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Love the music, love the image... Love em all...

And to qoute someone prominent in carnivorous plants in Malaysia, though I had to tweak a little bit of his words- Carnivorous plants- Unique plants for unique individuals...

That sorta kinda make me feels special...

And knowing myself... I just had to spend hours and hours sifting through links and samples looking for the untitled song... FOUND IT! Muahahaha....

N. Gracilis kot... Or It Could be N. x Ventrata

1. Picher Close-up

2. Another Pitcher Close-up

3. Comparisson of the whole Plant with N. x ventrata

4. Size Comparisson with a plastic chair.

N. Mirabilis ke ni?

I saved these (got 3 pots for RM30- that's RM10 each, plus another 2 n. x ventrata for a total of RM60. I kinda sorta rescued them from the auntie nursery owner as she cannot care for them... Got ulat munching the leaves, more dried leaves than green ones when I got them...

As you can see, the leaves got sopak-sopak merah (red speckles la) on the leaves exposed to Langkawi sun.

It's abit different from my N. mirabilis from Padang Serai.

Anybody can positively ID these as n. mirabilis?

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow...

Photo Caption : Brunfelsia Pauciflora (Top), Brunfelsia Americana (Bottom)

Both plants produce flowers that change color that last for three days, B. pauciflora changes from purple to white while B. americana changes from white to yellow back to white. Some people call them Lady of the Night, because they only smells nice for some people and scary for most people, at night. Most people call them Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow.

What I did yesterday: Hang out with Miss B until 3 in the morning.

What I did today: MC for KEDA, International Group "Kampung Night". It feels good to do good, I mean like, when you do something for other people and expect to be paid, you only charge minimum as the people really need your help and the fact that they have no budget. it feels good to be able to speak. More like it feels good to be paid when all you need to do is just speak a few words and hold the program together. Some people had to work all day to get what I got tonight. some people had to work for 10 days for that amount of money. Thank you god, for this and everything.

What I have to do tomorrow: MC for Tadika Seri Taman Sports Day, later tomorrow night, a kenduri at Miss Bs' House.

I think I love my life. For someone who doesn't really exists, he's doing pretty good.

Plants Update: Baby Nephentes Hookeriana

A cute little Nephentes x hookeriana (that'll be Nephentes Rafflesiana+Ampullaria) from Malesiana Tropicals.

Plants Update: Baby Nephentes Veitchii

A cute little Nephentes Veitchii (hose mountain) from Malesiana Tropicals.

Nephentes Ampullaria- Blushing Mum and Her Baby...

Yay! It's a BOY!!!

p/s: that's not a "baby", that's what we call a basal shoot... Ngeee....

Plants Update- Dwarf Pomegranate Tree

Dwarf Pomegranate or scientifically known as Punica granatum 'Nana' or in Bahasa Malaysia- Pokok Delima "Bantut". Hahaha....

Plants Update- My Hangin Garden

This is a pix of my hanging garden... I think I'll call it "The Hanging Garden".

Well what can I say? It has ballooned from a single top layer into 4 layers in less than a month... So many mouths to feed, so little time (this is where I dramatically slapping my own forehead)

Plants Update- Rescuing Mirabilis and Ventricosa/Alata/Ventrata

Yesterday Miss Mirinda and myself went for breakfast/lunch/brunch at about 3pm++. I had to go out because I needed hooks to hang my plants. Anyway, we lunch to lunch and then went to the hardware store. Bought hooks and cable.

Went to the bank to draw some money to put gas for DFR (Dat Fookin Rover) and went to a nursery, it was closed, so went to another one. Ended up buying 3 dying Nephentes Mirabilis and 2 ventricosa/alata/ventrata for RM60, which was cheap. Got the hooks for free plus 2 mini pomegranate tree.

Then met Ms. Leo and had early dinner at one of the outrageously decorated eatery in town (they put test tubes in heart shaped wooden container and decorate that with fake-looking fake orchid).

Then time to go draw some more money and said goodbye to Ms. Leo and we went shopping. Bought another one of my favorite shirt as the old one torn due to abuse and over-use. And bought water spray for my plants and bought 2 hooded jackets as they're offering it with 70% discount.

Then when I came home, I realised... I'm a big spender (no, it's not about underwear).

And later last night, I called my mom just for chat.

Plants Update- Nephentes Bicalcarata Marudi

The famous fanged pitcher (periuk kera bergigi taring... huhu... I cant refrain myself from doing that...)

Plants Update- Nephentes Veitchii Hose Mountain

The top photo shows the whole plant. The lower one shows a diformed pitcher... Only lower half, top half dono gone where ... Wahlau.... Phua Chu Kang english oso got ah?

Local Langkawi Nephentes at Mount Mat Chinchang

These pix were taken by Mr. Nazir somewhere on Mount Mat Chinchang a.k.a. Gunung Cable Car in Langkawi. Many thanks to him for giving me the pix and for not telling me the exact location of the plants for conservation reasons. Can anyone I.D. what species is this? T.Q.

Brunfelsia Americana a.k.a. The Lady of the Night

OK, interesting thing about this one:

1. It first blooms white.

2. Turns yellow the next day.

3. Turns white again the next days' night.

4. Turns yellow again the day after the next days' night. (I know it sounds confusing but the flower last three days, blooming white, then turns yellow during the day and white again during the night and yellow and white and wilt.)

5. It blooms at night.

6. It smells nice at night.

7. Doesn't have any smell during the day.

Colors of Caladium and Alocasia and Colocasia...

Colourful eh?

"Bee Hoon" (Vermicelli) Flower

Anybody can ID this for me? I bought this a few months back at a nursery in Langkawi.

The lady who owns the nursey says that she never seen anything like it and she only got one of them, after a few time coming and going and "persuading" her to sell and then "persuading" her to lower the price... It was mine for RM15, cheap right?

This plant has been flowering non-stop!

Plants Update... Nephentes Hirsuta Kuching Spotted

It's Nephentes Hirsuta... It's from Kuching... And it's spotted... So it's Nephentes Hirsuta Kuching Spotted... I am very the qualified to be a botanist...