This started out as a shoot growing out of the ground. It eventually morphed into a creeper that strangled a tree-sized chilli plant I was trying to nurture. My garden has a mind of it’s own. Wanna see all 30 Days of Weeds? I made paintings based on these drawings! Go go go to there: WEEDS/RUMPAI series.
For weeks I kept finding mysterious orange fruit lying on the ground near a portion of our fence. I didn’t know where they were coming from. Took me awhile to realize they were the spawn of a vine creeping all over the fence. It’s passiflora foetida, also known as buah leletup (exploding fruit) or anggur hutan… Read more
One of the first things I did after moving to Port Dickson was start a compost heap. There’s a patch of ground right next to it that seems to spawn particularly interesting and diverse weeds. This was one of them. I love the shape of the leaves and suddenly this tall stem shooting out of them… Read more
Here’s a creeper that covers the ground in my backyard. Tough little thing, since it grows under perpetual shade (thanks to FOUR fruit trees). Has small white flowers with maroon hearts.
Here’s another weedy-weed weed that likes growing in the cracks. Its got little white flowers at its furry bases.
