Back from Borneo

HEY...I am back! We had a fabulous time! I met some legends in the plant world (Tony Lamb of H. lambii) and saw forests and collections to blow my mind...and NOT just hoyas.

Am going to write up my trip for STEMMA...and put in a lot of photos. There are non hoyas photos on the Tropical Gardening forum under I'M BAAAAK...and here is one of the H. imperialis we collected in the wild...actually growing in a tiny grove of bushes (we later learned this little grove was the home of two King Cobras!!!!). Look where it is growing...HOT, DRY!!!! Dorothy Green is holding the plant....

It is amazing to see hoyas growing like weeds!!!! They ARE weeds!!!!

Also...Aeschynanthus...WEEDS!!!! Here is one in Mount Kota Kinabalu Park....at about 5,000 feet.

And...Orchids!!!! All growing in trees, on trees, on the ground....everywhere....

And Nepenthes.....

How fun, Carol! Glad you didn't get any love bites from a cobra. Must be pretty awesome to see the plants in their natural habitat....especially neat to see for indoor growers like me. It's a wonder they thrive at all in cool, foggy San Francisco.

Julia

I'm glad you are back, and that you had a great time.

As for your comment “It is amazing to see hoyas growing like weeds!!!! They ARE weeds!!!!”

I want those weeds. LOL

So good to have you back!! Caro.

Un beso

Carol, thank you for the peeks of the plants. I have been thinking about you on your trip. What a thrill!!!!! I am looking forward to the next STEMMA!
Katie

Oh the hoya and orchid are wonderful. It is amazing that we grow these "weeds." Can't wait for STEMMA, too! Welcome back!!

Welcome back Carol. I enjoyed these pics. I'm heading to the Trop Gardn forum now to see what other pics you took.

Carol - really enjoyed your pictures over on the other forum - looked like a trip through paradise!


Karen