Thai Amorphophallus

A small species from the limestone hills recently flowered ....last few days of 2007
Vegetative appearance in-situ.

ID needed - suggestions welcome !

Addenda:
Amorphophallus albidispathus red stem form as per Alan Galloway and Hetterscheid

Undescribed Begonia

Seedlings of this undescribed new species from Sarawak 7 months after sowing the seeds.
Here's how the adult looks like, growing at a slope near the riverbank.

轻舟已过....万重山

....The light boat passes ten thousand mountains....a Li Bai poem.
When you are light at heart, leaving is easy. Bye !

The morning fog shrouded the limestone hills enroute to Perfume Pagoda near Hanoi. Its not the tourist season, which is just nice for me, but our boat lady complained we are her only customers for the past month.

Impatiens from Vietnam

A highland Impatiens. With the rain pelting on me it was hard to get a good shot of this beauty, but it was one of the few flowering natives on this trip.