The mountain forests of Java are thick with climbers 
but few are Aroids. Related to our Philodendron is 
ihe endemic Epioremnum pinnatum, climbing up the 
In the warm water of a lake at Bogor, Java, Victoria tall Kanari trees. 
Regia, the giant water lily, whose floating leaves, 
helped by airfilled ribs and upturned edges, can 
support the weight of a child. Gay Javanese women 
show off their new sarongs, silken jackets and golden 
slippers in celebration of the Mohammedan New 
Year. 
In the mountain forests of Tjibodas, at 5000 feet, in 
West Java, grows this fragrant and beautiful epi- 
phytic Vanda tricolor, collected here from the moss- 
covered crotch of a tree. This region abounds in 
graceful tree ferns (see back cover). 
Growing side by side is the native Aglaonema sim- 
plex of Java (bottom), seemingly a softer type with 
narrower leaves than the broader-leaved Aglaonema 
modestum, our so-called Chinese Evergreen. 
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