Dipterocarp forest near my home

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Dec 21, 2007. I took a day off from my office work and went to go hiking & mountain climbing in a mountain near my home. It was a solo climb.



The sandstone wall:





My destination was that peak ....but I took the wrong trail & ended up few KM south of my destination. (5 hours of hike!)





The giant Dipterocarp trees:






The big palm trees:






Above 1,200 feet, I found a lot of Nepenthes hirsuta.




Upper pitcher of Nepenthes hirsuta.

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N. hirsuta (lower pitcher):




The inflorescence of N. hirsuta (almost dried up):





All the N. hirsuta are found growing in the shady area:





Begonia sp. on the sandstone rock:






A species of ground herb. (Gesneriaceae)




Unidentified species:

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Green crested lizard. (Bronchocela cristatella)






It doesn't run off when I stayed very close to the lizard.





It is trying to protect its egg (white one, near the lizard):