MAHA 2008

[boonleng]

Originally Posted by David

You guys are "evil". Now I can't sleep at night. Can't wait to go now. One more day... one more day... one more day...

Boonleng,

Yopu said the CP tank was done up by students. Are they from a society or which school are they from? Interesting. Would be great to meet up with them.

Is actually a plant tank competition for school students, there are cactus tank, orchid tank.. etc. That CP tank won the 1st prize. Dont remember from which school coz all the tanks are from different school.. but i heard that all those tanks are setup by the students within few hours.. great job and nice tank.

[David]

Just some updates. It was a fun outing. However, for those who have not gone to MAHA, only YG Park stall is selling CPs. The rest are selling herbs, orchids and tills.

It was a pleasant surprise to see Juliana of Malesiana Tropicals at YG Park booth. Could not recognise her at the beginning until she asked me if I am David. She is here to help educate the public on the cultivation of Nepenthes and to correct the wrong perception the public has about growing Nepenthes. MT will be bringing more and more Nepenthes into the Malaysian nursery market through YG Park.

YG Park boss was also there. It was nice to meet up with her again. I don't think so she recognise me. The last time I saw her was a couple of years back. Went up Cameron Highlands to get Nepenthes from them quite often. Her hubby was not there tho.

Will follow-up with some pictures from my camera later.

[Tarence]

I echo David`s post & will adda few things in.

I went with David & Edmund on Sat. On Sun, I went again. heheh.

MsCheong from YG ( the boss wife or also the boss lah ) says they might bring down rooted cephalotus in the next 3 days or so. These are small cephs but they are rooted. She can`t confirm the price yet but it`ll be good for those of you who might to try.

If you are looking for a sugar alternative, some stalls are selling Stevia which is a herb & the leaves taste like sugar.

I bought these 2 sarras from YG :

[David]

Ok, here's the pictures from my camera...

Plants in YG Park stalls:

[David]

[David]

YG Park booth. The lady near the center of the picture towards the right with hands folded is Juliana from MT. The guy on the right with blue bag is Tarence. He was talking to Ms. Cheong. His body is blocking hers. Only can see a little of her face. The guy in green shirt on the right is Edmund.

[David]

Other plants at MAHA...

Bongsai plants:







Chilli:




Tomatos:

[David]

Mushroom growing:





Orchid galore:





Padi plant:

[David]

Traditional herbs:



Vanila plant:

[David]

Found this material that I thought might be used to grow Nepenthes. It is taken from a plant and the material does not decompose easily. It is used to make Polymer composite for building materials.

This was a research done by MARDI. They do not have any for sale. I wanted to get some back and try it out with my neps. Perhaps can place a layer of sphagnum moss at the bottom of the pot, then fill it up with kenaf and place another layer of s. moss on top to keep the humidity in the media.