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Climbing a limestone hill near Kuching

» by herman May 28, 2010 at 10:55 pm » Comments (4)

I recently had a chance to follow Mike and his 'climbing' friends up one of the many limestone hills around Kuching in search of interesting plants. Here are some photos of ...more »

My Crypt and Nepenthes Garden

» by herman March 15, 2010 at 3:56 pm » Comments (6)

After a long wait, I decided to start redesigning my garden. The plan is to designate areas within my garden compound to fit a Crypts garden, a Nepenthes and Orchid ...more »

Highland nepenthes

» by Joshua December 15, 2009 at 11:29 am » Comments (0)

Visited a highland near Selangor last weekend, its kinda rush trip but still, we manage to meet our "friends" at the same spot that Herman found previously. Interesting blood red color ...more »

Orchid flower gallery

» by Joshua December 13, 2009 at 8:27 pm » Comments (0)

Pictures taken from an orchid's nursery located in the highland. Enjoy it... [nggallery id=63] These wild lady slipper orchids caught my eyes, scientific name Paphiopedilum callosum adn parishii. [nggallery id=62] more »

Orchid Garden in Sarawak

» by Joshua September 3, 2008 at 3:30 pm » Comments Off

I'm glad to have an opportunity to visit a great orchid garden that belongs to my friend who is a Sarawakian. He's a real orchid enthusiast. His collection of wild ...more »

Corybas Crenulatus

» by Joshua September 3, 2008 at 3:28 pm » Comments (2)

Corybas Crenulatus is also known as Helmet orchids. These miniature plants have a solitary leaf and flower each. We normally find this species in thick moss on limestone rocks, but ...more »