Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Gongora galeata



Orange scented Mexican species bought for me by my ofis mate from nursery in Melaka....thanks HO:-). Spike is way shorter compared to more common claviodora but flower size similar. Wish list : Gongora quinquenervis. Heard that LumChin got it but dont have the time to visit her yet.

Pokok durian ni selepas 15 tahun akhirnya melekat jugak buahnya. Ada la dalam 7 bijik. Bunga tengah lebat gak tu. Odd season fruit. Setahu aku inilah pertama kali durian menjadi kat Dragon Hill. Harap2 masa dia gugur aku ada kat rumah, kalu tak kempunan.

Sidetrack sikit, this week sibuk pasal hudud. gelak aku tgk tv bila wartawan tanya artis ttg hudud. kat bolehland ni ada 14 mufti, awat la tak tanya depa. bukan nak pandang rendah on artis tapi silap jawab...nauzubillah.

Post Gadafi - another iraq in the making.

MU kena belasah 6 bijik dgn MCity...hehe anything but united...HAhaha.

Friday, August 19, 2011

Mencari or menunggu? miniatum or garayi?


Pabila 10 mlm terakhir tiba, umat islam masing2 sibuk mencari mlm yg berkat itu. tetapi malangnya kebanyakan hanya la menunggu sebenarnya, bukan mencari...

Ini aku copy from fren emel....

2 formula jadual Lailatul Qadar . Cara Mendapatkan Lailatulqadar. Apa Yang Perlu Dilakukan Pada Malam Itu? Sekiranya Ditemukan Apa Yang Hendak Dimohon? Bagimana Jika Tidak Ditemukan? Bagaimana Seseorang Boleh Mengetahui Yang Dia Telah Mendapat Lailatul Qadar?

Formula
2 formula yang dipetik berkenaan jadual malam "Lailatul Qadar " adalah dari Kitab Jauharul Mauhub"
"Disebut dalam Hasyiyah Fathul Wahab, Jika awal puasa bermula pada hari Isnin, maka Lailatul Qadar adalah di malam ke 21″.
Ahli sufi pula mengatakan "Jika awal puasa bermula pada hari Isnin, maka Lailatul Qadar adalah di malam ke 29″.
Cara Mendapatkan Lailatulqadar
Daripada Aishah r.a."Bahawasanya Nabi s.a.w beriktikaf pada sepuluh hari terakhir di bulan Ramadhan, sehinggalah baginda wafat, kemudian para isteri baginda meneruskan amalan beriktikaf selepas kewafatannya".
Iktikaf bererti berhenti dan berada di dalam masjid, berhenti dari segala urusan dunia, disertai niat untuk berhenti di dalam masjid sambil melakukan amalan seperti membaca al-quran, bertasbih dan sembahyang. Kebiasaannya Nabi Muhammad s.a.w. beriktikaf dengan memasuki masjid mulai petang 19 Ramdahan selepas waktu Asar dan tidak keluar sehinggalah selepas Maghrib hari terakhir Ramadhan. Isteri-isteri Baginda Mulia pula beriktikaf di rumah masing-masing iaitu di tempat yang biasanya mereka bersembahyang.
Jika kita tidak dapat beriktikaf di masjid sepanjang 10 akhir Ramadhan, maka berdoalah agar dipertemukan dengan Lailatul Qadar dan bangunlah beribadat di sepertiga akhir malam.

Apa Yang Perlu Dilakukan Pada Malam Itu (Lailatul Qadar)?
Bangunlah beribadah pada sepertiga akhir malam. Bangunlah kira-kira dalam pukul 2-3 pagi. Lakukan apa jua amalan misalnya membaca quran, sembahyang sunat, berzikir atau memikirkan kebesaran Allah kerana sesiapa yang bertemu dengannya dalam keadaan melakukan apa jua ibadat akan mendapat pahala seperti beribadat atau berfikir kebesaran Allah selama 1000 bulan atau 84 tahun.
Al-Qadr [3] Malam Lailatul-Qadar lebih baik daripada seribu bulan.
Boleh juga mengamalkanlah zikir berpahala 2 juta ini semasa berjaga malam mencari Malam Qadar (Lailatul Qadar).
Dari Abdullah bin Abi Aufa r.a., Rasulullah saw. bersabda, Sesiapa membaca Laa ilaaha illallah wahdahu laa syariikalah ahadan somadan lam yalid walam yuulad walam yakun lahu kufuwan ahad, maka Allah akan menulis baginya dua juta kebaikan (Riwayat Thabrani).
Sekiranya Ditemukan Apa Yang Perlu Dimohon?
Telah diriwayatkan dari 'Aisyah radhiyallahu 'anha bahawa dia bertanya, "Ya Rasulullah, apa pendapatmu jika aku mendapat Lailatul Qadar (mengetahui terjadinya), apa yang mesti aku ucapkan?" Beliau menjawab,"Ucapkanlah, Allahumma innaka 'afuwwun karim, tuhibbull 'afwa , fa'fu 'anni (Ya Allah Engkau Maha Pengampun dan Mencintai orang yang meminta ampunan, maka ampunilah aku.) (Hadis Riwayat at-Tirmidzi (3760), Ibnu Majah (3850) dari 'Aisyah radhiyallahu 'anha. Sanadnya sahih)

