Saturday, 26 October 2013

Orang Utan from Sarawak

The Orang Utan from Borneo island has 3 subspecies. This one from Sarawak is Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus.





Tuesday, 22 October 2013

Journey to central & northern Sarawak - oct. trip (part 2)

 Limestone outcrop in northern Sarawak:












 Alocasia venusta

October is flowering season for Amorphophallus niahensis 

Drosera burmannii

Alocasia robusta, the giant yam from the jungle of Borneo.

Wild ginger.


Pitcher plants also got a lot of natural cross hybrid. This red pitcher is Nepenthes × cantleyi (natural hybrid between N. bicalcarata and N. gracilis).

I almost wanted to faint after finding this Kaempfelia wild ginger in a limestone hill in northern Sarawak. This Kaempfelia is originally from Thailand .....& somebody is purposely planted it in our limestone forest!

Hoya sp.


Sundew.

Papilionanthe hookeriana

Crypt. fusca

Monday, 21 October 2013

A peat swamp in western Sarawak

There are a lot of living creatures living under the thick layer of leaf litter.....


Betta brownorum (female)

Betta brownorum (male)



Small peat swamp crab.


Friday, 18 October 2013

Visiting Cryptocoryne habitat in southern Sarawak

Crypt. lingua




Crypt. keei





Crypt. ferruginea "brown pinkish"


Giant sized Crypt. ciliata var. ciliata

Euphaea impar.

Stick insect.

Pikehead, (Luciocephalus pulcher) .