We started the day by meeting the Mayor of Kuching City North to discuss the project and the forthcoming APOC show. We then managed a short while at the Kuching Cat Museum where we learnt all about the five wild cat species of Sarawak and the domestic cats too. The three below are definitely the […]

 We showed you Gongora Unicolor and maculata yesterday so here is a closer look at Gongora unicolor. This fragrant species (kind of sweet spicy) is from Central America, so no plants of it here in Sarawak. Though it is always lovely to share our orchids of the tropical world with a new community of orchid […]

After a quick freshen up at our hotel we headed to MRSM School where we met the student team Nat, Maira, Nina and Alwinas well as the lead teacher Hamidah, the Head, and the amazing team from the Sarawak Orchid Society We unpacked the air-freighted lamina flow cabinet, the lab that had travelled successfully in […]

   Yesterday we had Stanhopea tigrina and today is another orchid pollinated by euglossine bees – Gongora macuklata. The summer is a great time for Gongoras and we have several in flower including this species and the closely related Gongora unicolor (more on that tomorrow) Gongora maculata is one of the larger growing species and […]

Our first flight was nearly 13 hours from Heathrow to Kuala Lumpur, the food was enjoyed by all, films by most, Jess and Tallis found an interesting documentary on phyto-plankton, and Simon and Annie were gripped by the Cricket World Cup – congratulations to England. In Kuala Lumpur we have passed through immigration and are […]