Betau Valley

Betau Valley

Sunday 27 September 2009

On the jungle trails of Fraser's Hills...21 September 2009

Big letters announcing Fraser's Hills, once a mountain retreat for the British to escape the tropical heat


The bamboo orchid, a handsome plant found in the more exposed area


A beautiful lilac colored bloom of the Senduduk Gunung, melanostoma spp.


The lacy leaves of the peacock fern


A colorful bird perched on the branches of a tree


Snowy white flowers of a tiny plant commonly found along the trails


Beautiful velvet leaves of the jewel orchid, punctuated with golden veins


A translucent fern among the mossy forest floor


A wild ginger, Costus globosus


A strange mushroom


A tiny white flower


Flower bracts of the Giant Spindle Ginger, a bizarre wild ginger with aerial roots


Sonerila Rudis, a common senduduk on the trails


Tiny orange blossom of a Hoya species


Beautiful blooms of yet another senduduk


The delicate blooms of another jewel orchid


The jewel orchid in bloom


A beautiful cousin of the African violet


An unopened cup of a Nepenthes spp., the Monkey cup


A Nepenthes spp. nestled among the ferns

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