The other day, it was a Tuesday, my son and I went to an orchid farm at Sungai Dua as he is interested in orchids and wishes to know more about them. We did not manage to see the inside of the farm as Michael, the owner of the farm was not in and his workers are instructed not to allow anybody in when he is not around. So, we went to the pottery shop of his parents and bought some pots instead. Then, we headed for home.
On the way home, almost near Kepala Batas, there was a nursery with very attractive pots on display in full view of road users passing the place. We stopped to have a look at the pots as well as the plants in the nursery. There were numerous pots with such beautiful designs and patterns. However, I was so taken up with some of the seldom and rarely seen plants in the place that I totally forgot about photographing them. I must make it a point to visit the place again and get some pictures.
As for the plants, the owner of the nursery had wild jungle orchids and some strange plants. One of them is the Jari Lipan (Translated into English, this is Centipede’s Finger), a name which belongs to an aquatic plant in the internet, and not the ‘Centipede’s Finger that we bought. However, it was strange enough and sufficiently interesting to be acquired. You see, the plant does look like some kind of witch’s finger. Interesting! According to the seller, it has anticancer properties. To use it, the ‘fingers’ are boiled and the resultant brew drunk. Well, he certainly was no doctor as he could not be specific when it comes to amount of leaves and water or the dosage for a cure. So, have you folks out there heard about it. How about sharing knowledge with me and our friends.
Still, I believe we can eventually find a reliable cure for cancer from nature. From what I have read, the amount of experiences of such cures is mounting. I certainly hope it could be soon as the present reliance upon chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery brings much undesirable side-effects and uncertainty.
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