All About Hibiscus Flowers

There may be thousands species of hibiscus flowers all over the world.  If you have posted any hibiscus flowers which are different from mine, in term of color, shape and form, I would like to make a link to your hibiscus flower page here.

I would like to gather as many different type of hibiscus flowers. Let me know in the comment. Do have some funs. Thanks!

Hibiscus Related Pages:

1. Gaye Johnson from Florida America

2. Joan from South Africa

3. Birgitte from Denmark

4. Gowri Mohanakrishnan from India

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All Hibiscus Flowers Articles

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2008/07/19  The beautiful hibiscus flower 2

2008/07/18  The beautiful hibiscus flower 1

2008/07/13 The different species of hibiscus flowers.

2008/07/05  The Beautiful flower-Hibiscus ( Bunga Raya )

A last minute decision trip to MAHA Exhibition goes awry.

It was a trip that I didn’t plan properly and as a result my family and I were unable to get what we wanted. It was the visit to the Malaysian Agricuture, Horticuture and Agrotourism ( MAHA ) Exhibition 2008 in Serdang during the recent school holiday in August.

It was on a saturday morning when my wife suggested to visit the MAHA exhibition when I busy looking through some images in front of my computer. It was decided after the lunch when the idea pop up again on a hot afternoon at 2pm.

I was not familiar with the location so I took a hard time to find the way and reached the venue late. The place was packed and we were prevented from parking at the open car park. I had no choice but to park my car along the main road which took us almost another half hour walk to the entrance of the exhibition. By the time we reached the entrance of the exhibition venue it was almost 4.30pm.

A sudden drizzle and the disorderly crowd waiting for the free shuttle buses made us dash on the next available tram. It took us to its destination, the animal farm instead the flower nursery.

I wanted to take some photograph of the new orchid hybrid and the children wanted to see the rodeo show.

According the newspaper report, the new orchid is a crossbreed of a new specie, with pale yellowish-greenish flowers that slowly turn yellowish-white. It was officially named the Dendrobium Datin Seri Jeanne in honour of the Prime Minister’s wife Datin Seri Jeanne Abdullah.

The children have only watched rodeo on television and on the big screen, may be this is the perfect time to catch a live one. The Bull Riding —most dangerous sport displays the cowboy’s courage and riding skills against the speed and power of a bull.

At the animal farm, however we missed the rodeo show as it was past the time schedule of the event. We walked around the farms to look at some farm animals like cattle, cow, rabbit, buffalo, goat of different species, I like specially the two years old Jamnapari goat.

It was a disappointed trip that we missed the things that we wanted to see. I should go in the morning as the venue was just too huge and it needs more time to explore . The only consolation was that my wife and children were thrilled sitting on the camel.

Photography of feeding animals at Zoo

It’s fun to watch and photograph the animals and birds feeding by the zoo keepers. I walked to the places that the zoo keepers feeding the animals and birds. Some animals are fed twice a day, others once a day.

For the carnivores much of the feeding is done at night, as members of the public might not be able to stomach the spectacle of fresh bloody meat and even live goats, chickens and mice being ingested by the animals (as some like the pythons do not normally eat dead animals).

The cost of the food for the animals are really high. The 45-year-old zoo is run by the Malaysian Zoological Society. Its main source of funds are the entrance fees (80%), sponsorships and donations. It has not received any allocation under the Ninth Malaysia Plan.

Fish prices have gone up almost 40%, hit by fuel prices for boats and ships, and for transporting the fish to the towns. According to the newspaper report from Zoo Negara director Dr Mohamad, the last year food budget was RM1.3mil. It was forecasted to hit RM2mil this year. The number of animals in the zoo has increased by almost 2,000 to 5,361 last year.

Zoo Negara also planting a lot of fruit trees and also some vegetables of its own. We plant some of the trees in the enclosures so that the herbivores can have direct access to the food. This will reduce work and time spent harvesting and cutting up the food for the animals.

“We don’t have to screen the food unlike those sourced from outside to see if it is safe for the animals. And hope to reduce food costs by 50% eventually”.