L/L Nepenthes of South Eastern Peninsular Malaysia

[NepNut]

WARNING : LONG LOADING TIME !!

During the long holiday weekend of Malaysian Independence day, Lim and I took a drive down to the state of Terengganu, Pahang and Johor to look for L/L nepenthes species on that part of the Peninsular Malaysia, here's what we found....

Terengganu
Nepenthes species found : N. ampullaria, N. gracilis and N. mirabilis
Nepenthes hybrid found : N. x trichocarpa (only 1 specimen)
Drosera found : D. burmannii (YAY!!)

N. ampullaria -habitat


N. ampullaria -1


N. ampullaria -2


N. ampullaria -3


N. ampullaria -4


N. gracilis -habitat


N. gracilis -1


N. gracilis -2- Hot lips ?!?



D. burmannii - Lim will post in more details in the drosera section



Pahang
Nepenthes species found : N. ampullaria, N. gracilis, N. mirabilis and N. rafflesiana
Nepenthes hybrid found : N. x trichocarpa, N. gracilis x mirabilis & N. x hookeriana

N. ampullaria -habitat


N. ampullaria -1


N. ampullaria -2


N. ampullaria - 3


N. gracilis - habitat -1


N. gracilis - habitat -2


Life always find a way....


N. gracilis x mirablis


N. x trichocarpa -1- basals


N. x trichocarpa -1- upper


N. rafflesiana -1


N. rafflesiana -2


N. rafflesiana -3


N. x hookeriana -1


N. x hookeriana -2


LSM growing naturally in L/L tropical condition




Johor
Nepenthes species found : N. ampullaria, N. gracilis and N. rafflesiana
Nepenthes hybrid found : N. x trichocarpa and N. x hookeriana

N. x hookeriana -1


N. x hookeriana -2


N. x hookeriana -3


N. x hookeriana -4


N. rafflesiana -1


N. rafflesiana -2


N. rafflesiana -3


N. rafflesiana -4


N. rafflesiana -5


N. rafflesiana -6


N. rafflesiana -7


N. rafflesiana -8 Can't be sure about the pinkish upper as there's only 1 pitcher. Maybe caused by over exposure to sunlight??


N. rafflesiana -9


N. rafflesiana -soil


N. rafflesiana -habitat


Hope you enjoy the pics as I'm very happy to be able to see wild N. rafflesiana and N. x hookeriana for the first time !! YAY !!

[Marigoldsfail21]

Looks like it was a fun trip. It's nice to see that there are some places where neps are thriving.

[drgreenthumb]

WOW All the pics are beautiful
Thank you for sharing those
-Sean

[kentosaurs]

nICE.......Gracilis habitat seems so dry at the 1st area....And love the LSM..

[bactrus]

Sign.... wish I went along.... Thanks for the photo journey Robert.

[TranMinh]

Thank for the photo, really top quality.

[arvin555]

First photo under Pahang section aren't those seed pods in the photo? No close up? No seeds got caught on your pant accidentally?

Great photos and great info on their soils look like.

Love that wild LSM! First time to see photo like that insitu in tropical LL place. Man I sure would like to have some of those!

TTFN
Arvin

[David]

Boo song liau lorr (Don't feel nice already)... Such an amazing trip and you did not ask me along.

Thanks for the great pictures and documentary tho'. Really beautiful. Amazing that the sphagnum moss is able to thrive so well under lowland conditions.

I especially like the clump of gracilis basels. Just love them when they grow that way. The "hot lips" gracilis is just georgeous! The rafflesiana pictures are just amazing. Such huge pitchers.

Lim, quickly post the burmanii pictures please. I think this is the first time I've seen or heard of someone finding drosera in Peninsular Malaysia. It is always in Borneo. Well done man!

[NepNut]

From my observation about the LSM growing naturally in L/L condition, if without the cool stream to keep it moist and cool constantly(~28C), I don't think it can fluorish. The key is the moisture that keeps them going....

BA,
After this trip, I'll be grounded for at least 3-4 months liao...

Hi Arvin,
All seeds seems accidentally stick to Lim's pants...

Hi David,
Mai ar neg kuan lah... (Please don't be like that... ). Actually I'm Lim's driver for this trip as he needed to collect some bettas for his research with USM, so the main objective is to go collect the bettas... Always next time... still many2 spots to see but so little time.

[bactrus]

Robert, I know how grounded you'll be. Grounded for three 4 months... that's an understatement. Hehe. Thanks for sharing anyway. Would you mind putting up more habitat pictures. Love to see the surroundings where the nep is growing.