Birds and Nature Photography in Malaysia: Galanga Flowers and Carpenter Bee

23 May 2008

Galanga Flowers and Carpenter Bee

Bunga Lengkuas ( Galanga Flowers) [Alpinia galanga]

and

Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa spp)
More bigger bee here.

[The genus name Alpinia is in memory of an Italian botanist (Prospero Alpina, 1533–1617). The alternative (younger) genus name Languas is based on Malay lengkuas “galanga”]

(reference: Gernot Katzer’s Spice Pages)

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Surah Al-Israq, verse 4 (17:4 Al-Quran).

َقَضَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْلُنَّ عُلُوًّۭا كَبِيرًۭا

And We warned the Children of ISRAIL in the Scripture, “You will certainly cause corruption in the land twice, and you will become extremely arrogant!.

Surah Al-Israq, verse 5 (17:5 Al-Quran).

فَاِذَا جَآءَ وَعۡدُ اُوۡلٰٮهُمَا بَعَثۡنَا عَلَيۡكُمۡ عِبَادًا لَّنَاۤ اُولِىۡ بَاۡسٍ شَدِيۡدٍ فَجَاسُوۡا خِلٰلَ الدِّيَارِ ؕ وَكَانَ وَعۡدًا مَّفۡعُوۡلًا‏

So when the [time of] promise came for the first of them, We sent against you servants of Ours – those of great military might, and they probed [even] into the homes, and it was a promise fulfilled.

Ya Allah, kami letakkan Kamu di batang leher musuh-musuh kami, dan kami berlindung denganmu dari kejahatan mereka. Ya Allah hancurkan kumpulan mereka. Ya Allah pecahkan pakatan mereka. Ya Allah leburkan dan lumpuhkan pendirian mereka. Ya Allah goncangkanlah kaki-kaki mereka. Cengkamkan anjing-anjingmu kepada mereka. Ya Allah yang Maha Memaksa. Ya Allah yang Maha Perkasa. Ya Allah yang Maha Membalas, Ya Allah, yang menurunkan kitab (al-Quran), yang menggerakkan awan, yang menewaskan tentera Ahzab. Kalahkan musuh umat Islam, kalahkan mereka, kalahkan mereka. Dan berilah pertolongan dan kemenangan untuk umat Islam terhadap mereka.”