This beautiful species is usually found growing in cooler highland areas such as in Genting Highlands and Fraser's Hill. The flowers are sweetly scented and is very attractive especially in a large clump with hanging strands of garlands usually up to 60 flowers each stalk.
We have posted a video in HD (High Definition) here on You Tube.
Mr Lim Mok Hai
We wish to note with regret, the passing of a fellow orchidist of many years. He was the Founder of the Malaysian Orchid Society and have been its President from 1987 to 2003.
He was also leading the Orchid Society of Selangor and Federal Territory.
His passion for Malaysian Orchids from the early years even till yesterday was never ending and was also passionate in placing Malaysia in the World's Orchid Map. He was also extremely active when Malaysia (Shah Alam) hosted the 17th. WOC (World Orchid Conference) in April, 2002.
"Our Deepest Sympathies and Heartfelt Condolences to his Family"
From Orchidaceae Malaysiana
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We also believe that this is the first time anyone shot a video or a movie on this plant.
Orchidaceae Malaysiana Slide Show Part 8 added today.
Due to a technical error, we would only produce 9 slide shows in alphabetical order from A-Z.
We have now added :-
Part 7 today.
Kindly click on the respective parts to view accordingly. All music tracks are from Audio Swap and are pleasantly enjoyable. Hope you like it.
We will also add slide shows in future, for 11 other "best studied" species which we have the opportunity to do close observations for five years and more. That would mean five years of flowering, propagation, growth and characteristics cycles on record. These are all lesser known Orchid species of Malaysia.
Your comments and critique are most appreciated.
Thank you for dropping by.
Unlike to common lowland Cymbidium finlaysonianum, this species features heavy red and maroon colors and the flowers are somewhat smaller at sea level. This is from Gua Musang, Kelantan. The plant there have better showing with larger flowers and longer inflorescence stalk. We can conclude that it maybe due to the cooler weather there as compared with Klang's badly poluted air for the last 2 months.
[Kindly click here to start the slide show.]
This five minute show is part of our 20 in the series. Kindly give us your comments so that we would know if you are interested to see the rest of it. The Audio Swap music " Arianna" is by
Juliana and is from the 'Woman Wisdom' album.
Many shots are done in-situ in the wild of Malaysia. The rest are from our collection. All pictures are in high resolution. The Bulbophyllum above is shot on HD.
Enjoy.
Again, we came across this magnificient plant (being the largest in the Calanthe family) flowering profusely. It was around 18 degrees Celsius with the wind blowing above 6,000 feet above sea level.