
that origantes from Central America. Papaya is Drought-tolerant.
used for culinary purposes most often in Southeast -Allow the soil to dry
Asia and South America. Papaya can be turned completely between
into salads, curry, pickled dishes or it can simply watering.
be eaten raw.

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6 FLOWER PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS FOR INSTANTLY
STUNNING FLORA PHOTOS



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1.FIND A FRESH SUBJECT FOR YOUR FLOWER
PHOTOGRAPHY

Don’t settle for a poor subject. Don’t settle for a mediocre subject. Instead, make sure you find
the best.

The best flowers:

Are completely undamaged
Include no insects
Have recently bloomed (that is, have no browning petals, etc.)
Are very clean

Note that, if your flower isn’t in perfect FLORA
condition, you can still get some excellent MAGAZINE
shots. But you have to change your
composition so as not to capture, for
instance, the holes or the dirt.

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2. USE A WIDE APERTURE FOR SHALLOW DEPTH OF
FIELD

Many flower photographers (and macro photographers more broadly) think that the whole
flower must be sharp.
And so they choose a narrow aperture for a deep depth of field. They want a photo that is
completely in focu

Why?
It will get you some gorgeous abstract flower photos! Images that stand

out from the crowd.



BUT..
Have to be careful when focusing, because a shallow depth of field gives

you a very narrow plane of focus.

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3. CHOOSE A SIMPLE AND CLEAR COMPOSITION FOR THE MOST
POWERFUL FLOWER PHOTOGRAPHY

A flower photo with a poor composition is a poor flower photo. Which means that you need to
compose your flower photographs very carefully.

Now, composition refers to the arrangement of elements within the frame. So you need to pay
attention to a few things:

The main subject
Any secondary subjects
The background

But you need to make it clear that the photo is about that main subject. Remove all distractions
from the photo–anything that would take away from the main flower. In general, simple is better!

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4. SHOOT YOUR FLOWER FROM AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT
ANGLES

After all, some angles are far easier to use than others. Which is why shooting from standing height
is the most popular angle you’ll see.

But shooting from a standing height is rarely the best choice.
For instance, you should get down low, and shoot on a level with the flower. This will create
more intimate flower photos.
And you should also get below the flower, and shoot up toward the sky. This will result in a
wonderfully unusual perspective.
You can also shoot from an overhead angle.

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5. INCLUDE BEAUTIFUL COLORS (BUT LIMIT YOUR SHOT TO ONE,
TWO, OR THREE COLORS)

One of the great things about flowers:



They’re colorful.



And color is a wonderful way to spice up your
flower photography.



These tend to be shot up close.




You can take a duo-toned photo, like this:




Or you can create a tri-colored photo, like this one:




Any more colors, and your photo will start to appear chaotic (especially if the

colors contrast heavily with one another).

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6. SHOOT DURING CLOUDY CONDITIONS FOR THE BEST FLOWER
LIGHTING

You might think that the best type of flower photography lighting is bright and sunny.
But the truth is…

…bright and sunny lighting is the absolute worst type of conditions for flower photography. Because
the bright sun casts harsh shadows, and results in washed-out, unpleasant looking photos.

Shoot with cloudy light.
(The darker the clouds, the better.)

Clouds diffuse the harsh
sunlight. And this results
in wonderfully soft
lighting. Which helps
you capture lots of
gorgeous detail in your
flower photos.

Did I mention that soft
lighting tends to make
colors more saturated?

It’s true.

So flowers look

wonderful under cloudy

skies.

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