Betau Valley

Betau Valley

Sunday, 3 January 2010

Lata Jarum in December 2009...a pictorial (part 2)

Flora of Lata Jarum during the wet season: a pictorial of a day trip in December 2009


a beautiful fern, a huge one that is...


a beautifully marked leaf of an aroid (yam)


pearly white fungus on a damp trunk


yet another beautifully marked fungus that resembles the lingzhi...


flowering bract of a terrestrial ginger


remains of an uneaten pod of the petai (probably dropped by a monkey)


two delicate buds of a small plant on the damp forest edge, growing in the shades


delicate flowers of a tiny terrestrial ginger


strange looking fungus that react to moisture - they open up like flowers from its spherical fruiting bodies in contact with humidity.


close-up of the same kind of fungus, but a much larger species...


a strange organic flowering form sprouting from the dark and damp forest floor


a jewel orchid at last!


black coral-like fungus on an exposed fallen trunk of a tree


an orange colored flowering bract of a terrestrial ginger


orange jelly-like coral fungus on an exposed rotten tree trunk


beautiful red flowers of a climber on a boulder by the cascades


a large fungus called 'laitier' because it secretes milky sap from its gills


colorful berries in the shades...


What we came to Lata Jarum for...Raflessia cantleyi




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