Friday, 22 November 2013

The creeper which can stop the bleeding

This is the creeper which stop the bleeding after I got "kissed" by blood sucking leeches. Common name is Mile-a-minute weed (薇金菊). Scientific name is Mikania micrantha. You can find that creeper easily in our garden & roadside. It is an invasive plant from South America.


Bucephalandra "dark grey"







Bucephalandra "pearl grey"








Thursday, 21 November 2013

Birds from southern Malay Peninsula

White Throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) is very common in the oil palm estate of Johor but I never seen it in Borneo before...

The male Jungle fowl (Gallus gallus). This is NOT chicken from farm or near village. It is a wild one. It has "white ears" & grey coloured feet which is different from the chicken in the farms. This one can fly at least 3 meter from the ground & very shy to Human.

Black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis).

Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopacea) is very common in urban areas of Malay Peninsula.....I remembered I was waken up by this noisy bird almost every morning when I was studying in Petaling Jaya.

Shrike (Lanius sp.)

Wednesday, 20 November 2013

Cryptocoryne from southern Malay Peninsula (part 1)

Crypt. schulzei





Crypt. jacobsonii



Crypt. cordata var. cordata



Crypt. sp. "Jemaluang" ~ probably a natural hybrid?



Crypt. nurii from Lenggor.




Crypt. nurii from Kahang.

Crypt. ciliata var. latifolia.

Monday, 18 November 2013

Kiewia ridleyi "variegated leaf" from southern Malay Peninsula

Piptospatha ridleyi (reclassified as Kiewia ridleyi)


Kiewia ridleyi

Kiewia ridleyi

Kiewia ridleyi

Kiewia ridleyi

Kiewia ridleyi

Habitat