Orchids are omnipresent in whole Borneo and can be found everywhere from the coastal shorelines to the elevated mountain tops in the hinterland. The orchid Plocoglottis plicata (Roxb.) is very common in certain areas and one of my favorite terrestrial…
Aroid, Podolasia spinosa of Sarawak / Borneo, around 120m ASL
Reinwardts Pitcher Plant, Nepenthes reinwardtiana, of Central Sarawak / Borneo around 1500m ASL Nepenthes reinwardtiana is a widespread pitcher plant in Sarawak / Borneo, but only in few remote places in a high altitude you can find this “giant morph”.
Veitch’s pitcher-plant Nepenthes veitchii Hook.f. (1859) from central Sarawak / Borneo, 1200m ASL
undescribed Begonia – Begonia spec. in situ – central Sarawak / Borneo.
undescribed Begonia – Begonia spec. in situ – central Sarawak / Borneo.
Rafflesia tuan-mudae, Rafflesia tuan-mudae Becc. – is a member of the Rafflesiaceae family. It lives as a parasite on the Tetrastigma vine. Etymologie: The tuan muda is a title – Tuan muda of Sarawak is the title of the Heir…
undescribed Begonia – Begonia spec. in situ – central Sarawak / Borneo.
undescribed Begonia – Begonia spec. in situ – central Sarawak / Borneo.
undescribed Begonia – Begonia spec. in situ – central Sarawak / Borneo.