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Post by twoton on Jun 4, 2022 20:13:37 GMT -10
Hello all, until about 10 years ago, I was quite active in this forum. At the time, I lived in Taiwan and had a greenhouse with ca. 300 Nepenthes on my garage top. In 2007 I attended the Sarawak Nepenthes Summit in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo (see also my related posts), which triggered the decision to move to Borneo so I could visit wild Nepenthes any time I wanted. In 2011 this plan came to fruition, and my family and I spent the following nine years roaming the jungles in Borneo. Apart from carnivorous plants, I soon also developed a strong interest in pretty much everything else the equatorial rainforests had to offer. Eventually, I wrote a humorous, yet informative book about my Road to the Rainforest and our subsequent encounters with Borneo's enormous biodiversity. It will be published in October, and I'm convinced it will be of interest to many members here. Please see the link below for more information. A Greenhorn Naturalist in Borneo
Thank you very much for looking! Hans Breuer, aka Twoton
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Post by twoton on Aug 6, 2011 0:47:19 GMT -10
"Just when I thought I was out....they pull me back in!" Michael Corleone from The Godfather III kept going through my head as I moseyed slowly through Amos Yu's nursery for nepenthes and orchids (and ferns and bromeliads and a thousand other things) here in Kuching, Sarawak, my new home (detailed picture report about the reasons for our move here). Four years have gone by since I decided to move from Taiwan to Borneo, and three years since I sold my last plant. And despite all my pleas not to start nepping again, and instead just admire the plants in the forests here, I just couldn't resist the call of the wild: the duoble-barreled assault of wild nepenthes and masterfully grown cultivated ones in Amos' nursery were the kiss of death for all my noble resolutions. So here they are, the six neps I bought (the green amp was a gift - seems that's considered a weed around these parts) Cheers, and I hope you like them, even if they're rather plain lowland species.... The Haul at Amos' place Purple squat raff Tricolor amp Albomarginata Bical Green amp Speckled hooker There's also a small pot with speckled amps which I didn't bother to photograph :-) This was their first destination in the front yard, but the shade netting above them turned out to be to narrow for the morning sun... ...so I moved them onto this professional plant bench under a pergola in the back :-) Oh, and a few bonus plants from the nearby jungle. Any ID? And finally, one for the Stink Fruit Connoisseurs, straight from Serian, Durian Capital of Borneo (Man, I LOVE THAT FRUIT!! )
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Post by twoton on Feb 21, 2010 23:58:43 GMT -10
Happy New Year of the Tiger!
I just received my copy of the March 2010 National Geographic, and there's a very nice 15-page article on carnivorous plants, complete with some of the most stunning photography I've ever seen.
Was anyone here involved in it? No matter, run, don't walk, to your next newsstand!
Cheers,
TT
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Post by twoton on Jul 5, 2009 0:56:56 GMT -10
Excellent!! Thanks for the laffs!! I particularly liked the last one :-)
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Post by twoton on Jul 2, 2009 4:16:01 GMT -10
Spellchecker, schmellchecker. These books are primo plant porn, plain and simple, and just like their adult mag cousins, YOU DON'T BUY THEM FOR THE ARTICLES! Sheeeshhh.....:-)
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Post by twoton on Jul 2, 2009 4:07:57 GMT -10
A true labor of love. Congratulations, Jens - one of the best greenhouses I've ever seen. And all that right by the Arctic Circle! :-)
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Post by twoton on Jun 13, 2009 1:24:32 GMT -10
That's a sweet greenhouse, Jens! And you obviously took Mike's drip system lessons to heart. Congratulations!!!
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June
Jun 10, 2009 2:18:31 GMT -10
Post by twoton on Jun 10, 2009 2:18:31 GMT -10
Wow!!!
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Post by twoton on Jun 5, 2009 21:02:52 GMT -10
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Post by twoton on Jun 1, 2009 3:45:11 GMT -10
CONGRATULATIONS! A new life......until the greenhouse is full :-)
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Post by twoton on May 10, 2009 23:37:33 GMT -10
Hi and thanks, guys. My camera is still the Pentax K10D I bought a year ago. I believed there are no native snakes in Hawaii, but I guess those typhlops are everywhere.......a snake for every flower pot :-)
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Post by twoton on May 5, 2009 1:17:34 GMT -10
Hey everyone, long time no pitcher post! After selling of most of my 300+ plants, I'm now down to about 75 (not counting the seedlings), and I've criminally neglected them over the past half year - no weeding, no (fert) feeding, no trimming; the only thing I did - and that only out of sheer laziness - was to crank up the sprinkling frequency from twice to thrice a day. But it didn't work - they're coming back more beautiful than ever! ;D Here's a selection shot this afternoon: x "Red Leopard" (ventricosa x maxima) x mastersiana maxima "green" talangensis x maxima ventricosa x macfarlanei maxima "dark" x truncata x "Rebecca Soper" (ramispina x ventricosa) ventricosa x pectinata Here's hoping Summer will be just as kind to all the others! BTW, anyone interested in taking more plants off my mitts, shoot me a mail (hansbr_at_giga_dot_net_dot_tw), I'll send you a list.
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Post by twoton on May 4, 2009 19:38:07 GMT -10
Wow! Thanks! One question: why were you wearing a jacket? Rain?
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Post by twoton on May 4, 2009 19:06:28 GMT -10
Slightly OT, but did you take any pix of the marvelous ant plants up on Bako Plateau?
Thanks for sharing! :-)
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Post by twoton on May 4, 2009 18:48:57 GMT -10
Egads! You don't grown anything SMALL, do you? :-)
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