samuel_lee's Identifications

A lone adult individual olive-backed sunbird, identified from its olive back, yellow belly and curved beak, was observed. The sex of the observed individual was identified as male from its iridescent blue throat. It was observed to be perched on the stem with its black-coloured feet and using its curved beak to probe into the flower of a houseplant (species of this plant is likely Euphorbia tithymaloides), likely foraging for nectar, for a short period of time before it flew off again.

Found beside trail through upper montane forest.

According to mybis and Kew, clavatum had been recorded in Borneo, but features do resemble that of japonicum, as described in efloras of China, more:

• Main branches 2 or 3 times dichotomously branched; leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, thin and soft; every fertile branch with (3 or)4-8 strobili at different positions of branch; strobili 2-8 cm, with long stipes; sporophylls 2.5-3.5 ?ca. 2 mm, with long arista at top........ L. japonicum
• Main branches 1 or 2 times dichotomously branched; leaves lanceolate, thick and hard; every fertile branch with 2(or 3) strobili at equal positions of branch; strobili 3.5-4.5 cm, almost without stipes or with short stipes; sporophylls ca. 1.5 ?1.3 mm, with short arista at top. ...... L. clavatum