In may 2007, I got a phone call from Herman inviting me to join his expedition trip to Pahang. I was excited and picked him up from the zoo (No! that was not his habitat but he worked there) early in the morning the next day. After a quick breakfast we headed straight to our first targeted location, a hilly site near Bukit Tinggi. We planned to search for 2 species of plants, Orchid and pitcher plant.
Bamboo orchid’s (Arudina Graminifolia) are known to be abundance here.
Bamboo orchid - Arudina graminifolia
Arudina graminifolia - Closeup
Next, Nepenthes Sanguinea, named after Latin: sanguineus = blood red.
Nepenthes sanguinea
Sanguinea plant
Nepenthes ramispina and the crosses also can be found here.
Nepenthes ramispina
Ramispina plant
Herman in action…
Herman
My father pointing at an unknown species of moss
After lunch, we headed straight to our next targeted location. Two wonder species of aquatic aroid can be found here. Cryptocoryne affinis and nurii.
C. Affinis
Affinis biotope
The C. Affinis found here are very much different from the species found in Selangor, the leaves appear darker and they dwell in hard water. C. nurii is one of my favorite plants, because of the heart shape flower which is simply stunning and lovely.
C. Nurii
More pictures of C. nurii can be found here.
1:23 pm on August 6th, 2008 1
Mr Siow,
What about your trip to the jungles of Borneo? And your fishing? And your terrorizing.. we want to see pictures of that to.
2:05 pm on August 6th, 2008 2
More pictures is on the way, be patience lar….. i have hundreds of them.
11:26 pm on August 19th, 2008 3
Seems like C. affinis has a much larger distribution than what’s expected. Is the biotope in a limestone region?
I reckon that C. nurii are found in different localities to C. affinis?
11:26 am on January 16th, 2010 4
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