Robert Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Hi all, recently explored an area in Matang, 40 minutes drive from Kuching.It was a previously logged area. The natural reclaimed forest and the existing treks make walking and exploring easy. huge trees that were extracted for commercial timbers ,after they were fell, often brings the nearby small trees like this down together. This is a typical heath forest where the ground is clayish and sandy. Notice the thick leaves litters over the ground. as in most cases where the conditions. is peaty neps display mass root system near to the ground surface, the main tap root penetrate deeper into the ground. The ground are very fibrous and spongy due to roots from tree and ground creeper. The roots are all entangle which make the ground soft thus allowing the neps to take root. lifted up an ampullaria vine The rafflesiana here has exceptional size and colours. In term of size and colour most forms are well represented here. some semi red raff. ( my only way to describe ) .Plants are still young without upper pitchers. the lower and upper of another form. Note the rich colour especially of the upper unlike those in the Lundu heath forest Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glider14 Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 i think its funny they all just kinda sit on the ground :) . very nice! ...was that amp alredy dead before you uprooted it Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted December 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Alex, it was from a dead amp. vine. The lower raff.pitchers are sitting on the floor in balance probably by the fluid weight . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chug Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Wow.. those are some impressive looking plants! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sockhom Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Hello Robert . You spoil us again. Those "semi red raff' are some of the best i've ever seen. How was the soil? Were the plants waterlogged? Thanks for replying. François. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted December 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Hi François, i suspect it was the humus from decaying leaves that provide the coloration. I maybe wrong.I also noticed water in the streams are dark brownish red in colour and this was due to the juice from decaying roots,leaves and tree branches :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sockhom Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Hello Robert ! Oh, you think that the making of the water can have an influence on the pitcher's colour? Why not? It would be an amazing explanation. Did you notice anything similar (about the water) when you rambled on the black rafflesiana? François. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Cornish Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Amazing looking plants. You are so lucky to have them growing in your garden Thanks for posting here. Regards Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil_flytrap_kid Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Amazing! I love the way the pitchers sit upright on the ground :) Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted December 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 they are found in 2 different location but in both case they grow in heath forest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radmegan Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 WOAH!! Nice find! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onny Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 hi robert nice pictures as usual, see you next year at sarawak nepenthes conference organized by Chien Lee. Last week Chien Lee met me in Jakarta. He was judge the first nepenthes competition in Indonesia. I'll send some pictures here as sson as possible rgrds Onny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Nijman Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Hi, Nice pictures! You see it often that Nepenthes apairs to be a kind of pioneering species. Along a roadside west of Bau I have seen Nepenthes rafflesiana with pitchers where I could stick my hand into! It looks that there on that picture is also a N. rafflesiana 'giant'. Best regards, Alexander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted December 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Hi all thanks for the reply. alexandra, i quite agreed with you that at 9"-10" in length they are on the way to be in the giant category if they continue to develop. I hasn't found any 12" and beyond in length. There definitely are around in some of the undisturbed zones within the logging area. Having visited Bau and passing to see raff by the roadside you know what i mean. Yes,thanks onny.Do post more from your side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarus Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 wow just beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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