Malaysia is made of two main areas, the Peninsula and the Eastern Malaysia. They were once joined to form a single land mass. As a result, the two parts share many geological features such as mountains and river networks. About two thirds of the country is covered in forest, which believed to be 130 million years old, among some of the world oldest forest. Being part of the tropical rainforest belt and in today’s connected world, many exotic flowers can also be grown here. Being mountainous means that vegetation can be grown in the hot wet flat lands, the bogs, the marshes as well as the different level of altitudes from the cloud forests to the leeward areas. There are 1425 square kilometres of mangroves and peat forest. Its surrounding seas and stunning offshore islands also sustained an incredible wealth of marine life and coral reefs. It is estimated that there are 8500 species of plants in Peninsular Malaysia with another 15000 in East Malaysia. This Powerpoint provides just the briefest spectrum of can be seen in the country.

1. First created 30 Mar 2013. Version 2.0 - 14 Jun 2016. Jerry Tse. London.
Floral Malaysia
Encounter in the exotic peninsula
Cat’s Whiskers (Orthosiphon aristatus)
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2. Easter heliconia (Heliconia wagneriana)

3. Pink Lobster Claw (Heliconia rostrata)

4. Wax Ginger (Tapeinochilus ananassae)

5. Nandi Flame (Spathodea campanulata) – Flowering tree.

6. Red Passion Flower (Passiflora coccinea)

7. Beach Spider Lily (Hymenocallis littoralls, Family Amarylidaceae)

8. Pink Lantern (Medinilla magifica).
Sometimes called Malaysian
Orchid, native to Philippines.

9. Spider Orchid (Brassia verrucosa)

10. Pink Canna, a cultivar (genus : Canna)

11. Cannon Ball tree, often mistakenly called the Sala tree (Couroupita guianensis)

12. Orchid (Genus : Cattleya)

13. Cardinal Guard (Pachystachs Coccinea), same genus as the Golden Shrimp flower.

14. Kock’s Bauhinia (Bauhinia Coccinea), same genus as in the Hongkong’s emblem flower.

15. Peace Lily (Spathiphylium cochlearispathum).

16. Cat’s Whiskers (Orthosiphon aristatus)

17. Parrot’s Beak heliconia (Heliconia psittacrum)

18. Pride of Burma
Pride of Burma, Amherstia nobilis. Is rare in the wild but cultivated as ornamental tree.

19. Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea glabra)

20. Jungle Flame (Ixora coccinea)

21. Chesapeake Chrysanthemum (Genus : Chrysanthemum)

22. Heliconia (Genus : Heliconia)

23. Nasturtium (Tropacolum Majus)

24. Kaffir Lily (Clivia miniata)

25. Fynbos aloe (Aloe succotrina)

26. Nile Lily (Agapanthus Africanus)

27. Mona Lavender (Plectranthus Mona Lavender)

28. Calla Lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)

29. Bleeding glory-bower (Clerodendrum thomasoniae)

30. Flamingo flower (Anthurium andraeanum)

31. Golden Shrimp (Pachystachs lutea)

32. Amaryllis cultivar (Hippeastrum hybrid)

33. Scarlet star (Guzmain Lingulata)

34. Jade Vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys), native to Philippines also called Blue Butterfly vine

35. Lady’s Slipper Vine (Thunbergia mysorensis)

36. Fuchsia cultivar (Fuchsia hybrida).

37. Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia reginae)

38. Scarlet Salvia (Salvia splendens)

39. Yellow King Humbert (Genus : Canna, cultivar)

40. Donkey’s tail (Sedium morganianum)

41. Scarlet Banana (Musa Uranoscopus)

42. Silver vase (Aechme fasciata). The red flower is a cultivar. Small violet flowers appear between the pink bracts

43. Pink Dendrobium orchid cultivar (Dendrobium Phalaenopsis type). This is an amazing orchid with so many
flowers on a single plant, the owner told me that it took 20 years to grow.
Moth Orchid

44. Greenish Yellow Dendrobium orchid cultivar (Dendrobium Phalaenopsis type).

45. The Black Bat Flower
The Black Bat flower, Tacca chantrieri is a species of flowering plant in the yam family. It is unusual to have black
colour flowers. It is native to Malaysia, Thailand and Yunnan in China.

46. Highland tropical Nepenthes pitcher plant (Nepenthes rafflesiana)

47. This is a very rare plant. Purple Cobra Lily (Arisaema filiorme). It only grows above 1800m. It is capable to change its
sex. This photo was taken near the Mossy Forest. Cameron Highlands.

48. This is a very rare plant. Purple Cobra Lily (Arisaema filiorme). This photo shows the spadix (the green stem) inside the
spathe (the purple leaf) and flowers on the spadix. It lives for about 20 years.

49. Rafflesia
Rafflesia is a genus of flowering plants. The best known of these is Rafflesia arnoldii, which is the world’s largest
Flower. It can reach a meter across. The species can only be found in Sumatra, Java, East Malaysia and
Philippines.

50. Torch Ginger
Torch Ginger, Etingera elatior only found in Malaysian, Thailand and Indonesia. The flower buds are used for
Nyonya and asam dishes.

51. Spider flower (Cleome hassleriana).

52. Malaysia is made of two main areas, the Peninsula and the Eastern
Malaysia. From the rainfall and temperature chart (above), Malaysia
is part of the Tropical rainforest belt around the world, but Malaysia
is also very mountainous, which interrupts the rainfall and lowers
the temperature, leading to different types of habitats. For instance
Mount Kinabalu in Sabah is 4095m high and it is one of the most
outstanding area of biodiversity in the world. With such
environment, Malaysia is very rich in floral varieties. Surveys
identified that there are 8,000 species of flowering plants in the
country.

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