Bagaimana Jika Tidak Ditemukan (Lailatul Qadar)
Apa yang penting ialah menghidupkan malam, kerana walaupun tidak berjumpa dengannya orang yang menghidupkan malam itu tetap akan diberi tawaran pengampunan dosa oleh Allah s.w.t.
"Sesiapa yang menghidupkan malam Lailatul Qadar dengan penuh keimanan dan mengharapkan pahala, maka diampunkan baginya dosa yang telah lepas dan sesiapa yang berpuasa di bulan Ramadhan dengan penuh keimanan dan mengharapkan pahala, maka diampunkan baginya dosa yang telah lepas." (Riwayat Bukhari dan Muslim)
Bagaimana Seseorang Boleh Mengetahui Yang Dia Telah Mendapat Lailatul Qadar?
Sebagai perumpamaan : Orang yang menembak akan mengetahui samada tembakannya itu telah mengenai sasaran (misalnya burung yang ditembak). Walaupun dia tidak melihat burung itu mati, tetapi dia boleh/dapat merasainya.
Selain itu boleh juga dengan melihat pada amalan kita di tahun berikutnya, adakah amalan kita semakin bertambah atau semaking berkurangan, misalnya kita semakin kerap berjemaah di masjid bagi kaum lelaki. Begitu juga dengan kejahatan, apakah kita mampu meninggalkan kejahatan atau dosa yang biasa dilakukan pada tahun sebelumnya. Perubahan baik kepada amalan kita adalah tanda seseorang untuk Mengetahui Yang Dia Telah Mendapat Lailatul Qadar



got this miniature orchid from nursery near kaki bukit gunung Jerai, Kedah last year. seller told that this in asco miniatum but i believed this maybe asco. garayi instead. very similar to miniatum cept garayi got more intense orange color compared to miniatum and garayi got straight lips. as only this plant flowered this time, cant pic for comparison.


Selamat-Selamat hari raya...


Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Cymbidiums

8 spikes!
(Cymbidium atropurpureum)

(Cymbidium finlaysonianum)

atropurpureum-spp originated from rambutan tree of Semenyih. First time flowered here since the cutting was taken around 7 years ago on . coconut scented flower, stronger than finlay. The petals are a deep maroon, whereas sepals dull yellow-green with strong maroon staining.

finlaysonianum-spp originated from bukit naga. got the cutting on the lower branch of the hevea brasiliensis. free flowering throughout the year. more common and has wider natural distrib
ution, partly coz its a lowland spp. The petals/sepals are dull green to light yellowish brown.

Personally, prefer atropurpureum more. . Both are very large plant and will form enormous
clump overtime. these 2 spp can be easily confused. Apart from the color, at home, finlay leaf is wider and flower on spike more compact.


Last show, golden shower aka dancing lady won the best plant of the show. tho common, if grow properly will produce showy flowers...kudos to jenny.
err...first time best plant member tak nak cutting walaupon free..:-D

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Chalet & Bulb biflorum Marang


g bawak bebudak memacing kat Marang cuti skolah aritu. ifang paling xcited, selama ni dok memacing ikang kat longkan, kali ni g ke laut lak. chalet kakak betul2 depang pulau kapas. katanya tanah kat sebelah chalet tu tuang punya ialah wan kawaruding "apa ke jadahnya", bekas pemberita TV3 ...

sampai chalet dlm lunch time. ada patin masak tempoyak tu. ifang makang bertambah2.

