Pagoda plant. Observe the form of the plant.
A moth on a pile of dried leaves in the shade...
Soothing mid-day sun and shade on the stream.
Observe the quality of the water. 
The stream under full glare of mid-day sun.
A perfect bush of Black Lily, Tacca spp.
A damselfly on its sentry post.
Another bejeweled damselfly on a boulder.
Flowers from the canopy on the stream...
A fungus.
A group of attractive fungi on a fallen tree across the stream.
Another on the same trunk.
Delicate and translucent underside of the fungus against the light...
Another view...
An orchid scrambling all over the fallen trunk.
Another fungus...
Delicate umbrelles like miniature table lamps for elves...
Gelatinous wood ears.
Black ones.
Lacy and delicate ferns growing among mosses on a boulder. Reminds me of the aquatic Bolbitis ferns.
A brown Nawab, Charaxes spp. feeding on the sandy banks.
Lantana...a classic roadside plant.
A brown Pansy butterfly sunning itself.
A small wasp.
A fruit fly on a sunlit palm frond.
A patch of moss revived by the rain.
Firecracker flowers dangling from a trunk, almost touching the leaf litters on the forest floor.
Tiny Sonerilas found abundantly along the trunk road uphill. One just need to take the time to stop and observe...
Beautifully patterned leaf of a wild pepper plant.
Another sonerila with vividly patterned leaves. They belong to the melanostomacea family of plants that includes the common Straits Rhododendron or locally called Senduduk.
A selaginella beautifully shaded in deep bronze.
A variety of tree ferns with woolly bases.The wool is an effective fiber used to clot blood flow in a cut.
On the way down at Tranum, I spied a huge mass of Hoyas on the huge raintree. It was flowering profusely and is certainly a rare treat.
View of Fraser's Hills from the corner of the slopes going up to Bukit Telaga.
Brings back memories of cycling to bkt telaga from raub for picnic in 1965/66. Cold clear water and natural pool at bottom of waterfall. Thanks for pictures.
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