Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Postcard from Borneo #2: Of forest flowers

At Poring Hot Springs (and they were, very hot) halfway up the mountain, there were lots of these gorgeous things: blowed if I know what they are though...

Ah: this is easier. Heliconia are everywhere in Borneo: just the one variety, but beautiful.

Wild datura trees on top of a hill

Hibiscus growing on the same hill: a possible garden escapee, I thought

A wierd and wonderful ginger flower bud; this one in the Rainforest Discovery Centre near Sandakan

One man's weed..... Morning glory is the Borneo equivalent of bindweed. Wish I had that problem.

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3 comments:

  1. Plant Mad Nige2:03 pm

    Fabulous flowers!
    The white spidery lily is Hymenocallis; the Lobster claw Heliconia, H. rostratus and Brugmansia (datura) below it are not Asian but New World, I think. And I think the weird, red waxy ginger is Costus woodsonii.

    Borneo is sheer heaven - hope you're enjoying it!

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  2. Plant Mad Nige2:06 pm

    Fabulous flowers!
    The white spidery lily is Hymenocallis; the Lobster claw Heliconia, H. rostratus and Brugmansia (datura) below it are not Asian but New World, I think. And I think the weird, red waxy ginger is Costus woodsonii.

    Borneo is sheer heaven - hope you're enjoying it!

    Comment wouldn't post, earlier - sorry if this turns out a repeat.
    N

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  3. The Constant Gardener2:23 pm

    thanks Nige, I was kind of hoping you might step in there :D I've just realised I knew it was a hymenocallis - it had been bugging me ever since I saw it as I knew I'd seen pictures of it somewhere before. Interesting re the datura - they were definitely growing at the edge of the rainforest and I don't think they'd been planted. Another garden escapee maybe?

    sheer heaven....yup!

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