Wednesday, 17 October 2012

Exploring @ the border (part 1)

The almost 12 hours of rain finally stopped...and I was happy to explore at Sarawak-Kalimantan border.







Schismatoglottis conoidea "variegated leaf".









Homalomena insignis "brown"




Cryptocoryne ferruginea "tiger stripes".


Monday, 15 October 2012

Visiting a nursery in Sarawak (part 1)



Bucephalandra catherineae from Kalimantan.




Bucephalandra belindae from Kalimantan.



New species of Bucephalandra from Kalimantan Tengah.




Another new species of Bucephalandra.

Probably Bucephalandra pygmaea???


Sunday, 14 October 2012

Other plants from blackwater vertical falls

Nepenthes hispida (pitcher plant). New record: this species always found in northern Sarawak. It's rare in western Sarawak.




Fern.

Gesneraid plant:

Ginger.



Hoya sp.


Coctus sp. (ginger)


Bulbophyllum sp. (orchid)


Begonia sp.

Vrydagzynea tristriata (orchid).


Aroids from blackwater waterfall

New species of Homalomena "narrow leaf form":


Schismatoglottis sp. - species A


Schismatoglottis sp. - species B

Schismatoglottis cf tecturata (?)


Alocasia beccarri


Aridarum crassum



Blackwater vertical falls @ western Sarawak

Today, I failed to find 3rd waterfall cos of heavy downpour. So far, only found 2 blackwater waterfalls.