Last week my family and I took a trip to Kampung Ulu Geroh near Gopeng in search of Raffelesia, the genus with the largest flowers in the world. We stayed at the Rainforest resort where the owners organised a trek for us with a local Semai Orang Asli guide from the village. The trail through the jungle to the site I was told is called Leech Trail and it certainly lived up to its name. My leech socks certainly proved useful and I knocked about six leeches out of each boot when I finally took them off. I was assured that a Raffelesia flower was out and looked forward to seeing an open bloom for the first time. The species I was told was Raffelesia cantleyi. Unfortunately when we arrived at the site the flower had been ripped apart by monkeys!
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This photo was taken by our guides the day before. |
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Holding the flower back together. |
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Flower bud |
The trek through the jungle to the Raffelesia was ok despite the leeches and yielded a few interesting photo opportunities. A highlight was finding a beautiful Great Angel Head Lizard on a rock in a stream.
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Gonocephalus grandis (Great Angel Head Lizard) |
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Gonocephalus grandis (Great Angel Head Lizard) |
A number of interesting gingers were in flower along the way. The water that settles in the flowers picks up the ginger scent and can be used as a refreshing insect repellent when splashed on the skin.
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Zingiber spectabilis (Wild Ginger) |
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