AMORPHOPHALLUS

There are quite a number of Amorphophallus (Family: Araceae) species and I wonder what this is since I couldn't tell from the remnants of the flower.

PHILODENDRON SUBGENUS MECONOSTIGMA

 Today's weather - sunny

This is a photo of a Philodendron (Family: Araceae). And just today, I read of a Philodendron subgenus Meconostigma. To find out more about this subgenus, I think the book "Aroids: Plants of the Arum Family" by Deni Bown can shed some light on it since there seems to be little information on the web on this subgenus.

SARAWAK (KUCHING) PART 2

At another area, we saw stands of the uncommon Licuala mattanensis cv. Mapu. Its variegated leaves and slow growth makes it one of the more sought after and expensive palms.

The following day, we visited the Sarawak Biodiversity Centre. They have some of the most beautiful and unusual plants around, such as the Poikilospermum microstachys (Family: Cecropiaceae), Saurauia sp. (Family: Actinidiaceae), Piper porphyrophyllum (Family: Piperaceae), Phaius tankervilliae (Family: Orchidaceae), Cyrtandra vaginata (Family: Gesneriaceae), Musa borneensis (Family: Musaceae), Globba atrosanguinea (Family: Zingiberaceae), Cyrtandra splendens, Homalomena humilis (Family: Araceae), Commelina diffusa (Family: Commelinaceae) and so on. They are simply so amazing!


And it is not a surprise that we had the local kolo mee for lunch! What better place to taste this noodle than at its local origin.