photography at Borneo highlands

[Robert]

Borneo highlands were part of the mt range separating Indonesia's Kalimantan and south western Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. The highest point was 1329m. It was a recommended place for landscape and plant photography. Everything look fresh due to the altitude - the cloud laden moisture blowing over from kalimantan and condenses on plant foliages and the ground whereby making the ground soggy always. The "cloud forest" like phenomenon occur in early morning and would clear off, but very much depending on the wind direction.

misty morning





As in most rain forest one tree will support many plant form









Not sure what species the pink flowers belonged to, it was also a very common sight in lowland forest



This huge tree has mosses overgrown on the trunk


An unid orchid and macode petola making their home on tree trunk


Kalimantan view-accompanying some visiting singaporean photographers


kalimantan border view-large tract of forest still remain due to its remoteness, but how long?



A view towards kuching

I have made numerous visit in the past and everyday was a glorious day that has ever been - the wonderful display of light during sunset, sunrise,overcast skies, the sudden light showers by the low cloud and sometimes sun appear again soon as the rain was over.




The highlands and adjacent mountans of Padawan. Farthest on the middle of the picture was Mt Santubong.




flower garden and landscape view











fern trees a common plant found on the highland. The chalets we stayed were surrounded by them.


a little bit of lens filter effect


who would have thought the former PM has a house here-he hardly use


probably one of the imported plants.


August month was flowering time for the "tropical sakura" aka "eagle flowers". Its semi hardy stem vine up a tree it grows by, as it vines up off shoots are produced making the whole tree appeared belonged to itself rather tan the host.




The temp and humidity over the night


Needless to say the highland was one of the habitats for intermediate form of pitcher plants. Some years ago, on my first visit, when the highland was still on development stage i saw an N.veitchii plant growing epiphytically but i failed to locate it. Most neps seem to grow epiphytically, like this huge clump of fusca.



a young leaf insect basking in the morning sun.


wild ginger probably Kaempferia pulchra



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