Aku nampak ada biflorum kat pergola, so mintak le sepotong dua. a week later it turn out to be yellow color biflorum. ingatkan alba...ahaks.
The bulb and leaf is the same but the shape and position of flower is diff between both yellow and red color form. The red spp is actually from nearby Kuala Brang.
tak tau la sebab apa, susah gak nak jaga biflorum ni. hidup tu hidup la, tapi segan mati tak mau. maybe tak suka dibaja or kurang air...

Ifan apsal termenung, hulur la pancing tu. tadi sibuk sgt nak g.....hek-eleh....mabuk laut rupanya...haha.
min best...dlm 20 ekor dia tarik kerisi, atuk pon kalah tu...

Min and anak kerapu...

mlm tu kakak goreng garing sumer ikan2 pancing, memang sedap ikan fresh nih.....burppppp.
ifan, ni ha ikan patin masak kicap, sedap tak? sedap la... (tapi ikan kembung sebenarnya)....kwang3x

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Kuala Balah & Stong



Went to Kuala Balah, this time for Siti's wedding.
As the place is at the foothill, hence lots of water falls around and the famous one is the tallest in SEA, Gunung Stong. Jungle tracking is not advisable for novice as few tourist were reported missing, so niat to do jungle tracking terpaksa dibatalkan. maybe next visit, bila ntah. Cool place but not safe for kids as the stream is steep.
can't explore much but sure lots of spp up there, Arundina is abundant...tak sempat nak amek gambar, camere bateri kong...binawe.



Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Bulb. anandalei


Free flowering bulbo but not so pleasant smell, like vomit, btw most bulbo do. Got few varieties actually, tho not much different cept for the lips.

...but still searching for that elusive alba form...perghhh

Bravo...bravo...king carol....chelsea, ke laut....hahaha

Monday, February 14, 2011

Hari Sabtu Dalam Sejarah

Pada hari sabtu lepas, tanggal 12/2 satu pameran okid telah diadakan dibawah pokok ditempat letak kereta SACC Mall dan pertama kalinya tiada pemenang diumumkan tapi sebaliknya semua pokok yang dibawa berhak untuk mendapat hadiah...hehe. jadi sapa bawak banyak la untung, kalu aku tau aku angkut sumer pokok masuk show....Miscommunication between kasa and mbsa lead to this.



Bulb Sheryl Kurizaki - at least dapat gak 3 bulbs of this japanese beauty, courtesy of suhaimi of exotic orchid...ahaks.


dah jadi cam carboot sale lak show kali ni....

teringat pulak aku kat kerajaan pkr perak yang bersidang bawah pokok suatu masa dolu...:-))

Monday, February 07, 2011

Cattleya luddemaniana

Kumbang kuning tgh mengila. Habis berlobang2 bunga dikerjakannya. Kumbang ni pon ber musim gak...binawe tul..



This vanuzuelan beauty oso not spared. strong fragrant flower. They say beauty queen always come from venuzuela but this one Lum chin mari.

asperata ada 2 spike, harap2 tak ditebuk le...

Mac, Tores looks odd in blue and surely dunno how to play against the Reds....muahahaha

Monday, January 31, 2011

Eria albidotormentosa

BIJAK SIFIR

ON 29/1 aku hantar min & irfan to this one day programme at iutm shah alam. nabil & sarah pon joint. so ok la, ada geng.
lepas programme tu aku tengok budak2 ni happy jer. compare notes, sapa paling cepat siap etc. aku tanya, best tak? 4-4 cakap...'sejukkkkk'.
so next time kalau ada, register lagi k. serentak sumer cakap...'TAK NAKKK'...:-)
biasa la bab belajar, nak abis cepat jer tapi kalu bab main...abah sempat tak balik kul 6 ni, nabil nak main bola la. ceh, ko yang nak main cakap nabil yer....sekeh kang.
lepas seminggu sumer yg depa belajar tu kalu tak practice, ke parit jer la.
tapi tak kesah, its the experience that count, making new fren, learn new technique.

Eria albidotomentosa

musky scented hairy eria. first saw this spp when dato' brought this, if memory serve me right, during the earliest show when we formed the club.
me still prefer the show at the club house rather than in the shopping complex, but as they claimed, more crowd, more sale, more commercial value...cant argue with that.


...........never mind senor Tores, here come Suarezzzzzzz.......

