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Planting for World Environment Day

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Above: Some of the 58 plants laid out in preparation for World Environment Day.

Above: Shorea macrantha being planted in the place of existing Shorea roxburghii.

Gardener Jesmi planting a Syzygium sp sapling next to one of the ponds.

Three specimens of Johannesteysmannia lanceolata planted in the undergrowth.

58 plants were installed at Rimbun Dahan on World Environment Day last month.

Many of them are specimens of rare, uncommon or previously undescribed species -- including Shorea resinosa, Shorea singkawang var. scabrosa, Steleocharpus cauliflorus, Dipterocarpus crinitus, Dryobalanops oblongifolia, Hopea ferruginea, Nageia motleyana, Shorea balanocarpoides, Shorea bentongensis, and Vatica havillandii -- are now endangered by logging or habitat loss.

For an overview of the species planted, see the lists of plant species in the garden at Rimbun Dahan.

Above: A new ginger garden has been established in a shady corner of the Taman Sari, featuring several species, including one unidentified specimen from our seaside land at Sg Chendor, Pahang.

Above: Rimbun Dahan staff planting trees near the front fence, accompanied by a curious dog.

Above: Saplings of Xerospermum noronhianum being planted in the vicinity of other Xerospermum trees.

Last updated 24 July 2008.

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