GUNUNG BABU
Date : December 4th, 2005
Location : western Padawan
Gunung Babu is a limestone hill. This is my first time to explore this area. I'll come back to go further deep into the jungle to search for rare species of flora & fauna.
The limestone cliff of Gunung Babu.
A jungle stream. Puntius banksi, a common barb is spotted.
Exploring in the jungle.
A species of fern (left) and ariod (right) growing on a rock. The background is the water reservoir for the nearby village.
Monophyllaea glauca ?? Very common plant in limestone hill area.
Monophyllaea glauca ??
Pink balsam. (Impatiens sp.)
Inflorescence of a species of terrestrial orchid, Plocoglottis acuminata. According to a botanist in Kuching, this species has an amazing 'mouse-trap' lip that flips the pollinator against the column.
Inflorescence of a species of wild ginger.
Pterocyclus sp. (snail) on the leaf Monophyllaea sp..
The roots of a fig tree. (Ficus sp.)
Evergreen forest of limestone hill.
MY NEW REFERENCE BOOKS:
In order to get to know more about the flora & fauna in Borneo, I have to constantly collecting reference books from time to time. Here are 2 latest reference books purchased at the end of year 2005.
#1) The insects of Borneo (including South-east and East Asia) (ISBN:983-9257-28-5)
#2) The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology : Southeast Asian Freshwater Fish Diversity (ISSN: 0217-2445)
