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    A hazy day @ Batang Sadong basin

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    Even though it rained for almost a day on August 26, the sky still covered by a thick layer of haze caused by the open burning (of bushes/farm land/forest) by farmers in Borneo.

    This is a short trip to collect mosses for my planted tank.

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    http://www.ibanorum.netfirms.com/hazy-sadong.htm



    Picture below: A hazy day at the limestone hills near Sarawak - Kalimantan Barat border.






    An oil palm plantation near Serian. Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is an important cash crop to Malaysian and Indonesian Borneo. This place was used to be a peat swamp forest, but now it's gone. How many peat swamp forests will be gone in the future because Humans need more land for this species of palm??? And, how many species of native flora & fauna (living in the forest) may face the threat of extinction in the future just because this palm has more value than our native palm?





    The fruits of oil palm.





    A species of moss collected from the blackwater drain for my aquarium.

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    A species of liverwort(???) growing in the emersed & submerged condition in the drain of an oil palm plantation.





    A tributary of upper Batang Sadong.





    Hill stream catfish (Glyptothorax major).




    Puntius sealei.


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    Land clearing - trees were burned down using fire.





    The tiny flower (less than 3cm) of Hibiscus sp.





    The inflorescence of epiphyte orchid, probably Dendrobium secundum.






    The inflorescence of epiphyte orchid, probably Dendrobium secundum.




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    Thanks for sharing. nice pics u have.

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    Quote Originally Posted by oldman8
    Thanks for sharing. nice pics u have.
    Thanks for viewing.
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    Just got the ID from the expert : 100% confirm that orchid is Dendrobium secundum, the common one.... can be found from Myanmmar to Borneo.

    That Hibiscus is probably Abelmoschus esculentus.
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    Very nice picture of the wild orchid!

    Pardon my ignorance.. but are they found along the river banks?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeanxavier
    Very nice picture of the wild orchid!

    Pardon my ignorance.. but are they found along the river banks?
    No, on the tree either near the river or far away from the river....but I found more wild orchids on the trees near the river...maybe the air is more moisture in those areas???
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