Trekking thru' the 'Lost World of Sabah' aka Maliau Basin - Part IV

                             THE PITCHER PLANTS OF MALIAU BASIN

It was the first time I have seen so many types of Pitcher Plants in one forest! The experience simply overwhelms me with great excitement and anticipation to 'discover' more and other different types as we trekked along the trails which changes from typical tropical to mossy or rocky. Wow! And with the change the flora and fauna changes with it. Pitcher Plants are to be found in the more damp and mossy parts of the Maliau Basin jungle trails. 

Here are pix showing the wide variants, from the tiny ones to one of the biggest in the world!

Nepenthes reinwardiiana

 

   Nepenthes stenophylla

Trekking thru' the 'Lost World of Sabah' aka Maliau Basin - Part III

                             THE ORCHIDS OF MALIAU BASIN

One can't help noticing the myriad species of orchids that could be found here! Orchid species that are not seen anywhere else including the forests and orchid nurseries in the Asian region. Some were so spectacular that words cannot describe them. You have to see them to get the exhilarating feeling I felt whenever I stumbled onto one of these exotic flower.  

And here they are. I will need sometime to research the names and insert same over time. Meanwhile I hope you will enjoy the pix as much as I have in sharing them.

 

 

                                                            Dendrobium cinnabarinum

Trekking thru' the 'Lost World of Sabah' aka Maliau Basin - Part II

                               THE BIRDS OF MALIAU BASIN

Whilst trekking from one camp to another - a total of 4 camps namely Agarthis, Carmel Trophy, Nephenthes and the Maliau Basin Studies Centre I recorded more than a dozen  bird species. Some are endemic to Borneo whilst others could also be found in other locations in Malaysia.

The photos were taken around the camps where our expedition members spent the night/s. In retrospect the bird 'harvest' could have been better given additional days in the camps. This will certainly figure in my plan for the future - to return to the Maliau Basin Studies Centre and engage in birding in the surrounding fringes of the forest.

                                 Scarlet-rumped Trogon

                               Tree Swift

                                 Bornean Spiderhunter

                                
                                 Scaly-Crowned Babbler

                                
                                Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher

                               
                                Vented Flowerpecker

                                
                                Bronze Drongo

                                Mountain Tailor Bird

                                
                                Flycatcher

                                Green Iora

                                
                                Oriental Darter

                                
                                Chestnut-crested Yuhinas

                                
                               Red-billed Malkoha

                                
                                White-fronted Falconet

                                
                                 Yellow-bellied Bul Bul