Wednesday 13 February 2019

Flora & fauna of east Sabah (Jan.2019) - part 1


Bornean pit viper, (Trimeresurus borneensis)

Begonia lamriana, the black jewel from the jungle of Borneo:

Great Egret (Ardea alba):

Corybas serpentinus (helmet orchid) 

Begonia sp.


Schismatoglottis "tricolor" from east Sabah

A variegated Porpax borneensis (orchid) from east Sabah!!!!!! Even that creeping rhizomes also got "variegated pattern"!!!

Odontochilus hydrocephalus (jewel orchid) from lower montane forest 




Odontochilus hydrocephalus (jewel orchid) from lower montane forest 

Another Schismatoglottis from east Sabah


Begonia dimorpha

Great Egret (Ardea alba):


Nepenthes macrovulgaris 

Tuesday 5 February 2019

祝大家新年快乐,诸事如意! Happy Lunar New Year!

祝大家新年快乐,诸事如意! Happy Lunar New Year! This year is Year of Pig.



Flora & fauna of Sarawak (January 2019)- part 3

New species of Pentaphragma from Sarawak:

Begonia lailana



Schismatoglottis multiflora

Acranthera sp. 




Homalomena insignis

Bucephalandra "pearl grey" in its natural habitat










Flora & fauna of Sarawak (January 2019)- part 2

Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus) from forest canopy near my home. I was sitting on the top of a cliff & this male bird flew to a tree branch very near to me cos it was curious to see what "creature" was looking at it with a big black stick.


Probably Cynopterus brachyotis (?), a species of fruit bat from jungle of Sarawak.





Horsfield's Babbler (Malacocincla sepiaria)