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    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):

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