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Bulbophyllum plumatum ( Rhytionanthos plumatum )
















one of the earliest bulbo spp bought from Richard. it has been quite a while since my first visit to him. not cheep too...
Synonyms Bulbophyllum jacobsonii, but for me not really as jacobsonii a little flat in shape. Small plant with leaves about 3", free flowering spp that produce red chilli flower that can be as long as 1 feet in length.

Got few plant but sadly the long flower variety went to have when i got it burn. accidently left it in the car during the midday after the show. Sedey2.
Still looking for the yellow color form...

A fren told me that ASX 'first love' is bursa not SGX...huhu. masuk akai ka? ASX kneel down to propose but bursa jual mahal...:)

Perghhh AFC cup heroes, rm65k cash and rm50k in ASW each tu. harap2 lepas ni budak2 tu tak gelap mata dahla...
Season ni hampeh, mac cakap nobody can help the reds from free fall this time. Haiya king kenny oso cannot help ka?...Sedey3...
Sebenarnya ko silap mac, ada sorang yg boleh tolong, namanya ialah King Gopal...hehe
semalam kena titik lagi dgn blackpool 2-1....mangkuk

Friday, December 24, 2010

Brassavola cucullata


My fav from brassavola section. A unique spp from Mexico, Peru and upper part of south America. Bought from Lum Chin not long ago and has since outgrown the pot but not a robust compared to nodosa. Quite free flowering. 50% shades will do for her. The plant will be happy if mounted i supposed. So far it produced not more than 2 flower per leaf.

Az, camne SRP? SRP, apa tu?? hahaha....i am a dinosour, kid u not!!!. Az got 8A,1b and Syah got 6A for SRP err PMR . Congrat to both. From the news, lot of student got straight a's. some school even got hundereds of them. how la?? is it the quality of student, question or marking?? Malay agenda?? errr son of mix mamak + chinese parent oso become malay maa...any way, good for me..haha.

My other half told her school oso increase...profession of teacher is more demanding today but when student excel you cant describe the feelings. Done with the students, its own kids now to worry, she told. Next year the famous 6 Cousins will sit for UPSR and hell of competiton it will be. anak sapa la agaknya tu...uhuk.

DS Samy Vellu finally and officially resigned from his post of the longest MIC President ever live. just wanna share one of his famous quote ever made.
During the height of the Al-Arqam's saga, he said in a press conference:
"Saya gumbira bahawa didapati tiada pemuda MIC terlibat dalam kes Arqam"

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Phalaenopsis bellina





Extremely fragrant flower. Very-very sweet smell!! one of the best. a must for collector of only fragrant plant. 1st pic is the hybrid and 2nd is jungle collected spp. This species is a small sized, hot growing, pendant growing epiphyte from Malaysia and Borneo. In semenanjung, similar looking and smell is phal violacea. always confuse between the two. is it a totally diff spp or just a different form/variety. tuhan je la yang tau. la ni tiap2 hari hujan. takut kena kena crown-rot je. few gone to heaven already....

The most sought after is the one that have round sepal and petal or perfect star shape. found one during ipoh show where the petal move backward and almost touch each other. asking price is RM1000.00 but sold according to the seller....mcm aku tak tau dia sebenarnya tak nak jual. just want the scare away the potential buyer. 1 ribu kalu, sebulan la aku mkn nasi sup okid...hehe.

WTH!!


Got this piece of nonsensical news from Dato' about form that grower
need to declare for m'sian species that they have. need to list out all
the spp and once submited, jabatan perhilitan/hutan akan datang pantau.
dont mind if for nursery or commercial grower, but for hobbyist...?
what a brilliant idea from great ppl in the ministry!!

i might as well list out all the spp in m'sia and submit. if they come
i will told them banyak dah mati lor. yang tinggal pon bukan beli tapi
tumbuh sendiri...haha.

cant figure the logic behind this moves. are they trying to catch ppl
for illegally buying/importing/exporting control spp that were listed
under CITES? or they want to catch the hobbyist for destroying hutan
dara for a few cutting of an orchid? get real....if the move is related
to enviromental issue than they should go for plantation or logging com
that destroyed hundred acres of green for their pocket not us la.

....tho not much, we do our part to conserve the nature at least at our own backyard.
rather than make life diff for us we shld be given allowance instead!!
ingat senangke nak mem-baja etc to make the world greener. we're doing
this not for us, but for the next generation...:)...whatever it is, this
silly idea wont affect us abit.

