tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869855184555211486.post3358946366451424933..comments2024-02-14T19:36:30.612-05:00Comments on A Wandering Naturalist: West Malaysia: Genting Highlands - Beyond the CasinoRonald Orensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01939448993478040291noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869855184555211486.post-84231958613292887072012-01-02T17:59:03.534-05:002012-01-02T17:59:03.534-05:00Just looked again and the plant above the Rubus is...Just looked again and the plant above the Rubus is a Dianella, and the one above that probably an Exbucklandia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869855184555211486.post-63269929532001586572012-01-02T17:56:20.854-05:002012-01-02T17:56:20.854-05:00Agreed about the Lecanopteris, the red unidentifie...Agreed about the Lecanopteris, the red unidentified thing looks like a Cuphaea (an escape from cultivation), and the Begonia is actually Rubus glomeratus which is common in the area. Hope that helps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869855184555211486.post-11344938349648649932011-12-03T03:58:56.412-05:002011-12-03T03:58:56.412-05:00How far along the road did you walk to? I didn'...How far along the road did you walk to? I didn't went up that far the last time I was there as it was raining. Btw that's a nice pic of N. sanguinea uppers. The fern looks like a young plant of Lecanopteris, possibly L. pumila (very common. Can't see the hairs or the covers of the rhizomes properly.Sean Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13400996355742861145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869855184555211486.post-43765506329870400032011-02-14T23:06:18.290-05:002011-02-14T23:06:18.290-05:00Now this is a revelation!
I've suspected Gen...Now this is a revelation! <br /><br />I've suspected Genting Highlands to be full of natural splendour for many years but never get to experience it myself. Now that you've revealed its "other" place of interests, I can't wait to explore it! <br /><br />By the way, it's true that Malaysia's attracted many malacologists and shell-enthusiasts. The snail photographed is Bradybaena similaris, a species introduced from Southern China. (Thus, not native to Malaysia) But there are many others deep in the forests that are native, endemic and rare.JKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13915767910311597056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5869855184555211486.post-49738470587011508292011-01-12T19:51:37.291-05:002011-01-12T19:51:37.291-05:00I love the tropical highlands! And Genting Highlan...I love the tropical highlands! And Genting Highlands is just one of those places I'd like to go on a weekend jaunt, just that it is in another country and it is a 7+ hours drive away from Singapore.islaverdenoreply@blogger.com