Ficus chartacea growing in the Poring butterfly house in October 2011 where it had obviously been planted. This fig plant was growing as a low growing shrub with long narrow “linear lanceolate” leaves. Ficus chartacea leaves can be very variable in size and shape.
F. chartacea is extremely variable in morphology. However, this photo shows 3 very distinctive features typical of Ficus chartacea (1) A pale pink floppy single juvenile leaf (2) Numerous white dots (hydathodes) on the leaf (3) Sharply pointed, smooth, reddish green stipule.
Kallima buxtonii Bornean Leaf Butterfly inside the Butterfly House at Poring in the Kinabalu Park, Sabah.Kallima buxtonii Bornean Leaf Butterfly inside the Butterfly House at Poring in the Kinabalu Park, Sabah.
