Orchids etc. in Zambia

A few impressions from my latest trip to Zambia in the first two weeks of June


The legendary tse tse man on the Great East Road




Bulbophyllum maximum? on a cut tree next to the road, Lower Zambesi N.P.




Luangwa Bridge




Towards the Luangwa valley




Baobab




Saddle billed stork




Hippos in the Luangwa river




The pontoon into North Luangwa national park




Cookson's wildebeest, endemic to the Luangwa valley




Buffalo camp in North Luangwa national park




Mwaleshi river, North Luangwa national park

 

Spotted Eagle Owl (?), North Luangwa national park




African Barred Owl (?), North Luangwa national park




Spotted hyena, North Luangwa national park




African sacred ibis, North Luangwa national park




Praying Mantis on Abrus precatorius seed pods




Crawshay-Zebra, ssp. endemic to the Luangwa valley


Cookson's wildebeest, North Luangwa national park




Lilac-breasted Roller, North Luangwa national park




North Luangwa national park towards the escarpment




Ansellia africana, North Luangwa national park




Acampe pachyglossa, North Luangwa national park




Acampe pachyglossa, North Luangwa national park

 

View back towards the valley




Rangaeris muscicola, Muchinga escarpment




Summerhayesia ???, Muchinga escarpment




Protea, Muchinga escarpment




Tridactyle tridentata growing on a rock, Muchinga escarpment




Tridactyle tridentata growing on a rock, Muchinga escarpment




Bulbophyllum sp. growing on a rock, Muchinga escarpment




Lot's of different orchids growing on a rock, Muchinga escarpment




Cyrtorchis praetermissa, Muchinga escarpment




Lot's of different orchids growing on a rock, Muchinga escarpment







Shiwa Ngandu, an old colonial estate farm

 

Shiwa Ngandu




Kapishya Hot Springs Lodge




Kapishya Hot Springs (40°C)







Kapishya Hot Springs Lodge, the veg garden




Bulbophyllum elliottii, Kapishya




Bulbophyllum sp. (green leaves), Bulbophyllum elliottii (red leaves) , Kapishya




Microcoelia globulosa, Kapishya




Tridactyle tridentata, Rangaeris muscicola, Cyrtorhcis praetermissa, Kapishya




Aloe sp., Kapishya




Bulbophyllum expallidum, Kapishya




Bulbophyllum rugosibulbum (front), Bulbophyllum expallidum (behind), Kapishya

 

Palm-nut vulture




Flower Power in Kitwe




Rape seeds! (Not for my collection), Kalulushi




Afromamum melegueta, Kalulushi




Calyptrochilum christyanum, Kafubu




Calyptrochilum christyanum, Kafubu




Calyptrochilum christyanum, Kafubu




Diaphananthe fragrantissima, Calyptrochilum christyanum, Kafubu




Diaphananthe fragrantissima, Calyptrochilum christyanum, Kafubu




Calyptrochilum christyanum on cut trees, Kafubu




Yields first class orchid charcoal!




Sunset in the Copperbelt

 

Orchid pollinator







Camping at Changwena falls, Mkushi







Changwena falls










Vanilla polylepis, Tridactyle sp., Changwena falls




Polystachya brassii with an awesome scent, Changwena falls




Bulbophyllum maximum?, Changwena falls




Tridactyle sp. growing on the riverbed, Changwena falls




Mt. Mumpu looking angry

 

Mt. Mumpu bat cave










Fruit bats




Upper exit of the cave







The baboons were already waiting




Podocarpus latifolius trees between the rocks host many orchids




Aloe sp., Mt. Mumpu




Euphorbia sp., Mt. Mumpu




Mt. Mumpu summit (1890m)










Aerangis sp., Mt. Mumpu

 

Stolzia repens, Mt. Mumpu







Tree ferns, Mt. Mumpu




Some flowers, Mt. Mumpu










Mkushi night sky




Aerangis kotschyana?, Mkushi

 

no idea why some pictures don't show... the links to Flickr work though...

 

You are welcome. But can you see them all? I can't... don't know why...

 

Well, I get some pictures only as small symbols with a red cross over it, e.g. The very first one with the tse tse guy in front of his barrier.