Tenom Farmstay, healthier food and planet with Integrated Farming
Some city kids are very afraid of chicken though they eat a lot of KFC. “Apple” is probably the first English word pupils learn but they have never seen an apple tree. Though our...
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Kesusu, the Coolest Fruit of Borneo!!!
Hi friends, this fruit is so awesome, I just can’t wait to tell you this. Let me introduce you the “Kesusu“, the strangest but coolest fruit of Borneo island. It has other names such...
Wild mangosteen of Borneo
Mangosteen is also known as “Queen of Fruits” and most of you may have tried it. The skin of ordinary mangosteen is in purple color, as shown in photo below: However, I only find...
Weird flowers & fruits in Sabah Agriculture Park
Sabah Agriculture Park (Taman Pertanian Sabah), which is located 15 Kilometers away from Tenom town, is one of the best agriculture parks in Asia. The park has about 20 gardens with different themes, the...
Orchid Gardens of Sabah Agriculture Park
Orchid is such a charismatic flower that some enthusiasts would risk their lives to collect it in the wild. Luckily, you can see many precious orchid species in Sabah Agriculture Park (Taman Pertanian Sabah)...
The longest orchid leaf in the world
“Over here!”, Mr. Jain Linton, the botanist guide from Sabah Agriculture Park (Taman Pertanian Sabah) in Tenom, sounds really excited when he shows us “Ekor Tikus”, which has the longest orchid leaf in the...
The largest orchid leaf in the world
The largest orchid leaf belongs to Elephant Ear Orchid (species name: Phalaenopsis gigantea). The photos below are taken in Sabah Agriculture Park (Taman Pertanian Sabah) in Tenom. Our guide says, Elephant ear orchid is...
Murut’s Kalimaran Festival
Sabah has over 32 indigneous groups, and each ethnic would have 5 or more sub-ethnic, so many that even Sabah Cultural Board can’t tell who they are by looking at the custom (I asked...
