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The spectacular Paphiopedilum lowii
I wish I had seen Paphiopedilum lowii in Borneo during my trip this year but alas there was no plan to see the species in situ. I had to comfort myself with the sight a beautiful plant in one of the...
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Repotted Drosera falconeri
You maybe remember this post where I showed a 9 x 9 cm pot filled with 5 Drosera falconeri. I published this article on my blog on September 11th, not even 3 months ago then. Shortly after, I separated...
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Lovely pitcher plant from Cambodia!
Look at this adorable pitcher plant from Cambodia. My heart melt when I first found it on late August.More about this later... (I'll edit the article accordingly) ;)
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Cattleya cernua var.mineira
There's not a lot to see in my conservatory at the moment because it's nearly winter here in Northern Europe. Luckily, there are a few gems here and there that are worth photographing. Among them is my...
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A beautiful Cyathea from Borneo
This is a large fern with blue purple stems we observed late March in Borneo. I remember having discussed the name of this plant with a few friends back there but I just can't remember it right now....
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Paraphalenopsis labukensis, another beauty from Borneo
Paraphalenopsis labukensis is another orchid I saw in an orchids garden back in Sabah. This species that once belonged to the genus Phalaenopsis, is endemic to Borneo. As much as I would have wanted to...
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An impressive Chalcosoma species from Borneo
This is a really nice memory from my last Borneo trip. The discovery of a superb Chalcosoma species in Poring Springs. This is what Borneo is about to me : observing fantastic and bizarre wildlife. If...
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Lathrecista asiatica
This is one of the beautiful dragonflies I observed this year in the tropics : Lathrecista asiatica from Borneo. Also called the Scarlet grenadier, Lathrecista asiatica is the sole species in its...
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Drosera magna and Drosera macrophylla
It's tuberous time right now in the conservatory. This year I have rebuilt most of my tuberous Drosera collection thanks to a very generous friend (he knows very well who he is ;-) Some very nice...
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A trilobite beetle from Borneo
Have you ever heard about the beetles from the genusPlaterodrilus? They belong to the Lycidae family. While the males have a the appearance of a normal beetle, the female stays in a larval form. They...
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Fejervarya limnocharis, the Paddy frog
A postcard from last summer.We were waiting for 'motodops' in a village when I started to wander around and turned upside down logs and metalsheets. I eventually found the frog below. It belongs to the...
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The spectacular Rafflesia keithii
I had never seen Rafflesia before prior to the trip I undertook this year in Borneo. I missed the chance to see some of them in flower in Gunung Gading National Park back in 2009 during my first trip...
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A beautiful vining plant in a Bornean garden...
One of the first attraction on my 2016 Borneo tour was the visit of a small lovely garden where we could admire a nice selection of tropical plants ranging from ferns to orchids. This colorful and...
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The pretty Utricularia caerulea
Another bladderwort species that is commonly encountered in Cambodia and Indochina as a whole is Utricularia caerulea. I found it to be far less common than other species like U. odorata of U. bifida....
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An unidentified cryptic mantid from Cambodia
Mantodea or preying mantids are among my very favorite insects and I never miss a chance to observe them in the wild. I also used to rear quite a lots of species here. You may remember some of them if...
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Dipteris conjugata on Gunung Alab
This is simply my favorite fern of the year. I have observed Dipteris conjugata on several occasions during my last Borneo trip. It is a majestic species that shares its habitat with pitcher plants and...
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I'm cited in a creationist 'scientific' paper : OMFG !
One of my good friends just forwarded me this ridiculous creationist paper (that's of course a pleonasm) dealing with the origin of Nepenthaceae and Sarraceniaceae. If you like 'baraminology', this is...
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Rana macrodactyla, the long-toed frog
Rana macrodactyla, also known as the long-toed frog is a frog widespread throughout Cambodia where it is found in flooded grasslands and marshes up to 700 masl. This is in such a habitat that I...
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Nepenthes stenophylla field trip report
This year, during my March-April trip in Borneo, I could finally observe Nepenthes stenophyllain the wild, something I wanted to do for a long time. Not that N. stenophylla is a particularly...
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Nepenthes fusca x stenophylla : a natural hybrid
This lovely natural hybrid was growing on the Nepenthes stenophylla abandoned mine site I presented yesterday on the blog. Actually, it was one of the very first plants I observed and I first thought...
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