Supervisor: Dr. Charles
Main Researcher: Lee Yiung
Picture speak a thousand words.. each. So, this is a freakin long post.
Mr. funny stag-beatle, never seen one with such a funky coloured carapace. I initially thought it was dead and dried, until it moved. It was probably as big as.. hmmm.. A small laptop mouse?
Moss
Grandma pitcher; wrinkly and old (How evil of me)
A different type of leaf-borer from what I saw in Crop Science.
At work they were.
New desktop wallpaper :p
According to Dr. Charles, this happens to leaves when wasps lay eggs within them and they start growing. Nasty eh?
Ant-moss or something
Unopened pitcher plant. According to Dr. Charles (again), people use its fluids, which are still sterile, to clean their eyes. Amazing eh? Make sure it's closed though, don't want maggots on your eyes (maggots are a common find in the opened ones)
Shit, Dr. Charles explained this but I forgot. Skip.
Amazing discovery by Jo Kien, the frog-conformation growth adapted by this particular species of fern.
It's not a catterpilar.
Juniors! (compare with finger size)
Lichen/moss/algae? Lichen I'd think.
Limestone-ish formation at the side of the hill, pretty.
Closing in.
Abandoned teddy bear in the forest vicinity, suspected to be left there by stray dogs (which by the way, stopped Lee Yiung and Dr. Charles from getting samples from the highest parts of the hill their last time)
Lee Yiung
Pitcher's Paradise; A pitcher plant afficionado's wet dream. Just at the slope by the side of the road down Genting.
Try counting. Don't get ideas of harvesting though.
The view from up there; with them two walking down to get stuff while I enjoy myself up there.
hehe, this is what I see in the picture. Like some kinda Organic Wall.E
That thing down there, ain't its tail; it's part of the plant. I was confused too.
Algae can look cool too =D
Road-side ornamental plant at the base of Pitcher's Paradise.Then, we went down to the lowlands. Boohoo. At a site where I found oily deposits on the floor.
Like this
The hidden number plate.
Some coniferous lil guy?
The one.
Go ahead, count em.
Flower of a pitcher plant (lowland species).
Close up from the top.
Closer up at one lil flower at the bottom.
Creepy camouflagers, count em. hehe
Mini ones.
Two diligent scientists working on a desolate place.
Like this
The hidden number plate.
Some coniferous lil guy?
The one.
Go ahead, count em.
Flower of a pitcher plant (lowland species).
Close up from the top.
Closer up at one lil flower at the bottom.
Creepy camouflagers, count em. hehe
Mini ones.
Two diligent scientists working on a desolate place.Things I've learnt from the trip
1. There are so freaking a lot of pitcher plants around, but they're still rather endangered.
2. I've actually been very close to them before while I travel, just never noticed them.
3. I was ofno little use during the trip.
4. Ferns are nasty when they grow tall and you have to tread through them.
5. Fern spores are suspected to be carcinogenic.
6. We had to trudge through shoulder-height (my shoulder la) ferns to get to some samples.
7. When expecting to trudge through such nasty ferns, wear jeans or long pants, for they will scratch your legs.
8. Stuff about the peat layers up in the highlands, which I plan to further an Honours project on next year =D
1. There are so freaking a lot of pitcher plants around, but they're still rather endangered.
2. I've actually been very close to them before while I travel, just never noticed them.
3. I was of
4. Ferns are nasty when they grow tall and you have to tread through them.
5. Fern spores are suspected to be carcinogenic.
6. We had to trudge through shoulder-height (my shoulder la) ferns to get to some samples.
7. When expecting to trudge through such nasty ferns, wear jeans or long pants, for they will scratch your legs.
8. Stuff about the peat layers up in the highlands, which I plan to further an Honours project on next year =D
10 comments:
to alot alot of people, genting is a place where you bring your kids for a one-day trip and hopefully win some $$$
didn't know there's more to genting than just amusement parks and casinos!
i like cameron better tho ;)
Yeah, I know what you mean man, Genting suddenly looked like so much more than what it was to me before this =D hehe
Yup, in agreement that Cameron's is better too, only, I see a lot more pitchers in Genting (probably cuz the area in Cameron's that had pitchers in abundance requires some $$ for access)
genting has that commercialized feel.. cameron's abit more "pristine", to me
genting vs cameron: which one's cooler at the same heights?
on a somewhat related note, monash library is a freakin igloo x__x
As a matter of fact, I read that igloos are not really that cold compared to the climate surrounding it =D hehe, I thought it used to be, but lately they've been tuning down the aircon till it's kinda warm, right? maybe I just haven't been there for quite a while =p
I think Cameron's was colder (and yup, more pristine), though I can't be sure cuz they didn't measure altitudes there (Charles said he'll use Google Earth later for that) hehe
The beatle is ugly. Nice pitcher plants. Btw what camera did you use for the photos?
It's just an old Sony compact-cam, model: DSCW-30, 6mp but I notice the macro works real nice =D
The beatle is cool btw!
not sure about them toning it down coz i haven't hung around there in a while =P
the worst is the blast of air that hits you when you first step through the library doors, brrr
suzz: Actually, I love that blast, especially on a wetty, sweaty day
alot pix!!! nice!!!
hehe, taken to please eyes of viewers such as yourself =D
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