Geodorum citrinum

At last!

Obtained a cluster of leafless bulb from a road-side slope after a small landslide, we grew this species after dividing into pots.

The plant grew profusely with many leaves but did not flower at all. That was many cycles for the last nine years.

Last week, one of the pot flowered. Only then we can safely describe and name this species.

We shot an HD Video of the Geodorum citrinum here.

Bulbophyllum rufinum

HD Video

Dendrobium in High Definition

Dendrobium anosmum
Click here to see our latest addition of our Malaysian orchid species in full HD. These specially shot videos were done with the new Panasonic HD camcorder HDC TM300.

Our earlier shots of other species are also featured in our youtube channel.

Happy viewing.

Coelogyne rochussenii

Necklace Orchid

Our Coelogyne rochussenii also known as 'necklace' orchid bloomed early this week.

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.

HD Video

Phalaenopsis violacea- The Opening

Just completed another HD Video on an orchid blooming.
This time it is the Malaysian species, Phalaenopsis violacea
(Phal bellina)

Passing of a Dear Friend.

Another Loss

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

Now In HD Video

Nervilia aragoana

We have updated newer information and edited videos in full HD. This is to let our viewers experience sharper, clearer and better videos never seen before. We would be consistantly adding updates for other species that we have.

The HD Video for Nervilia aragoana is here.

Please visit this site or bookmark it.

Thanks for dropping by.

For the First Time!

Time Lapse Video on
Bulbophyllum medusae

Yup, it's up. It took us four solid days to record the flowering of this Malaysian species.
That would be almost 100 hours non-stop interval video recording with the Panasonic HDC TM300 AVCHD camcorder in full 1080p HD.
We also believe that this is the first time anyone shot a video or a movie on this plant.
Click here to see the video at Youtube.
Enjoy

New Videos Added.

Youtube Uploaded

Here are the following videos in full HD which was added recently:-

1) Bulbophyllum macranthum

2) Phalaenopsis violacea

3) Pomatocalpa latifolia

Click on the above to view videos.

New Slide Show Added Today

Part 8
Orchidaceae Malaysiana Slide Show Part 8 added today.
Please click here to go to Youtube.

Your comments are most appreciated.

Slide Shows

New Shows Added

Due to a technical error, we would only produce 9 slide shows in alphabetical order from A-Z.

We have now added :-

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

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.

Uploaded

Slide Show Part 3

Our Orchid Species of West Malaysia Part 3 have been uploaded on to Youtube.
Please click here to see the show.
Hope you like it.

Note: The slide show is in 20 parts. All species are shown in alphabetically order.
These are from our collection throughout the many years and are the lesser known types of species.

Slide Show ....Part 2

Orchid Species of Malaysia

Here is the slide show part2 of our collection.
Enjoy!

Cymbidium atropurpureum

A Malaysian Cymbidium
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.
Also shot a HD Video here.


Also to note:- We lost numerous species here in our home in Klang due to the heat and pollution.

Slide Show

Malaysian Orchid Species...Part 1

Uploaded a slide show featuring our collection of Malaysian Orchid Species. It is in alphabetical order starting with Agrostophyllum to Bulbophyllum lobbii as Part 1.

[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.

Calanthe speciosa (Bl.) Lindl.

A truly Montane species.
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.

Nope, the sample plant we took to grow lowland did not do well and did not flower at all. That was 5 years ago. It is also strange that yellow colored flowers such as the Spathoglottis aurea Lindl. and the Trichotosia ferox Bl. also did not flower.

In situ

Malaxis sp.

The picture of the above species was taken in situ near Dabong, Kelantan.
This species is common around montane areas where it is cool and misty all year round.

Vanda helvola Bl.

A Rare Beauty,
only one from the tribe!

Vandas are one of the most popular hybrids commonly preferred by many hobbyists as it has the widest range of colours (except green colour). The blooms are large and showy and are long lasting. Crossings with Ascocendas brought out the orange hues. Most of the species used for crossings and hybridisations with other Vandas are with more easily available types coming in from the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand.

Our Vanda helvola is a very large plant and with its irratic flowering seasons make this a difficult specie to deal with and that is why not much is being used for crossings. This plant also do not grow well at sea level unless it is specially grown in a cold room environment.
It if found growing in hugh colonies on vertical limestone cliffs embedded with old roots of large timber trees. The ones we witnessed consisted of over a hundred plants!
This is a collectors' Masterpiece but with almost total clearing at the highlands, It is going to be very difficult to obtain. Some young hobbyists should ponder into getting the seed pods and artificially propagate to increase its survival so that many collectors can appriciate such Rare Malaysian Species.

Nervilia aragoana Gaud.

An Interesting Terresterial Orchid

Tribe GASTRODIEAE Lindl., the Nervilia aragoana is a free flowering species and when grown altogether in a large pot, the cluster seems to be flowering all the time.

The single plant have its season and the flower will only appear after the large leaf dries off. It propagates via seed pods and its rhizomic shoots featuring a single, sometimes very large tuber.

It is common that this species hibernates for a period of 3-4 months.
The new leaves have purple spots but dissapears when fully grown.

The inflorescence is about 28cm tall bearing an average 5 greenish flowers with white hairy lip. Our discovery of this species was in the late 80s in Gua Musang, Kelantan while clearing our land for Cocoa plantings. We stopped and dug out this species to be planted on a reserved area. It has already overgrown its area during the entire period of 20 years.
It is very easy to grow here in Klang. It need 60% shading grown on slightly clayish soil topped with heavy leaf litter. It do not take kindly of chemicals especially fertilisers and fungicides.
We use only 'guano' (Bat droppings) every month. Sprinkling of fine limestones also helps for robust growth.

It can do well in shaded landscaping.

Dendrobium hendersonii Hawkes & Heller.

A small beauty

This species was found growing along the waterfalls of Lata Lembik in Raub, Pahang.


I picked up a large fallen tree trunk with many other species such as the common Pigeon Orchid (Dendrobium crumenatum) I noticed the significant difference by its pseudobulb which is squarish and short compared to the common brethen. It was not flowering then but only 2 years later under cultivation. It is not commonly found in nurseries or collections except those who are keen in such rare beauties.
We like the flower shape which is so prominent and proudly, a Dendrobium. Perhaps someone could look into this for hybridization.