Floras in Kalimantan ( Borneo )

Floras in Central Kalimantan( Central Borneo )

Borneo( more commonly known as Kalimantan ) is an island in Indonesia. It’s the biggest island in Indonesia. It has some of Indonesian rare animals( like orang utans, etc. )

Sooo, in this part, i’d like to tell you about the Floras in Borneo( Kalimantan ).
what i’m going to tell you guys here are about SOME of the Floras (mostly flowers, though ).

So! the first flora is...!
1. Nepenthes<< did I spell that right? Oh well, i’m bad with spelling ><

Nepenthes, what are they:  Nepenthes is a plant that lives around Indonesia, South China, Western Madagascar, South-Eastern India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Philippines, and Northern Australia.  You can find most of them around Borneo and Sumatra though. Nepenthes are carnivorous.< again, did i spell that right?
What they eat are basically small insects, but the largest kind of Nepenthes( Nepenthes Raja and Nepenthes Rafflessiana ) ate small vertebrates, such as rats.

They usually grow in dark and humid place, that’s why you can found most of them in Borneo, because there are a lot of rain forest here( humid and dark ). They can live in highland and lowland. Which is somewhat unique. A nepenthes with closed lids means that they are newly born. They will then grew in size and slowly their lids will open. Inside them, you can find water.  Another thing which is awesome about this plant is that when you get into forest, you can actually drink from them. Just make sure that the lids are closed, because if it’s opened, then there’s a chance that the water were filled germs and other things you don’t want to know about. If it’s closed, then it’s guaranteed 100% pure. And one thing, you can only find them ONLY inside some rain forest and in some empty field by the streets( around forests of course .

The second flora is...!
Black Orchid/ Coelogyne Pandurata<<< this i’m not sure if it’s the right spelling again. :3 

Black Orchids are special because you can only find them in East Borneo. It seems they also have become one of the symbols for Borneo. They grew in shrubs, and only seems to bloom between April and Desember. One could say, that this time period is the best time to visit Borneo, because if you’re lucky enough,  you might stumble upon a field filled  full of these flowers! XD
but nowadays, it’s kind of impossible, since people tend to burn the forest, which is somewaht their home,making them one of the seemingly rarest orchid in Borneo .

By: mike~

Infos from/sources from:
Karnasih, S. (2011) Personal Communication 20 April  2011