Wordless Wednesday

March 31, 2010

Pods of Sterculia megistophylla …and what’s inside

Postcard from Borneo #7: Of the rarest plant of all

March 29, 2010

In case you were wondering: yes, we did see one. Rafflesia keithii (I think): one of the 17 known species …

March 28, 2010

Well… let’s start with the buttresses then: Mangrove trees along the river And some wonderfully mossy buttresses in the rainforest. …

March 27, 2010

You can’t talk about plants and Borneo in the same breath without mentioning pitcher plants. Nepenthes, as they should more …

March 26, 2010

Orchids are everywhere in Borneo: a tenth of the world’s wild species are found here. They festoon trees in the …

March 25, 2010

Long-tailed macaques (I won’t mention what these two were up to five seconds before this photo was taken) Awwww……. Yes, …

March 24, 2010

At Poring Hot Springs (and they were, very hot) halfway up the mountain, there were lots of these gorgeous things: …

March 23, 2010

Apologies for the lengthy silence – I’ve just been off on my hols. And we’re not talking Torremolinos: I abandoned …