Wild orchids

[harvey]

nice pictures.
Peter

[Clivedude]

Very beautiful photos...and thanks for showing them to us..Its nice to see them in the wild in their natual state...Awesome

[nen]

Super as usual! I really enjoy seeing your photos of your forest trips! Thanks again!

[zainal abidin]

nice pictures.
Peter

Thanks Peter.

[zainal abidin]

Very beautiful photos...and thanks for showing them to us..Its nice to see them in the wild in their natual state...Awesome

Hi Clive thank you very much.

[zainal abidin]

Super as usual! I really enjoy seeing your photos of your forest trips! Thanks again!

Thanks Nenella maybe one day you can come to Malaysia to enjoy yourself the beauty of our natural forest so interesting.

[zainal abidin]

P1 another view of the sea
P2 I took this opportunity my photo with the sea background my last day in Miri and end of my session there. See you again in the jungle of West Malaysia soon.

[Rence]

Hi Zainal,


Yes we have same climate but in some other areas here in the Phil. in highlands....
we live in the city, wich is kinda polluted and hot which makes me taking more care for my orchids at our garden....

Hi Jef09071984 , If you lived in Novaliches areas. According to some old -time residents of the area, 60 or more years ago. They can still see wild orchids like Dendrobium crumenatum , Dendrobium anosmum, Vanilla colapogon , Pholidota species, Nervilla , Habenaria, Cymbidium finlaysonianum and common lowland orchids before roads , subdivisions and trees were cleared which paved way to the rapid development of the area now divided into 2 cities Caloocan and Quezon City.

I also read a book about Philippine orchids published about 50 years-ago . The author described having gathered some orchids species in present day La Mesa watershed area or Novaliches area ( maybe near the border of San Jose Del Monte , Bulacan province ) . Mona Lisa Steiner ( RIP) . If you have access to the watershed area, you can still see about a dozen or so wild orchids still in its natural habitat, Although much reduced than what the author had experienced 50 or 60 years ago. I still have her book and although a lot of genus names was changed , you can still chronicle what happened to Novaliches areas - just barely 20 kilometers away from Manila had happened in the last 50 or so years. Kindly PM me if you want to borrow my book .

That is why there is a group of advocates which wanted to replant native Philippine trees around the La Mesa watershed area so that the native orchid species can reclaim their former range .

I am very impress with the number of native orchid species and thanks for sharing those pictures with us. I have the chance to explore secondary areas , cleared areas and coconut plantations with a lot of orchids ferns, hoyas in the Philippines ( mostly Quezon, Laguna, Batangas, Bulacan , Aurora , Subic areas.

[raindeepak4u]

This is nice place .. Hope there are plenty of wild bettas and cryptocoryne there.. Thanks for sharing..

[zainal abidin]

Hi Jef09071984 , If you lived in Novaliches areas. According to some old -time residents of the area, 60 or more years ago. They can still see wild orchids like Dendrobium crumenatum , Dendrobium anosmum, Vanilla colapogon , Pholidota species, Nervilla , Habenaria, Cymbidium finlaysonianum and common lowland orchids before roads , subdivisions and trees were cleared which paved way to the rapid development of the area now divided into 2 cities Caloocan and Quezon City.

I also read a book about Philippine orchids published about 50 years-ago . The author described having gathered some orchids species in present day La Mesa watershed area or Novaliches area ( maybe near the border of San Jose Del Monte , Bulacan province ) . Mona Lisa Steiner ( RIP) . If you have access to the watershed area, you can still see about a dozen or so wild orchids still in its natural habitat, Although much reduced than what the author had experienced 50 or 60 years ago. I still have her book and although a lot of genus names was changed , you can still chronicle what happened to Novaliches areas - just barely 20 kilometers away from Manila had happened in the last 50 or so years. Kindly PM me if you want to borrow my book .

That is why there is a group of advocates which wanted to replant native Philippine trees around the La Mesa watershed area so that the native orchid species can reclaim their former range .

I am very impress with the number of native orchid species and thanks for sharing those pictures with us. I have the chance to explore secondary areas , cleared areas and coconut plantations with a lot of orchids ferns, hoyas in the Philippines ( mostly Quezon, Laguna, Batangas, Bulacan , Aurora , Subic areas.

You are welcome Rence.Thanks for those info actually very valuable for future generations.