My journey to south-eastern Peninsular Malaysia

[MrTree]

Yes. U didn't notice the colour is white? B. motleyi does not have white coloured flower.

I was looking at the leaf all the time!! Interesting.

[kuching]

I was looking at the leaf all the time!! Interesting.

I think, if u plant it in submerged condition...it may require a lot of CO2.

[kuching]

DAY 3 - Breakfast hour. Herman & Marcus walking on the street of Mersing. Mersing is a beautiful fishing town. It is also the gateway to some of the most beautiful islands of South China Sea.





Pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina) : "STAY AWAY FROM MY TERRITORY!!" We're "greeted" by this macaque when we reached the 1st location on 3rd day - the homeland of Betta tomi.








The jungle stream/swamp of the habitat of Betta tomi & Betta pugnax. I failed to catch Betta tomi no matter how hard I tried. I only caught Betta pugnax.






First time caught Channa gachua of Peninsular Malaysia. The colour is much more beautiful than the Channa gachua of north-western Borneo.








Sungai Endau - on the left is Pahang & on the right is Johor.




.....to be continued.

[kuching]

BTW, Crypt. cordata var. cordata also found there!

[ranmasatome]

this crypt is very nice when submersed.. red leaves with green markings.. very swee if it doesn't melt on you and dissappear.

[kuching]

Finally uploading everything to my webpage :

http://www.ibanorum.netfirms.com/johortrip.htm

[kuching]

Second location of 3rd day is somewhere near Rompin of southern Pahang. There got a lot of blackwater streams & peat swamp.





Caught the tiny fish, Boraras maculata.





Croaking gourami. (Trichopsis vittata)






Betta imbellis (female).






Betta tussyae "Rompin".

[kuching]

Betta tussyae "Rompin".





Betta tussyae "Rompin".





Tiny catfish. (Parakysis sp.)






Betta bellica.

[kuching]

Sungai Kahang. Due to heavy downpour, water level in this river is very high. I can't see any Crypt. which is growing in this river.







Country road which is cutting through the jungle of Johor.





Johor Bahru city.





Johor Bahru city.






Sunrise at Johor Bahru city.






Johor Bahru city.

[kuching]

A botanist told me that green Barclaya is Barclaya cordata, not B. rotundifolia. Now i'm confused. So I'm asking that botanist how to differentiate these 2 Barclaya....still waiting for his reply. This is getting interesting.


Pix :

[kuching]

The botanist said it's B. rotundifolia.

[budak]

Can get from the botanist a Barclaya checklist and taxonomic keys??

While searching, i found the following related stuff:
A series of Malaysian stamps feature aquatic plants! http://www.wa.commufa.jp/~plant/art/2.htm
An abstract noting four valid species of Barclaya with some keys! http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=000...2-X&size=LARGE

[kuching]

Can get from the botanist a Barclaya checklist and taxonomic keys??

While searching, i found the following related stuff:
A series of Malaysian stamps feature aquatic plants! http://www.wa.commufa.jp/~plant/art/2.htm
An abstract noting four valid species of Barclaya with some keys! http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=000...2-X&size=LARGE

Errr, he is very busy person. I don't think I can get it.

[kuching]

My Betta pugnax (from Mersing).

Pix 1:




Pix 2:

[|squee|]

That's a nice Betta pugnax! Betta tussyae "Rompin" is cool too.

[kuching]

Another correction; The Pangio from Kota Tinggi is not Pangio shelfordii but Pangio muraeniformes:

[primavera]

Very impressed with your photography skills, especially the portrait shots of towns and such.

So envious of your oppurtunity to see beautiful crypts too. Speaking of which, is anyone growing those crypts (shulzei, griffithii and such) submersed? Any pics? I have a crypt which is very similar to the emersed griffithii shown. I have 2, one growing emersed and one growing submersed. I also thought that griffithii leaves were more rounded. Oh well, might be a subform from different locality then.

[XnSdVd]

Longer than the natives... with yellow eyes.. hmm..