Sunday 30 November 2014

Rivers & jungle behind my "backyard" - part 6


Eria leiophylla (orchid)



Caloglossa cf. beccarii (red algae) grows on the rock at a cascade.

Cryptocoryne striolata


Caloglossa cf. beccarii (red algae) grows on the rock at a cascade.





This is a beautiful looking Bulbo orchid which the leaf is not as hard as other bulbo.

Begonia sp.


Bulbo. pendurata???

Aridarum borneense





A dead pit viper





Bulbo. beccarii (endemic to Borneo)




Aridarum borneense





Friday 28 November 2014

The pearl of Sarawak : Bucephalandra "pearl grey"











Rivers & jungle behind my "backyard" - part 5





Different colour variant of Bucephalandra growing on the same spot in a stream near my home.... submerged under the water in wet season. The bigger aroid on the top of this photo is Piptospatha.

Crepidium lowii





Begonia sp.



Cyrtandra splendens

The flora in my homeland is so diverse that I always find something new in the jungle near my home. This colony of wild ginger which got white spots on the leaf is my very first time to find it. The price to see it is donating my blood to blood-sucking leeches.