Gunung Gading of Lundu area

[kuching]

Last Sunday was a bad hiking trip to the summit of Gunung Gading. The thunder storm came just the moment I reached the summit of this mountain. It was cold & wet, and I couldn't explore the lower montane forest of this mountain & forced to descending when the rainfall. When I reached the starting point, I was totally exhausted, hungry and hardly could walk properly.


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[kuching]

Jewel orchid. ( Anoectochilus longicalcaratus)

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Inflorescence of wild orchid, A. longicalcaratus.

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Seed pods of another species of wild orchid called Nephelaphyllum pulchrum.

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The giant bud of Rafflesia tuan-mudae. There is a green tag attached on a small plant near the bud. The size is almost as big as a football. Rafflesia is the largest flower on earth. It is a parasitic plant which only consists of a single flower and it does not has the leaf, stem or roots. In order to survive, it has microscopic threads growing inside the host vine (genus name = Tetrastigma) and absorb the nutrients of the host. There are 9 species of Rafflesia found in the jungle of Borneo. They are : R. arnoldii, R. borneensis, R. ciliata, R. hasseltii, R. keithii, R. pricei, R. tengku-adlinii, R. tuan-mudae and R. witkampii.

[kuching]

The bizarre fruit / seeds of a climbing plant, Pterisanthes sp. ( Family name = Vitaceae), Probably P. cissoides

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Trilobite larva , Duliticola sp. (Net-winged Beetle). Family name = Lycidae.

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Staurois natator - a common species of frog inhabits near the jungle stream.

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Juvenile of a frog, probably Meristogenys phaeomerus

[kuching]

This is the summit of Gunung Gading. There is an abandoned British army camp (or ruin ??) at the summit. The arrow is pointing to the direction of Batu Berkubu. (Fort) Batu Berkubu was used to be the old Communist guerrilla base camp during the insurgency in 1960s. You can not see any views at the summit as the views are blocked by the trees there.

[kuching]

A waterfall at the foothill.

[michael lai]

Great work michael, it's always a joy to see your pictures. Man! If I had the kind of time you have well it's always nice to daydream awhile...

[PeterGwee]

Wow....nice work. Nature sure is beautiful.

Regards
Peter Gwee

[Justikanz]

To me, seeing Kuching's work is like travelling without the actual travel. Great work, great pictures! Thank you so much for them!

[kuching]

thanks for viewing!!

I'm infested with a kind of disease called "jungle fever".

It's my honor to show my "second home"...the jungle of Borneo.

[na_cheers]

ARGH, watchings this make me miss my hometown so muchh!!

but soon, soon, i'll be back yeahh! dude, u hav to bring me jungle tracking wit u.I'm also got that fever hehe.

[hwchoy]

thanks for viewing!!

I'm infested with a kind of disease called "jungle fever".

It's my honor to show my "second home"...the jungle of Borneo.

then you have to walk the walk, talk the talk, and wear the wear. now show us a pix of you with just a loin cloth.

[kuching]

then you have to walk the walk, talk the talk, and wear the wear. now show us a pix of you with just a loin cloth.