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Wild gingers have lovely flowers seldom seen. Some of the wild gingers planted at our farm are flowering (click on pics for enlarged image). Lovely flower of the temu kunci or fingerroot ( boesenbergia rotunda ) The lempoyang ( zingziber zerumbet ).  The flower is filled with water and have saved many a life in the jungles. Locals use the liquid inside as a shampoo for themselves and for their pets. The kunyit or turmeric flower ( curcuma longa ) has rather delicate coloring. The cekur or resurrection lily ( kaempferia galangal var ). ...

The Raja Brooke's Birdwings ( Trogonoptera Brookiana ) are gone from the waterfall.  What a difference a week makes. The clearing works at the side of the falls and further up have destroyed their habitat. All the aristolochia foveolata , their host plant, have been slashed as the undergrowth was cleared. This is a photo we took of them in September last year at the banks of the falls (the...

The low clouds made me contemplative, sitting by that waterfall.  Reminiscing that long train ride to Brockenhurst on a damp autumn day.  And alone in a stark rented apartment a different...

Kuini  and machang are indigenous to Malaysia.  It's strong aroma and taste have obviously left an inedible mark on the psyche of the local people as evident from these lovely ' pantuns '...

Youthful 'senior', Lily Fu and her fellow 'Ramleans' came for a visit last week.  Here's Lily Fu's blog on the visit:   http://seniorsaloud.blogspot.com/ Here's the website on the...