Monday, June 8, 2009

Wild Orchids at Nabalu & Poring Hot Spring

During our trip to Sabah, we visited Nabalu and Poring Hot Spring, both located on the Crocker Range and at the foot of Mt. Kinabalu. At Nabalu, orchids are sold at the roadside stalls while at Poring Hot Spring, the place to visit is the Poring Orchid Conservation Center (POCC).
These are two great places to find wild orchids of Sabah. POCC houses a large collection of Sabah species orchids mostly rare and endemic to Sabah. We were slivating over them...hehe!
So, here are pictures of orchids from Nabalu and POCC.

Poring Orchid Conservation Center (POCC)Poring Orchid Conservation Center (POCC)Orchid stalls at Nabalu - located halway between Kota Kinabalu and Kinabalu Park.

Dimorphorchis lowii at OrchidBlisDimorphorchis lowii

Dendrobium cymboglossum at OrchidBlissDendrobium cymboglossum

dayanum at OrchidBlissdayanum
Phalaenopsis gigantea at OrchidBLissCollection of Phalaenopsis gigantea seedlings at POCC

Gigantea at ORchidBlissPhalaenopsis Gigantea

Trichoglottis spp at ORchidBlissTrichoglottis spp

Poring Orchid Conservation Center (POCC)Poring Orchid Conservation Center

Poring Orchid Conservation Center (POCC)Poring Orchid Conservation Center

Poring Hot SpringTake a dip in the hot spring

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