december 2013 - dan aku le Lembah Harau sekali lagi

Berpeluang untuk ke Lembah Harau apa bila ke Padang Bukittinggi dalam bulan disember yang lalu,  petikan dari wikipedia .. Lembah Harau adalah sebuah ngarai dekat kota Payakumbuh di kabupaten Limapuluh Koto, provinsi Sumatera Barat. Lembah Harau diapit dua bukit cadas terjal dengan ketinggian mencapai 150 meter. Lembah Harau .dilingkungi batu pasir yang terjal berwarna-warni, dengan ketinggian 100 sampai 500 meter. Topografi Cagar Alam Harau adalah berbukit-bukit dan bergelombang. Tinggi dari permukaan laut adalah 500 sampai 850 meter, bukit tersebut antara lain adalah Bukit Air Putih, Bukit Jambu, Bukit Singkarak dan Bukit Tarantang. Berjalan menuju Lembah Harau amat menyenangkan. Dengan udara yang masih segar, Anda bisa melihat keindahan alam sekitarnya. Tebing-tebing granit yang menjulang tinggi dengan bentuknya yang unik mengelilingi lembah. Tebing-tebing granit yang terjal ini mempunyai ketinggian 80 m hingga 300 m."

berpeluang untuk melihati orkid dari phap dan satu lagi aku dah lupa la ..

found this orchids at Lembah Harau,

found this orchids at Lembah Harau,

Orkid yang buat masa ni aku dah lupa namanya!

Apa lah nama orkid ni?.. aku dah lupa plak.

Orkid apa ini?

apa nama orkid ini?

Orchids in Sg Chilling

Orchids in Sg Chilling

While walking along the Chilling River, in Kuala Kubu Baharu, this commonly found orchids is quite abundant and easily available.

Sg Chilling is located at this East 101 45.05' North 03 35.71'

The Chiling Falls are of many beautiful waterfalls of Selangor. They can be reached after an adventurous trek along the river, which has to be crossed many times. To reach the trail head, you take the road from Kuala Kubu Baru to the Gap. After passing the Selangor Dam, you cross the bridge on the Chiling river. Just after this bridge you can park you car. Just follow the road for about 100 meter, the trail head is clearly indicated. Soon after you will arrive an open field beside the river, with some buildings and a campsite, maintained by the Fisheries department.

cymbidium finlaysonianum

Another common orchids widely found in Malaysia


Another common orchids widely found in Malaysia.

2012 and it start to bloom..

Aeridas odorata..



Refer to this web site... http://www.orchidspecies.com/aerodorata.htm
Common Name The Fragrant Aerides - In Thailand Kulap khao - Ueang pao - Kulap krapao pit - In China Xiang Hua Zhi Jia Lan

Flower Size 1 to 1 3/4" [2.5 to 4.4 cm]

This species is the type species for the genus and is widespread through the Chineses Himalayas, western Himalayas, Assam, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, India, Nepal, Andaman Islands, Myanamar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Penninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi and the Philippines occuring in broadleaf evergreen lowland forests as a large to giant sized, highly variable, hot to cool growing epiphyte at elevations of 200 to 2000 meters high up in trees in bright sun with very stout, drooping, branching stems carrying fleshy, incurved, oblong-ligulate, round lobed at the apex, broad, pale green leaves. As it's name implies it is highly fragrant and blooms in the late spring through fall on up to 3, sharply pendant, to 2' [60 cm] long, many [to 30] flowered, cylindric inflorescence that arise out of the leaf axils and as developing can be very sticky and giving rise to many, waxy, very fragrant flowers.





The spike...



The flower...



Its new year and this orchids aeridas, start to bloom.