Beside Conservation of Cambodian Orchids, we take care about the area where we are located. Therefore we do following:
Reforestation
Kompong Thom Procince is almost completely deforested, and replaced by cashew trees. Also our location. Year after year we collect the seeds from the trees, situated in the local village forest, and the protected forest from the temples "Prasat Sambor Prei Kuk. The fist year with little success because of the climatological influence (el ninna 2015). The temperature rose to 45 ˚C.
Reintroduced species:
Reintroduced species:
Anisoptera costata Korth (Khmer: Phdiek)
Carallia brachiata (Lour.) Merr. (Khmer: Tro meng)
Dipterocarpus alatus Roxb. ex G.Don (Khmer: Chheuteal toek)
Dipterocarpus intricatus Dyer (Khmer: Trach)
Dipterocarpus obtusifolius Teijsm. ex Miq. (Khmer: Tbeng)
Dipterocarpus retusus Blume (Khmer: Chheuteal preng)
Gluta laccifera (Pierre) Ding Hou (Khmer: Kreul)
Hopea ferrea Laness. (Khmer: Koki)
Irvingia malayana Oliv. ex Benn., in Hook.f., Fl. Br. Ind. 1 (1875) (Khmer: Chambak)
Peltophorum dasyrhachis (Miq.) Kurtz (Khmer: Trosek)
Shorea roxburghii G.Don (Khmer: Popel)
Sindora siamensis Miq. (Khmer: Kokoh)
Carallia brachiata (Lour.) Merr. (Khmer: Tro meng)
Dipterocarpus alatus Roxb. ex G.Don (Khmer: Chheuteal toek)
Dipterocarpus intricatus Dyer (Khmer: Trach)
Dipterocarpus obtusifolius Teijsm. ex Miq. (Khmer: Tbeng)
Dipterocarpus retusus Blume (Khmer: Chheuteal preng)
Gluta laccifera (Pierre) Ding Hou (Khmer: Kreul)
Hopea ferrea Laness. (Khmer: Koki)
Irvingia malayana Oliv. ex Benn., in Hook.f., Fl. Br. Ind. 1 (1875) (Khmer: Chambak)
Peltophorum dasyrhachis (Miq.) Kurtz (Khmer: Trosek)
Shorea roxburghii G.Don (Khmer: Popel)
Sindora siamensis Miq. (Khmer: Kokoh)
Photographing Local Fauna
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Insects: - Asian palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) - Assasin bug sp. - Boxelder bug sp. - Chafer beetle (Melolonthinae) - Chinese grasshopper (Acrida cinerea) - Common baron (Euthalia aconthea) - Common rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae) - Common sergeant (Athyma perius perius) - Giant forest scorpion scorpion (Heterometrus spinifer) - Jewel beetle (Sternocera ruficornis) - Jewel bug Nymph (Chrysocoris stolii) - Lanternfly (Pyrops candeleria) - Chalcidica mineus. (Cossidae) - Longhorn beetle (Palimna annulate) - Scolia specis (Scollidae) - Shield bug nymph sp. (Tessaratomidae) - Stink Bug sp (Pentatomidae) - Weevil or snout beetle (Curculionidae) - Weaver ant (Formicidae) - Mantis & grasshoppers - Caterpillars - Cricula Silkmoth Caterpillar (Saturniidae) - Slug Caterpillar (Cup mots or Limanodidae) - Red Helen Swallowtail Butterfly Caterpillar (Papilionidae) |
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Spiders: - Coin spider sp. (Herennia sp.) - Giant golden orb weaver (Nephila pilipes) - Huntsman spider sp. - Jumping spider sp. (Salticdae sp.) - St Andrew's Cross Spider (Argiope keyserlingi) - Orb weaver spider sp. - Thai zebra tarantula (Haplopelma albostriatum) |
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Reptils & Amphibian - Asian common taod or blackspectacled toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus) - Asian grass frog (Fejervarya limnocharis) - Clouded monitor (Varanus nebulosis) - Common green frog (Hylarana erythraea) - East Asian Bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus) - Garden fence lizard (Calotes versicolor) - Golden tree frog (Polypedates leucomystax) - Millet's frog or Dalat frog (Hylarana millet) - Tokay (Gekko gecko) |
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Photographing Local flora
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- Begonia sp. - Flower and fruit of Dipterocarpus obtusifolius - Sundew (Drosera burmanni) - Sand ginger (Kaempferia galanga) - Pitcher plant (Nepenthes kampotiana) - Screw Palm (Pandanus kaida) - Staghorn fern (Platycerium coronarium) - Tabernaemontana pauciflora - Eriocaulon sp. - Tabernaemonta pauciflora - Veiled Lady (Phallus indusiatus) - Meranti flower (Shorea roxburghii) |
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13/04/2018 Collecting seeds: Collecting seeds of Dipterocarpus intricatus and Dipterocarpus alatus at Prei Lang (Kampong Thom Province). |
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29/04/2018 Bird watching: Merlins (Falco columbarius) stay on our land since they were young. Now they have a nest in one of our trees (Irvingia malayana) at a altitude of 30 m. After the first heavy rain last week, the Indian cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) came back to our lake. Also the Chestnut-headed bee-eater (Merops leschenaultia) have for the fist time a nest. Purple sunbirds (Cynniris asiaticus) eating nectar from a new sprout of Dipterocarpus obtusifolius, |
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