Collecting the legendary Ficus carrii at Bukit Burong (bird hill) in forest near Kinabalu Park HQ in Sabah.
All photos by Shuai LIAO taken on 8 September 2019. Collection # 20190370. Collected with the assistance of Postar Miun and a botanical team from the Sandakan herbarium.
The orange arrows point to a root climbing liana growing up the trunk of a dead tree in montane forest next to the Bukit Burong Trail at Kinabalu Park HQ.As the rotten tree is too dangerous to climb the professional tree climber from the team based at the Sandakan Herbarium free climbs a thin tree growing next to the rotten trunk and then uses a telescopic collecting pole to dislodge leaves and fruits from the top of the liana.The wonderful surprise, an almost ripe Ficus carrii female fig.