Catasectum Susan Fuch. a hybrid, no idea whats the mother plants.
fragrant, ada bau cengkih. once the bulb mature, sure flower one. thats why i like catasetum.

...orkid itu cantik dan wangi, dan malaikat suka akan benda2 yg indah dan harum...hehe

Monday, November 22, 2010

Grammatophyllum scriptum





It can become a huge plant. hot growing epiphyte and likes bright light. can stand no shade at all..

Spike about 2.5 feet long. If healthy plant, can reach abt 4 feet! . Flower Size 1 3/4" [4.5 cm] and can tahan about a month. The flower is malu2 i.e. top petal is not fully wide open, tu yang tak best about this spp. Native of SE Asia and out to Papua and New Guinea. Not sure whether ada kat hutan di semenanjung, but philipin yes. maybe sabah ada kot..

...have been known to make a love potion from the seeds of this species...hehe

Monday, November 15, 2010

FAR EAST








Went to Far East last sat after nov`10 show judging, bukan negara timur jauh tu, tapi Far East Orchid Nursery kat sepang. Same area with Wah Sang and tempat aku beli anak benih keli dulu. Lot of spp but quite far, about 45 minute driving. Bought 2 phal novelty hybrid but no idea on the id. like the white with purple stripe.

on the way back singgah for lunch @nasi beriani. Nasi dah abis bang, boleh tunggu tak 30 minit? kami ckp ok, tapi kambing , daging pon dah abis...er tinggal ayam jer dan sikit lemak kambing. boleh la perut dah lapar tunggu jer la. tup-tup 1 jam baru siap, hampeh tapi belasah jugak. nak marah2 depan rezeki tak baik......er lauk kambing kacuk dgn ayam ... jadinya kayam....haha.

Monday, November 08, 2010

Torres: Torres 2-Chelc 0

hahahaha....senor torres revival....hahaha. Quote from jo "Yo!MU, lets play next weekend. Tgh nak rembat gol je Liverpool ni:-D".
Mac, cool bro. this not the end of the world...huhu...

Sunday, November 07, 2010

Rhynchostylis retusa a.k.a ekor musang




Out of 6 spp under this genus, i got 3 common spp native to Thailand/north Semenanjung i.e. gigantea, retusa and coelestis. though seasonal its not free flowering but recently one of this beauty flowered me with 4 spikes (Still witing for coelestis to flower) Each abt 7-8 inches long and lightly fragrant (exactly like daun kesong). Got 3 plnt flowered this time around. 2 were mounted on pokok mangga branch and almost 85% shade and other abt 50%. So i guest when flowering season, it will flower no matter where you put it. Cant recall where i got this spp but most probably fr Jalil during the last day of orchid show in Dec few years back.

....And it won best species and best plant of the show for Shah Alam Nov'10 show @SACC..... :-D
bila la pulak coelestis ni nak berbunga....

Monday, October 11, 2010

Raja segala okid- Grammatophyllum speciosum


Gambar diambil semasa Orchid Show 9-10 October 2010. Beratus pasu untuk dijual oleh tuan punya , dengarnya Michael Ooi dari Penang.

Juga dikenali sebagai 'tiger orchid' adalah okid yang terbesar didunia. Jenis ini tidak senang berbunga dan mungkin ada sebahagian pemilik okid ini berpeluang untuk melihat bunganya sekali seumur hidup. Yang bertuah mungkin berpeluang sekali setahun.

Dirumah, okid ini pernah berbunga awal tahun lepas dengan 2 tangkai bunga yang panjangnya mencapai hampir sama tinggi dgn aku. In the pic was sold at RM3000.00 tapi aku beli dari orang asli di rompin Rm1.00 sebatang....haha.

http://orchids.wikia.com/wiki/Grammatophyllum_speciosum

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Acriopsis javanica (in-situ, Kuala Balah, Kelantan)

















Pictures taken in-situ at Faizal's house during his wedding. Cuba gak tengok2 kalu ada spp lain tp takde la pulak. This is common spp in Msia and will form a big clump overtime.
Hampeh, tertingal pulak cutting kat rumah dia. nak patah balik jauh....kelantan


Friday, September 17, 2010

Hi


Finally, jumpa balik blog aku nih...tq to rsa for reminding me of this blog i used to conteng...:)
old-old fren of me...mac semalam dtg raya umah aku...tqtq