junglemike

Aug. 10 2007, I took a direct flight from my hometown to Penang island in the north western part of Peninsular Malaysia.

In this trip, I found:

(1) One of the rarest Crypt. in Peninsular M'sia - Crypt. elliptica

(2) I found slipper orchid, Paphiopedilum barbatum & a wild orchid eden in a secret location at Kedah

(3) a big population of red coloured Nepenthes albomarginata (pitcher plant)


And many more.....

note: I took almost 300 photos in this trip, so I may take a week to upload some of the images to the forum or my website. It was another wonderful trip in 2007!!!



Penang bridge, the longest bridge in Southeast Asia!!! (13.5 km long)





Jungle Mike in the jungle of northern Peninsular Malaysia:





Crypt. elliptica - this is the only species of aquatic aroid which can propagate from the leaf & it is a rare species!!! I think I'm too lucky to find it.






Nepenthes albomarginata is very common in the hills & mountain of Penang & Kedah:





My "jaw dropped" when I saw this slipper orchid, Paphiopedilum barbatum !!!






To be continued.....



***Note: since this forum is a aquatic plant forum, I'll only post the picture of the aqutic plant in the next post. will take a few days to upload the photo.

Thanks to everyone for viewing.

Bert H

Looking forward to your follow-ups.

Chuppy

Hey you were here and did'nt look me up? lol just kidding.. just interested to get some of the shrimps from sarawak from you...(Im in penang anyways) great pic of the bridge

junglemike

I didn't know that your are from Penang....

elaphe

Very beautiful.

I would love to have such a beautiful "backyard".

Brian

Chuppy

Heck did'nt tell you about it anyways... Hope to hear from you soon bout fish/shrimps/plants from borneo..(no not them borneo suckers too much of them)... I hear loads from my friends in sarawak about you and specimens of borneo.. some even wanted to give me your contact but none of them never really sent me any specimens.. so here i am talking to mike himself... lol.. and btw.. so tht u know im only a teenager crazy enough to spend loads of time/money on aquarium .. willing to get rare specimens mayB even asking you to ship some over to my LFs.. (theyre interested in some specimens where they would buy by the 100s.. >only found in borneo items<)
Pm/ Reply me soon...

Chuppy(Drew)

Chuppy

Yeah? Migrate over to malaysia and you get more than you want.. honestly!

Khamul1of9

junglemike

August 10, 2007. I stayed a night at a budget hotel in Penang. I was travelling alone. My initial plan was to photograph the red coloured Nepenthes ampullaria (pitcher plant) at the summit of Penang hill. However, when I reached the foothill of Penang hill on the following day, I saw so many tourists buying tickets at the cable car station. I changed my mind to explore this hill as I don't like to go tourist destination. I prefer to explore places where there are not many people hanging around.


Beautiful night scenary of Penang:





I drove for few hours from Penang to Kedah state in the northern part of Peninsular Malaysia. About 10am, I saw a beautiful mountain near a small town. I decided to climb that mountain. When I drove pass a bridge, I saw a lot of water plants on the drain. I went down to check it out & saw Egeria densa and a species of Blyxa growing abundantly there:





Egeria densa and a species of Blyxa






I almost fell into the drain when I spotted this aquatic plant which I never seen before.....Ottelia alismoides !!!! WOOOWWW!!!

junglemike

According to my reference book, this Ottelia alismoides is common in Penang & Kedah but uncommon in southern Peninsular Malaysia. And, I never found it in Borneo.







The beautiful leaves of Ottelia alismoides .




I heard that this species is not easy to cultivate in the aquarium.





I also spotted Panchax ,Aplocheilus panchax in the drain. It is very common in Peninsular Malaysia but I never seen it in Borneo.




Aplocheilus panchax (male)