A visit to the Butterfly Farm in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Hi Everyone!
For those of you who don't know of me, well I guess that you should know that I'm both Butterfly and Hummingbird crazy. : - )
Recently, DH took me to visit friends living in Malaysia. While we were there I took the time to visit every Butterfly Farm (they call them Farms instead of gardens), while we were on our travels.
I don't pretend to know all their names, but since a certain friend of mine tells me that you are all starved for Butterfly photos, I'm going ahead and posting them. : - )
I'll do my best, but I am going to show the plants, the bad photos, the good ones, not to mention other things found in the "Farm", you get all of them. This may end up being a long thread, but I think (I hope) you'll like to see the "Farm", as I did. : - )
For discussions sake, I'll number them as we go along.
This is a plant growing outside the "Farm", which was sort of hidden, and we only found it it by chance. We were looking for the Bird Park and Horticultural Gardens, which we never had the time to visit. (Sigh . . . )
Don't we have lily's like this in North America?
Enjoy! This is #1.
Walk In Beauty!
SingingWolf

Still delayed outside by this odd looking plant. Quite colorful. It reminds me of some kind of Parrots beak plant.
#2.

Best guess on this plant is that it is a shooting star morning glory? Not the best exemplar, but pretty cool looking in a spiderish way. : - )
#3

After finally finding the entrance and paying the fee and using the terlet (which is a topic for another thread.), this is the first butterfly we saw. It looks pretty beat up and tattered, but it's still beautiful. : - )
#4

Cool Roly, and thanks for the info, I'm a zone pusher with a greenhouse, and I'd definitely like to introduce that particular plant into the gh. : - )
DH who is my spotter, convinced me to look up and get a photo. Now I'm a little flustered, because he's telling me to hurry up, get a photo of this b.fly. Well burdened by my cane, and my cankles which appeared at the end of our flight there, and getting a new point and click camera, I hope you'll see the quality of these photos improve. I ended up making him hold the cane. LOL! So he'd swing it around and scare off the b.fly I was trying to get a photo of. Boys and sticks. : - )
However, because of him I took this photo of the top of the b.fly farm. You can see how many are flying up, but there are so many more in the garden itself. : - )
#5

Okay, get ready! B.fly's are almost as hard as hummers to get clear photos of, but I was thrilled to get a photo of this one feeding on a Mum (I think). Yes, it really is that color, and there will be better photos coming. It's got a large wing span for a b.fly too.
#6

Caught in flight among tropical flowers. Names of flowers are unknown. Kind of took my breath away, and this is probably where I passed off the cane. LOL! : - )
#7

Me too, but I think it serves a purpose. When you look at this next photo, you'll find that even with it's vivid coloring, it is almost invisible, because it's wings flutter so. Glad you are enjoying the B.fly Farm. : - )
#8

Such vivid coloring on the heliconia which was growing all over, inside the B.fly farm. : - )
I also like the holey leaves in the background. : - )
#9

Some people found their way to this lush grotto behind the waterfall. The B.fly farm wasn't all that large, but it was well laid out for the space it was in. Lot's of winding paths, and places to rest. It was about 95 degrees f. that day, and 100% humidity.
I wish I could have found my way up there, but was defeated by all the shallow steps. Lots of steps, and the riser is shallower than we are used to, but the treads are shorter too. Since it's so wet, and moss seems to grow just about everywhere, it made for treacherous footing in some places.
But isn't it beautiful? : - )
#10

A thirsty B.fly!
#11

The greens in this photo set off the red croton(sp?) type plant. Also hard to see, but a red b.fly is taking off in this photo. It was one of those "Rats!" moments.
It was hard to take photos sometimes when the other guests were allowing their children to run crazy through the "Farm". I did see an awful lot of photographers. : - )
I kept thinking about how my Dad, Trois, would have loved being there with me. : - )
#12

Remembering some of Dad's advise, about finding where they congregate then lying in wait, DH spotted this thirsty B.fly's. This is the beginning of the slow stalk, and learning how to use the telephoto on the new p & c. : - )
#13

Lots of thirsty b.fly's. Even though the photo is blurry, I can count 3 different kinds. : - )
#14

Same place, but look at the pretty yellow one! I felt like a little kid myself. : - )
Need a short break, but I'll be right back!
#15

Some of the B.fly's liked to perch on the walls. : - )
With their wings folded. : - |
#16

Back down to the water seep on the pavement. This black guy opened his wings, but I don't quite have the zoom fingured out yet. (: - p)
#17

A new b.fly flew in and everyone else is all aflutter. I thought it was pretty. : - )
#18

I'm finally getting the hang of the zoom, but them wascally b.fly's don't always co-operate. : - )
Like the yellow spot on the one b.fly on the left. : - )
#19

This guy is different, and I guess he wanted his photo taken. : - )
Striking colors on him too!
#20

It looks like there are at least two different kinds of b.fly's in this photo.
#21

Okay, it must be mating season or something. I swear that the b.fly in the middle looks a lot like a turkey getting ready to do it's mating dance. LOL! : - )
The one behind it looks like it's standing up. All in all, despite it's flaws, an interesting photo.
#22

Now I know this one is posing for me. : - )
#23

This fellow is hard to see with his wings folded. I keep hoping he'll open them up, because the top is gorgeous. Right now he is hiding in plain sight. : - )
#24

This one is taken from a slightly different angle of the same b.fly.
#25

That isn't a dead leaf. Look closer. Great camouflage! : - )
#26

Tried getting a photo with his wings open. He was faster than me. : - (
#27

This is why you don't try to take photos pointing the camera towards the sun, even with the shade netting, and the canopy of plants you can barely make out the forms of the b.fly's, but DH said to try. I told him I didn't think they'd come out too good. So all those spots are b.flys, flying near the ceiling of the shade structure/butterfly enclosure.
#28

Caught a glimpse of this fellow, as he landed on the tree. Sort of caught this photo on the fly.
Seems to be disguised well on that tree too! : - )
#29

Finally, something to be proud of! : - )
He was definitely posing for me. : - )
#30

Pushing the boundaries, and testing out the zoom. : - ) Very nice of him to co-operate and to continue to pose. Look at those colors! : - )
#31

More foliage that provides food for the b.flies in all stages of it's life cycle. : - ) There are some b.fly's hiding in there too, but you really have to look for them.
#32

This guy decided to come pose for me. They really like that white flower. But the way the flower drapes, they are usually upside down. LOL! : - )
#33

He was really working this plant, with his wings pumping the whole time. It was hard to get a photo of some of them sitting still, and even harder to get one with the wings outspread. : -)
So I'm kind of liking some of these "action" shots. LOL!
#34

Seed pods on what resembled a Tree of Paradise, or is sometimes called a Mimosa Tree. I did not collect any seeds on this trip. Didn't want any hassles at customs, and I knew I'd be tired when we got home. Rotten B.fly was sitting there a moment before I took this photo, but still find it interesting because it shows one of the many varieties of plants found on the "farm".
#35

A little action, and lots of color. : - )
#36

Maybe not the clearest photo, but I do so enjoy getting photos of them feasting on their native foods. : - )
#37

I swear they are faster than a speeding bullet. But even if this is somewhat blurred, it's still a wow, for the color patterns, alone. : - )
#38