Nepenthes of Sumatra

[teinkes]

Hello everyone!

I have been traveling to Sumatra from July till the end of September. As I member of Drosera vzw and a huge vegetation lover I am most of my time out in the field to take some photographs of Carnivorous plants orchids and other vegetation.

Here I would like to share my pictures with all of you.

Happy seeing!!

First pitcher plant I saw was N tobaica on Gunung Sibayak:



and very nearby N. spectabillis was growing too... huge pitchers!!



Also their where some rhodo's growing nearby. This nice pink flower is from Rhododendron malayanum



and this Arisaema filiforme the guide tought it was a carnivorous too



From their I moved to Ketambe BUT guides where lazy to take me on the 21 days Gunung leuser or Gunung kemeri 14 days. I guess those treks are a bit hard and they rather do the chicken treks with ordinary travelers...so maybe for a future plan.

So To continue my story I moved to the island of Mentawai. There I stayed 2 weeks with a local shaman who brought me in places where N where growing in abundance

N. mirabillis


N. Ampullaria






The next day we where out again, looking for Sagu worms for our dinner. We passed again the same site as the day before and their I found another pitcherplant growing. N reinwardtiana and N ampullaria x mirabillis. Tought I didn't found any N. mirabillis growing nearby.

N. reinwardtiana





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And together with N. ampullaria



N ampullaria x mirabillis






Then I moved further... back on the mainland after this crazy jungle adventure toward Gunung Kerenci and G. Tujuh

A BIG thanks to Sahar Dimus!!! He brought me to THE place of N aristolochoides!! Sad to know but he passed away a few days ago due to a kidney or heart problem. He was a really good guide RIP

here are the pictures of N aristolochoides














AND lower there was N gymnamphorea growing







And a particular yellow orchid...Eria merapiensis





And last very nice pitcherplant we saw .. this time on Gunung Kerenci was N singalana. Some lower pitchers





Some higher pitcher





and a nice colored lower pitcher again!!





More Sumatra pictures can be seen on:

www.flickr.com/photos/norway_summer_2009/page4/

and other pages.

Greetings and enjoy

Teinkes

[hcarlton]

Gorgeous plants! I hope I get the chance to travel out and see some of those in person in the wild. The last singalana picture and the N. aristo's are very beautiful specimens. I also like the spectabilis. A lot lighter than you normally see!

[bluemax]

Really spectacular! In addition to the Nepenthes and orchids I really liked the lava shot. And the Rafflesia. Thanks for providing the link to rest of the photos.

- Mark

[teinkes]

Thank you all

Later I will post a new topic of my travel in the Peninsular Malaysia.

Als a few Nepentheses and some other nice vegetation

[Randy Zerr]

superb!

[Brian Barnes]

Excellent photos and trip!

Sounds like a true adventure indeed... We look forward to more.

Brian

[wireman]

Great photos! I love the Nepenthes, orchids, and native peoples photos. It looks like a fascinating experience.