Hikayat Rehlah

31/12/2025

Are you ready for a 🐸 2026?

Hope you are having a good time reflecting and celebrating a -owsem 2025! 🎊

26/12/2025

Inspired by the Orchids of Malaysia talk by PT Ong, a FRIM researcher specialising in orchids in Peninsular Malaysia, we learned about the fascinating and highly specialised relationships between orchids and their pollinators 🐝🪰 PT Ong shared how different orchid groups are intricately linked to specific pollinators, highlighting the delicate ecological interactions that sustain them.

Here, we summarise the five main orchid groups, based on PT Ong’s pictorial book titled “𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝑶𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒂”, to invite all Malaysians to begin observing and appreciating orchids in the wild—not only those found in commercial nurseries. 🌱🌸

Often called the 𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 or the 𝙏𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙, orchids symbolise rarity and the urgent need for conservation. They represent the largest plant family in Peninsular Malaysia, comprising 143 genera and 905 species, with around 20% endemic to the region.

Orchids can be broadly grouped based on how they obtain nutrients:
• 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰 – produce their own food through photosynthesis
• 𝗛𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗺𝘆𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰 – lack chlorophyll and leaves, relying entirely on fungal associations

In terms of habitat, orchids are remarkably diverse. They can be found growing:
• 𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 (Terrestrial)
• 𝗢𝗻 𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 (Lithophytic)
• 𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀 (Epiphytic)
• And some species are even 𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶-𝗮𝗾𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰, thriving both on land and in water

06/12/2025

Let’s learn about the common Funga group in Malaysia 🍄‍🟫

Thank you and for introducing the tiny mighty fungi world and teach us to appreciate nature around us a little bit more every day 🍄

Share these information with your friend and family if you find them helpful!

06/08/2025

Hitting the trail again 🥾

07/06/2025

Maswing Twin Otter 🦦
✈️ Long San -> Miri

06/04/2025

A lovely fungi hunt day 🍄‍🟫 with 𝗠𝗡𝗦 𝗠𝘆𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽: 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝘂𝗸𝗶𝘁 𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗶 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 🌳

The group experts and citizen scientists are amazing in sharing their invaluable knowledge about these gems on the forest floors, which more often than not ignored, due to its tiny and short-lived characters.

🍄 𝐅𝐮𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭
Fungi are actually fruits of the mycorrhizal networks that connect the roots of the trees underneath the ground. The “mushroom-alike” that pop out from the ground or dead wood are actually coming to the surface to pollinate! 🤯

A 10 out of 10 experience by MNS Mycology Group: Selangor Branch 💯

04/04/2025

The place that makes you feel like you've been to Heaven in your lifetime 🫶

Can you guess what “mdpl” means in 🇮🇩? 🤭
(Hint: We’re 3,145 of them above sea level 👀)

03/04/2025

30/03/2025

If animals could drive, would you dare to cross the road? 😳 That’s exactly how Malayan Tiger, Tapir, Asian Elephant, and other wildlife feel when you speed through forest roads! So this balik kampung season, take it easy~slow down, stay alert, and give way when needed. 🚦🌿