My journey to south-eastern Peninsular Malaysia

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Hi all, I just came back to Kuching from a fishing trip in Johor & Pahang. I think its a fruitful trip.....but I can't bring back all the fish. I only brought back Betta tussyae, Betta pugnax, Betta imbellis & Betta bellica. Unfortunately, all my Betta bellica are found dead just now.....the rest are survived.

Many thanks to Herman, Marcus & Azmi for showing me around. Even though I failed to find Betta tomi & all the Paros. from Johor, I have seen so many beautiful fishes & aquatic plants that I can't find in Sarawak. Johor is really an amazing place! Today I'm posting some pictures from the trip....more pix will be posted here either on Sunday/Monday.


Picture below: Sunrise at Johor Strait....Good morning Johor & Singapore!!!!

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Johor Bahru city, the gateway to the Southern Peninsular Malaysia.

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Before reaching Johor, the plane was flying pass northern Kalimantan Barat....I think that river mouth is Sungai Sambas.....

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Before posting the pix of the fish & aquatic plants, I want to show the pitcher plants of Johor :

(1) Nepenthes gracilis.






(2) Nepenthes rafflesiana:





And ....beautiful natural cross hybrid of N. ampullaria & N. rafflesiana :

(3) Nepenthes xhookeriana (lower pitcher)








The aerial pitcher of N. xhookeriana is SOOOOOO CUTE !!! I love it!

[MrTree]

Wah..seems you enjoyed ah. So what was the Betta in question?

[kuching]

Wah..seems you enjoyed ah. So what was the Betta in question?

u mean Betta cf ibanorum from Biawak of Sarawak? Dr Tan will examine the fish tomorrow.

That "unidentified species" from Pahang is in fact,Betta bellica.

[hwchoy]

he said is regular B. ibanorum lah.

[budak]

More pics here: http://budak.blogs.com/the_annotated...g_with_mi.html

[MrTree]

That "unidentified species" from Pahang is in fact,Betta bellica.

Yup, couldn't get it from your sms, and by the way I cannot send sms to overseas, I am using pre-paid card in China.

more pics!

[MrTree]

damn illusive B.tomi, and now I am worried.

[kuching]

he said is regular B. ibanorum lah.

If yes, then Betta ibanorum coverage area is bigger than what we thought.

[kuching]

DAY 1 (May 31) - Kota Tingii area.

Below: Street of Kota Tinggi.






Jungle of Johor.






Elephant dung is spotted. Jungle of Johor is a dangerous place compared to Sarawak as there are elephant, tiger & others large mammal to beware of.....






My very first time to see the habitat of Crypt. schulzei.

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Spathe of Crypt. schulzei.





Mayaka sp.???





Mayaka sp.(???) is growing abundantly here.






Barclaya motleyi.







Barclaya sp.






Barclaya sp.

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Blyxa sp. (first time seeing such a Blyxa....if u look carefully, the leaf is very slender!!!)






Crypt. griffithii????






Crypt. griffithii????






Exploring deep into freshwater swamp......






Found Crypt nurii.

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Next location is to visit the locality of new species of Crypt.






Spathe of new species of Cryptocoryne.






Spathe of new species of Cryptocoryne.






Spathe of new species of Cryptocoryne.







Spathe of new species of Cryptocoryne.






Spathe of new species of Cryptocoryne.

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Developing Spathe of new species of Cryptocoryne.






Betta pugnax (male).






Betta pugnax (female).

[MrTree]

Barclaya sp.






Barclaya sp.

Got emersed one meh?

[kuching]

Got emersed one meh?

This species is emersed one. It doesn't grow well in submerged condition, according to Herman.

Send the pix to expert,still waiting him to reply me for the name of that Barclaya sp.

[XnSdVd]

Interesting.. . the singaporean pugnax are blue instead of green....

And the griffithi looks a little.. long-ish... might be something else. But then again, i'm the fish guy See what lorba or weirong have to say

[kuching]

Interesting.. . the singaporean pugnax are blue instead of green....

And the griffithi looks a little.. long-ish... might be something else. But then again, i'm the fish guy See what lorba or weirong have to say

Yup, it could be something else.

Anyone seen that green Barclaya before? It's so beautiful!!! Another pix of that Barclaya sp. :