Location : Kampung Peninjau Lama, Siniawan, Bau District, Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia.

It’s Amorphaphallus season again. We were at Peninjau Lama and saw many stage 1 amors there, in fact a lot more than usual. There were a couple of dying stage 2. Construction of the bridge and road leading to the newly completed info centre is still ongoing. I wonder if they’ve started enforcing the entrance charges but the tariffs are up on the notice board. No one was manning the centre when we went there. (Related link : Trekking to Sir James Brooke Cottage)

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To Kampung Peninjau Lama

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Kampung Peninjau Lama

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Stage 1 & stage 2 (dying) side by side

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Amorphophallus hewittii (Borneo Titan Aroid) 300 (400)cm, Borneo Titan Aroid makes the second largest flower of all Titan aroids and is native of Sarawak on the island of Borneo. A rare tropical, almost evergreen species with a very tall, almost tree-like, white spotted, fresh green stem and a broad, dark green, umbrella-like single leaf. The flower is composed of a large spathe (out pseudo petal), green outside and reddish inside, and a rose spadix (inner club) up to 150cm in height ! Adult specimens may develop a flower every 3 years and may flower the first time after five of sowing. (http://www.rareplants.de/shop/uploads/Html/Amorphophallus-hewittii-Borneo-Titan-Aroid_8243_1.htm)

Amorphophallus hewittii

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Guide fee RM50 to Rajah Brooke cottage, entrance fee RM5
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Perfect bench provided for mother nature
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Antiques
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Hut built on rock

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Giant nibong trees

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Giant yam

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So this is it, site of Sir James Brooke cottage
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Giant outcrop providing a perfect shelter.
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Viewed from the other side

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Mount Serumbu lookout point

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