I've been visiting Thailand again this year for another orchid 'shopping'..along with my two friends. It has been my yearly trip for us in the past few years. This is the southern part of Thailand, Hadyaai to be exact. Every year in August, an agricultural expo was held in the Prince Of Songkhla University compound. Orchids was among the main attraction here..so here we are..again..
Sepanjang perjalanan...
Somewhere along the way..
Lokasi Ekspo ni ialah di kawasan Universiti Prince Of Songkhla..
Ini kebun sayuran yang diusahakan oleh penuntut di situ..
gemuk-gemuk betul, geram tengok..!
Nice vegetable garden they have here, grown by the students.
Tahun-tahun sebelumnya tak ada kanopi,
tapi tahun ni di kawasan laluan utama dah ada..
tak lah teruk sangat kepanasan..sebabnya Ekspo ini semakin dikenali
dan semakin ramai orang yang datang..
This time they've built a canopy ,
providing shade to the visitors from the heat..
Tahun ni jualan orkid tak meriah sangat,
sebabnya ialah banjir yang berlaku tahun lepas jadi kuranglah sikit..
There was not as many orchids on sale this year,
possibly because of the bad flood last year, so some of the plants in the affected nursery
may take some time to recover..
Bukan setakat orkid spesis pakis ni pun ada..macam-macam..
Not just orchid, but this fern related species available for sale..
Kali ni musim Aerides lawrenceae..
merata gerai ada..cantik-cantik..tapi OC tak beli lah pulak..
entah rasa tak teringin..
Lots of flowering Aerides lawrenceae this time around..
Paphiopedilum hybrid..
Paphiopedilum bellatulum
Paphiopedilum leucochilum
Paphiopedilum leucochilum..yang ni 'marking' nya cantik..
This one got a very nice marking..
Dalam OC dok tengok macam-macam pokok tu
ada juga yang menarik perhatian, contoh macam rumput padang
'variegated' ni..tak penah OC tengok lagi ni..
There is always some interesting plants to see in
this agricultural event like this variegated grass.
Ionopsis paniculata, kalau dah di 'display' macam ni memang menangkap mata..
Ionopsis paniculata 'shower'
Grammatophyllum scriptum, 'marking' nya cantik
Grammatophyllum scriptum, with a special 'marking'. Sample only..
Dendrobium unicum
'Display' jualan ni dah macam taman bromeliad..
Bromeliads for sale
...berbagai spesis, warna dan bentuk..
Choose which one you prefer..
A striking deep red and pink..
Tidak ketinggalan..pokok periuk kera ini..Nepenthes rafflesiana..
Carnivorous plants, a suitable companion plants to bromeliads.
This is Nepenthes rafflesiana..
Grammatophyllum speciosum
Satu lagi pokok periuk kera berasal dari US, spesis Sarracenia.
Shoenorchis fragrans, walaupun bunganya kecil tapi sangat cantik!
Shoenorchis fragrans, though small but the flowers are very pretty!
Dendrobium bracteosum
Cymbidium madidum, spesis dari Australia
Australian, cymbidium madidum
Bromeliads
Kali ni tak banyak orkid yang 'special' banyak yang biasa saja..
tak apa lah duit boleh simpan..he..he..
Not many special hybrids or species this time around, all the usual ones..
Parang dan pisau pun ada...
Bunga teratai yang ada di sini macam-macam warna..
multicoloured waterlilies..
Jalan-jalan beriringan, toleh kiri toleh kanan..kut-kut ada yang berkenan..!
Paphiopedilum concolor
Keladi hiasan yang telah dikacuk..
Oncidium hibrid..
Benih pokok kelapa bantut yang berbuah lebat..
A seedlings of a dwarf coconut tree..
Barangan kraf pun tak ketinggalan untuk dijual..
Bamboo craft items
Nah..kereta pun ada..termasuk juga alatan jentera pertanian yang OC tak ambil gambar..
Not just plants, there were cars and other agricultural machines on sale..
Hiasan cenderahati yang berwarna-warni..
Colourful trinkets, souvenir and stuff..
Arnab yang comel-comel..
Pet rabbits
Burung flamingo plastik ni buat hiasan taman boleh la..
Pink flamingos for garden settings..
Pokok resam batu atau begonia ni dah dikacuk jadi macam bunga ros dah..
A new begonia hybrid..
Hutan Monsun Tropika di Thailand memang banyak spesis buluh..
ni salah satu gerai yang jual banyak spesis untuk hiasan..
ada juga jenis buluh yang sebesar tiang eletrik..
Bonsai..
Akhir sekali gerai-gerai makanan dan buah-buahan juga banyak di sini..
makanan muslim pun ada, sayangnya masa ni bulan puasa, jadi tengok saja la..
You can enjoy local delicacies and not forgetting local fruits here too..
Finally, I got few orchids that I like, though not as many as last year. This is an experience that I'll never forget, I'll be back next year hopefully..
Die when I may, I want it
said by those who knew me best
that I always plucked a thistle and planted a
flower
where I thought a flower would grow.