Monday 29 June 2015

Begonia sinuata & Begonia hirtella

Begonia sinuata



Begonia hirtella, an introduced species from South America....is growing wild in the mountains of northern Peninsular Malaysia.


Begonia variabilis from northern Peninsular Malaysia

Begonia variabilis from the jungle of northern Peninsular Malaysia has very variable leaves for colour, shape & pattern!








Begonia maxwelliana from Banjaran Bintang

Begonia maxwelliana from Banjaran Bintang (Banjaran = mountain range) of Peninsular Malaysia:





Rediscovered Begonia martabanica var. pseudoclivals

I think I have rediscovered a thought to be "extinct" species; Begonia martabanica var. pseudoclivals in the jungle of northern Peninsular Malaysia.




Cryptocoryne elliptica "variegated leaf"

Cryptocoryne elliptica "variegated leaf" from the freshwater swamp of Peninsular Malaysia.






Sunday 28 June 2015

Adventure @ Bintang range & nearby places - part 1


Bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus bintangtinggi)

Although Lemon Pansy (Junonia lemonias) is very common in north western Peninsular Malaysia, this is my very first time to meet & photographing it! (No such species in Borneo)

Channa gachua

Arisaema anomalum

lipstick plant

Apoballis mutata



Limestone hill


Nepenthus albomarginata "red"



Balsam (Impatiens curtisii)



Homalomena "brown"


Elatostema sp. "silver leaf" 


Arisaema wrayi (aroid)