A wagtail and brown shrike birds together.

Taken with a Fujifilm HS25EXR camera at Bacolod City.

Unknown high wing plane on davao's tarmac

My good and beautiful Facebook friend who goes by the name Vivian BVivian captured this photo on the Davao City's airport tarcmac. I tried googling but I could not find any reference even Wikipedia does not list it. This might be very new.

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Image owned and copyright by Vivian BVivian. Republished with permission on this blog.

Found a link: Wikipedia article on An-72.

Samio plant

This plant is a native of East Africa, from Tanzania, Kenya to SouthEastern South Africa. The leaves look similar to a zamia plant(cardboard plant) and is related to to the colocaseia family.

Here is a free image from wikipedia which shows its flower.It looks like an anthurium without a colorful spathe.

Plant	Zamioculcas zamiifolia
Common name	Zanzibar gem, ZZ plant, aroid palm, fat boy,eternity plant
Location	QC Memorial Circle
Camera	Fujifilm HS25EXR
Reference	wikipedia

Nun's Orchid

Finally I was able to know the common name of this ground orchid: Nun's orchid and found my own photo!
The flowers are covered by a brown cape.

Plant/Flower	Phaius tankervilliae
Common Name	Nun's orchid,Nun's Cap Orchid, Chinese Ground Orchid, Red Crane Orchid
Location	Salvador Benedicto
Photographer	Dr. Ernesto P. Adorio
Reference	Daves garden, thedailysouth.southern Living.com

What helicopter brand is this?

I saw it hovering yesterday October 4, 2013 over the QC Memorial Circle. I think it was on a project by by ABS-CBN since it held a highly attended Ka Pamilya program today at the Circle.

It is not a Robinson helicopter or Jet Bell Ranger, we are sure! But what is it? MD?

Philippine wild tea, tsa-ang gubat

This photo is part of the album about the landscaping plants besides the Sulu Hotel along Matalino Street in Bgy. Central.

Thanks to Al Jr. Ferrer Claud and Ella Bernales Jacildo for the identification.

Taken with an HS25EXR camera by Dr. Ernesto P. Adorio.

Plant	Carmona retusa (Vahl.) Masam, [Ehretia microphylla]
Common Name	tsa-ang gubat, Philippine wild tea, scorpion bush, mura-mara, mara-mara, putputai, maratia
Location	Sulu Hotel, Bgy. Central
camera	Fujifilm Finepix HS25EXR bridge camera
Photographer	Dr. Ernesto P. Adorio
Acknowledgement	Al Claud and Ella Bernales Jacildo (identification)
Reference	Stuart Xchange

An unknown crawling bug

Image owned and copyright by Vivian dVivian, taken with Nikon D3000. Republished with permission in this blog.

Original image first posted by Vivian dVivian in Facebook