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Penang

Penang is most famous because of the island which carries the same name. It is situated in the nortwest of Peninsular Malaysia.
Penang Island is home of a beautifull variety of Nepenthes albomarginata wich has a reddish colour. So we went up Penang hill (Bukit Bendera) in the hope to find it. Of course we also found many other nice things there.
Chinese temple in Penang.
Chinese temple in Penang.		 Chinese temple. Dragonpillar.
Chinese temple. Dragonpillar.		 Bukit bendera funicular railway.
Bukit bendera funicular railway.		 View from Bukit bendera.
View from Bukit bendera.		 View from Bukit bendera.
View from Bukit bendera.
Beware of the snakes.
Beware of the snakes.		 Pit viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri). Above our heads at the hotel.
Pit viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri). Above our heads at the hotel.		 Pit viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri). Vast asleep at the hotel.
Pit viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri). Vast asleep at the hotel.		 Pit viper (trimeresurus wagleri). awake.
Pit viper (trimeresurus wagleri). awake.		 Nepenthes albomarginata.
Nepenthes albomarginata.
Nepenthes albomarginata multiple pitchers.
Nepenthes albomarginata multiple pitchers.		 Nepenthes albomarginata aerial pitcher.
Nepenthes albomarginata aerial pitcher.		 Amorphophallus spec. foliage.
Amorphophallus spec. foliage.		 Cymbidium findlaysonianum.
Cymbidium findlaysonianum.		 Dendrobium aloifolium.
Dendrobium aloifolium.
Dendrobium aloifolium. Close-up.
Dendrobium aloifolium. Close-up.		 Heterometrus scorpion on the road.
Heterometrus scorpion on the road.		 Gesneriad.
Gesneriad.		 Goodyera reticulata.
Goodyera reticulata.		 Grammatophyllum speciosum. Giant orchid high up in a tree.
Grammatophyllum speciosum. Giant orchid high up in a tree.
Liparis spec.
Liparis spec.		 Monkey.
Monkey.		 Paphiopedilum barbatum. Once thought to be exctinct on Penang but clearly is not.
Paphiopedilum barbatum. Once thought to be exctinct on Penang but clearly is not.		 Platycerium coronarium.
Platycerium coronarium.		 Podochilus spec. Very small almost like a moss.
Podochilus spec. Very small almost like a moss.
Podochilus spec. Closer-up.
Podochilus spec. Closer-up.		 Podochilus spec. Closer-up.
Podochilus spec. Closer-up.		 Podochilus spec. Close-up.
Podochilus spec. Close-up.		 Vanilla spec.
Vanilla spec.		 View from Bukit bendera.
View from Bukit bendera.
Kek Lok Si Temple.
Kek Lok Si Temple.

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Rexy 16-Jul-2017 05:29
Hi Rogier,
Beautiful pictures. I am a Penangite who went looking for the Slipper Orchid as well. Found it after 10 years of searching. You can find some pictures here. https://rexymizrah.wordpress.com/2015/07/06/rare-penang-slipper-orchid-in-full-bloom-the-jewel-of-penangs-forests/
Rogier van Vugt28-May-2012 09:02
Thanks! It's good to have some animal people looking around here. :)
ayi 28-May-2012 07:46
Not Emperor scorpion but a Heterometrus; emperors are African. Also, Trimeresurus wagleri is now in the genus Tropidolaemus : )
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