Post by Volker on Oct 28, 2009 13:58:10 GMT 7
Hi all,
My harddrive is full with wonderful images of natural habitats of pitcher-plants, but usually I am too lazy (ok "busy" sounds better) to upload them. "Usually", because today I am not, so I picked our nearby island of Camiguin. Nothing exciting Nepenthes-wise, but it might still fuel the usual discussion ... ;D
Plus as you are getting ready for winter in the northern hemisphere, you might need some virtual sun
This is the place where we go for some beach life on extended weekends, but if you got that extra day, you can also venture up the volcanoes to visit the pitcher plants. It is a tiny island but has 7 volcano craters, at least 3 water falls, two hot springs, two cold springs, several black beaches and a few white beaches. This beach feature a murder clam farm and a large coral reef.
A fun accommodation is at Enigmata tree house, mainly because of the ultra friendly hosts and the funny "building". Here is the bar, were you can be your own DJ, if you are not forced to join some belly dancing seminars.
Here the beautification facilities. You actually won't need the mirrors as all passing guest will comment on possible facial improvements.
The living room of the suite:
Bedroom, requires passing several tricky stairways and ladders. After reaching the bed, the mountain climb is just peanuts.
This is what happens, when the local people get a hold of you ... you will be drowned in alcohol and tortured by all means. That's why there are travel advisories against the southern Philippines.
Ok, you want plants right? How about some Christmas decoration to start with?
Or a sensational, new, never heard of, carnivorous fern!
If you survive the steep slope you might find yourself on top of one of the crater. As you can see the neighboring crater even has some nice lake in it:
Due to lack of forest cover at the cloudy summit, orientation seems easy as in Walmart. Wrong. The grass and fog is totally tricky (GPS can be live saving) and the height of the grass easily underestimated:
Ok, I hear you, you want to see the Neps:
Before I close, some in depth look into the botanical features: I think these are Nepenthes copelandii, due to lack of appendage on lid and due to double flowered inflorescenses. It does have an alataish fat belly - that needs to be noted, though. If you look closely, that green pitcher has some appendage underneath the lid. So do we have alata and copelandii and their hybrids up there? Awful, isn't it?
Cheers,
Volker
My harddrive is full with wonderful images of natural habitats of pitcher-plants, but usually I am too lazy (ok "busy" sounds better) to upload them. "Usually", because today I am not, so I picked our nearby island of Camiguin. Nothing exciting Nepenthes-wise, but it might still fuel the usual discussion ... ;D
Plus as you are getting ready for winter in the northern hemisphere, you might need some virtual sun
This is the place where we go for some beach life on extended weekends, but if you got that extra day, you can also venture up the volcanoes to visit the pitcher plants. It is a tiny island but has 7 volcano craters, at least 3 water falls, two hot springs, two cold springs, several black beaches and a few white beaches. This beach feature a murder clam farm and a large coral reef.
A fun accommodation is at Enigmata tree house, mainly because of the ultra friendly hosts and the funny "building". Here is the bar, were you can be your own DJ, if you are not forced to join some belly dancing seminars.
Here the beautification facilities. You actually won't need the mirrors as all passing guest will comment on possible facial improvements.
The living room of the suite:
Bedroom, requires passing several tricky stairways and ladders. After reaching the bed, the mountain climb is just peanuts.
This is what happens, when the local people get a hold of you ... you will be drowned in alcohol and tortured by all means. That's why there are travel advisories against the southern Philippines.
Ok, you want plants right? How about some Christmas decoration to start with?
Or a sensational, new, never heard of, carnivorous fern!
If you survive the steep slope you might find yourself on top of one of the crater. As you can see the neighboring crater even has some nice lake in it:
Due to lack of forest cover at the cloudy summit, orientation seems easy as in Walmart. Wrong. The grass and fog is totally tricky (GPS can be live saving) and the height of the grass easily underestimated:
Ok, I hear you, you want to see the Neps:
Before I close, some in depth look into the botanical features: I think these are Nepenthes copelandii, due to lack of appendage on lid and due to double flowered inflorescenses. It does have an alataish fat belly - that needs to be noted, though. If you look closely, that green pitcher has some appendage underneath the lid. So do we have alata and copelandii and their hybrids up there? Awful, isn't it?
Cheers,
Volker
