Catasetum

Blooms a few days ago, looks like a bird of sort. Searching the net I suppose it is a Catasetum Pileatum or something similar.

These blooms however did not last very long, it blooms just for about a week or so then it wilted.

Even so it still a beautiful flower nonetheless.

Orchid Nursery - Batu Arang

Last Malaysia's merdeka day 31sy August 2014, My wife and I managed to visit an orchid nursery at Jalan Batu Arang, 48000 Rawang, Selangor.



There are many variety of orchids with prices range of rm5 up to hundreds of ringgit and there are many things sold too if you love orchids like specialize fertilizer for orchids and many more.

Location of United Malaysia Orchids Sdn Bhd in Google Maps:

https://www.google.com.my/maps/@3.3226246,101.5117612,391m/data=!3m1!1e3

Wangian Yang Hilang Di Timur Jauh

Melayu itu orang yang bijaksana
Nakalnya bersulam jenaka
Budi bahasanya tidak terkira
Kurang ajarnya tetap santun
Jika menipu pun masih bersopan
Bila mengampu bijak beralas tangan.
Melayu itu berani jika bersalah
Kecut takut kerana benar,
Janji simpan di perut
Selalu pecah di mulut,
Biar mati adat
Jangan mati anak.
Melayu di tanah Semenanjung luas maknanya:
Jawa itu Melayu, Bugis itu Melayu
Banjar juga disebut Melayu,
Minangkabau memang Melayu,
Keturunan Acheh adalah Melayu,
Jakun dan Sakai asli Melayu,
Arab dan Pakistani, semua Melayu
Mamak dan Malbari serap ke Melayu
Malah mua´alaf bertakrif Melayu
(Setelah disunat anunya itu)
Dalam sejarahnya
Melayu itu pengembara lautan
Melorongkan jalur sejarah zaman
Begitu luas daerah sempadan
Sayangnya kini segala kehilangan
Melayu itu kaya falsafahnya
Kias kata bidal pusaka
Akar budi bersulamkan daya
Gedung akal laut bicara
Malangnya Melayu itu kuat bersorak
Terlalu ghairah pesta temasya
Sedangkan kampung telah tergadai
Sawah sejalur tinggal sejengkal
tanah sebidang mudah terjual
Meski telah memiliki telaga
Tangan masih memegang tali
Sedang orang mencapai timba.
Berbuahlah pisang tiga kali
Melayu itu masih bermimpi
Walaupun sudah mengenal universiti
Masih berdagang di rumah sendiri.
Berkelahi cara Melayu
Menikam dengan pantun
Menyanggah dengan senyum
Marahnya dengan diam
Merendah bukan menyembah
Meninggi bukan melonjak.
Watak Melayu menolak permusuhan
Setia dan sabar tiada sempadan
Tapi jika marah tak nampak telinga
Musuh dicari ke lubang cacing
Tak dapat tanduk telinga dijinjing
Maruah dan agama dihina jangan
Hebat amuknya tak kenal lawan
Berdamai cara Melayu indah sekali
Silaturrahim hati yang murni
Maaf diungkap senantiasa bersahut
Tangan diulur sentiasa bersambut
Luka pun tidak lagi berparut
Baiknya hati Melayu itu tak terbandingkan
Selaga yang ada sanggup diberikan
Sehingga tercipta sebuah kiasan:
“Dagang lalu nasi ditanakkan
Suami pulang lapar tak makan
Kera di hutan disusu-susukan
Anak di pangkuan mati kebuluran”
Bagaimanakah Melayu abad dua puluh satu
Masihkan tunduk tersipu-sipu?
Jangan takut melanggar pantang
Jika pantang menghalang kemajuan;
Jangan segan menentang larangan
Jika yakin kepada kebenaran;
Jangan malu mengucapkan keyakinan
Jika percaya kepada keadilan.
Jadilah bangsa yang bijaksana
Memegang tali memegang timba
Memiliki ekonomi mencipta budaya
Menjadi tuan di negara Merdeka

(Usman Awang)

Lovely Brassavola Orchid

This orhid has always blooms in pair.. every time there is two of them and very nice orchid to enjoy..

Breeding Crayfish at Home

I have taken into a new hobby of aquaponics and while reading about it I stumble upon a blog of My Effendy Halily at Lets Farm Lobsters at Home (Aquaponics) and immediately love the idea. He teaches people how to breed crayfish at home and with a small fee start the project themselves. So I contacted him, bought his system of how to breed crayfish at home using his CLAW systems and it has been fun so far. As such I started a new blog called "Projek Lobster", a write up of the whole project.

Mint / Pudina

Bought this during the Floria Putrajaya 2014 last month and so far I have manage to put it into 5 smaller pots and it seems mint can be easily re-planted using cuttings. Quite an aromatic herbs.

Pink Flowers of Etlingera elatior

Binomial name : Etlingera elatior 
Related article : The Kantan Story, Bunga Kantan as Centre Piece


This flower buds are widely use as essential ingredients in traditional Malay food such as Asam Pedas.

Purple Oncidium

Purple with a centre dark red of oncidium alliance...

Tiger Orchid

Some kind of tiger orchid just blooming the morning.. searching the net.. found out most probably the species of Grammatophyllum scriptum var Kiilani

Baby Merbah : Part 2

This baby birds are about 10 days old.. have a look at the initial picture of Baby Merbah and the mother.

Big Yellow Cattleya

This big yellow Cattleya which blooms yesterday.. shining bright and just fill up the day.

Small beautiful Oncidium

A very bright and beautiful orchid..

Yellow-vented Bulbul

The mummy of these babies.. Baby Merbah
 

There is something in its mouth, most probably a worm to feed the babies...

The pictures were cropped from the original.

Baby Merbah

Found these babies at a tree by the garage.. Merbah images by Google. Maybe later on would try to snap the pictures of the parents. Initially I thought it's from a species of Merbah Belukar or Olived-winged Bulbul but later on after looking at the mother I suppose it's the Yellow-vented Bulbul.

Bunga Kantan

Centre piece on a table at a wedding reception.

Binomial name : Etlingera elatior
Related article : The Kantan Story

Orkid Malai

Scientific Name : Caelogyne Rochussenii

Aromatic : Lemon scented