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Some N.rajah from a Borneo trip

Hi been to Borneo many times see many thousands of nep's in low and hig land conditions , . like to share a few with you , if you want more let me know have heaps of great shots here from all over Borneo
J

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the Mesilau Valley from the town of Kundasang the valley below Mt Kinabalu way in the back ground
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a bit closer , the timbered ridge second one up from the bottom is the mesilau trail ridge
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closer still start to get some sense of how big it is
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Mt kinabalu from upper road HQ side of Mt.kinabalu
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unopened rajah pitcher , just a small one
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some in natural habitat
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a good size pitcher getting bigger
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bucket size pitchers
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looking back up to Mt Kinabalu from the nepente garden Mesilau upper valley
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young plants the type of soil they grow in ,its called ultramafic soil ??
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now here is the bigest rajah pither I have seen, its newly open so will expand another 20% easy as all mine do here at home
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another thumper pitchers , there are hundreds of these around here

ok that will do hope you find these interesting, 2 people on this forum was on the last trip I did too, dont know if they have shared any pic's with you all before ??
J
 
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Awesome! You're so lucky to get to go on trips like that.
I'll gladly soak up any pics you see fit to share with us! :)
 
:awesome: Thanks for sharing these pics. 'Tis very cool indeed.
 
How close to home that is for me....:lol:

When was this trip, snapperhead? And OF COURSE WE WANT TO SEE MORE PICTURES!!! :)
 
Hi Edward o yes just a 2 hour flight for you hay , you better get over there and take some pic's to , i was there only last Nov for 3 weeks or so i think or may be 2 hhmm yer 2 weeks , trip before was 3 weeks the 2009 trip that was , love this place know it well Kota Kinabalu city can find my way round very easy been there so many times :-D
J
 
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Another Malaysian here! :) Sigh...It's a probably and hour or two flight journey there and yet i've never visited my own countries mountain :) Have to set a date for myself to one day climb it.

BTW great pictures of this beautiful nep rajah :) Thanks for sharing hope theres more
 
Very cool. Those are some huge pitchers! :awesome:

Thanks for posting!
 
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MASSIVE! Couldn't imagine seeing that in the wild..
 
  • #11
Great pics John! You're making lots of people jealous :) We would love to see more pics from your Nepenthes expeditions!
Richard
 
  • #12
Wow!!!! I am so jealous.. It is my dream to visit Borneo!! A long time dream of mine. Thanks for sharing!
 
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Wow those are incredible! I can't wait until my N. Rajah gets to a decent size. :lol:

You are sooo lucky to be able to go and visit those places. Ugh! I so wish I could be right there observing those!!
 
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wow, what an awesome opportunity it is to see these plants in nature just thriving.
 
  • #15
wow. very nice John! thanks so much for sharing!
 
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That is really really awesome.

As many pictures as you have, go ahead, lay em on us. I'd love to see them all.
 
  • #17
fantastic
 
  • #18
Amazing! More please!!!
 
  • #19
HOLY CRUD! :0o:
 
  • #20
:drool: Have you visited any of the toothy species like macrophylla, villosa, or eddie?
 
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