Sunday, January 23, 2011

Rare, Wild and Endangered... Philippine Fauna & Flora

Acerodon jubatus - the giant flying fox, the world's largest bats

Amorphophallus bulbifer, the Devil's Tongue

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, the corpse flower

Argent Nephentes, This unique pitcher plant is probably the smallest species in the genus and does not appear to have a climbing stage

Bearded Pig, One of the weirdest and ferocious-looking animals in the world

Binturong, Palawan bearcat, Neither A Bear Nor A Cat


Burke Nephentes, This tropical pitcher plant is endemic to the island of Mindoro, Philippines

Butanding, considered as the largest fish in the world

Calamian Deer, a species of deer that cannot be found elsewhere

Candycane Dwarf Goby, The world's smallest freshwater fish

Dugong, the only herbivorous marine mammals

Exotic Kalangay - Philippine cockatoo, one of the world's most exotic birds

Heart-shaped Nephentes, is another unique carnivorous pitcher plant native to Mindanao

Kagwang - Philippine Flying Lemur, One of the most distinct creatures on Earth

Mabolo, Velvet Apple, It is native to the Philippines, where kamagong usually refers to the entire tree, and mabolo is applied to the fruit

Monkey Cup, a carnivorous flower of the Nepenthes species

Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat, This rodent that can be found only in the Philippines is a nocturnal animal lives in the forest

Paphiopedilum acmodontum, is a unique species that belongs to the family of Orchidaceae

Pawikan, Last Remnants of Dinosaur Age

Peltate Nephentes, a tropical pitcher plant that can be found only from the upper slopes of Mount Hamiguitan, Mindanao in southern Philippines

Philippine Crocodile, It is a small, freshwater crocodile. There are less than 100 Philippine crocodiles surviving in the wild

Philippine Porcupine, is a rodent that can only be found in the island of Palawan in the Philippines

Philippine spotted deer, Most Endangered Deer

Pilandok, World's Smallest Hoofed Mammal

Pili, is native to the Philippines and is abundant and wild in the Bicol Region particularly in Sorsogon

Pithecophaga jefferyi - Philippine Monkey-eating Eagle, one of the largest in the world

Rafflesia schadenbergiana, This parasitic plant has the largest flower among the Rafflesia species

Sacred Garlic Pear, it is also called the Spider Tree

Sea Poison Tree, is a species of endemic to mangrove habitats on the tropical coasts and islands of the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean like Philippines

Sibuyan Nephentes, This tropical plant can be found only in Sibuyan Island in the Philippines

Spoon-leaved Sundew, a carnivorous plant

Tamaraw, one of the ten most endangered species in the world

The Philippine Tarsier, the world's smallest primate

Tridacna gigas, one of the world's largest shells

Vespertilionid - Philippine Bamboo Bat, The smallest bat in the world

Visayan Warty Pig, The Visayan warty pig is endemic to two of the Visayan Islands in the central Philippines

Waling Waling, is a rare epiphytic orchid endemic to the island of Mindanao, particularly in the foothills of Mount Apo in Davao, Cotabato, and Surigao

Wow Philippines, Festivals and Events

Ati-Atihan Festival in Kalibo, Aklan

Cutud Lenten Rites in Pampanga

Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City

Feast of San Clemente-Higantes Festival in Angono, Rizal

Feast of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila

Giant Lantern Festival in San Fernando City, Pampanga


Higa-onon Festival in Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental


Ibon-Ebon Festival in Candaba, Pampanga

International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Clark Airfield, Pampanga

Kadayawan sa Dabaw Festival in Davao City

Kaogma Festival, Camarines Sur

Lanzones Festival in Camiguin

Magayon Festival in Albay

Masskara Festival in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental

Moriones Festival in Marinduque

Pahiyas Festival in Lucban, Quezon

Panagbenga Flower Festival in Baguio City

Pasasalamat Festival in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental

Penafrancia Festival in Naga City, Camarines Sur

Pintados Kasadyaan Festival in Tacloban City, Leyte

Pulilan Carabao Festival and the Obando Fertility Rites in Bulacan

Sinulog Festival in Cebu City

Zamboanga Hermosa Festival in Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur