Thursday, August 14, 2008

Enough is Enough

Enough said, I'll ignore everything unpleasant in my life from now on.

The day before yesterday I was hard hit by boredom. So I tried sending some sms asking people to get adventerous with me. No reply. Typical.

Then I decided, hey, I can do what I want alone. Heck, I can even have sex with myself if I want. Hehehe... Asexually... Eeee...

Anyway, I drove up all the way to Durian Perangin for a solo session of Plant Raid! This time my target is Hoya. Read online that some foreigner managed to smuggle out specimens of Hoya Lacunosa "Durian Perangin, Langkawi" out of Malaysia.

Hmm... Tempting...

So I went... Armed with a pair of scisors, torchlight (just in case I got crazy and decided to stay until later for night fishing) inside my old bag.

On the way up, I strained my eyes to see Hoya. But no Hoya. I almost slipped on the way up because the stone stairs became a mini waterfall. Now I know why people call it a waterfall... It's slippery when when with water and if you're not careful, you'll fall. Right?
BY THE WAY, I ONLY PICK UP PLANTS THAT WERE KNOCKED DOWN FROM THE TREES BY STRONG WIND. I DID NOT, I REPEAT I DID NOT PLUCK THEM FROM WHERE THEY'RE GROWING.

At 6pm and no one in sight... I reached the top alone. Nobody but myself. Wanted to pee so bad, but was affraid of hidden cameras. Then on as I was about to give up... I saw a clump of something hangin on a low branch which upon closer inspection HOYA! A small leaved species of either Hoya or Dischidia... Hmm... Donwanna talk long-long... Pix of the small leaved specie

The leaves on this specie is approx. 1 inch long and half wide. As you can (barely) see, there are 2 different colored leaves. 1 is dark green and bumpy, while there other 1 is smooth and yellow. I noticed that there's 1 flower stalk here.

Then on the way down, more of the specie can be seen and then, there's something else hanging slightly above the Hoya sp 1... That plant!

Can anyone ID this for me?


Then more Hoya...

I think this is the H. lacunosa (Durian Perangin, Langkawi). Longest leave is about 3 inches ++, width at its' widest is about 1.5 inches ++, My estimate... I'm not vewy good at estimating stuffs in inches... I always exagerrate... Hehehe...


And another 1...



And another 1...

Well, this one and the one before it is almost the same. Same yellowish leave color, but compared side to side, the leaves does look different in shape. One is slightly more elongated.






And of course I'd have another try of Dischidia imbricata. I killed the one I collected earlier by "planting" it in soil... Now I'm smarter... I tied them up to a piece of wood, gave me a woody in the process... I am so into BDSM nowdays.

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