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    The unexpected discovery!!!

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    Almost near the end of July, I went to Seri Aman - Betong area to explore. In this trip, I was supposed to look for plants growing on the ground , not in the water as the water level of most of the rivers were high due to the changing climate: more rainfall in the dry season than ever. However, I was almost got "heart attack" when I found the most beautiful Cryptocoryne auriculata that I ever seen! It is a variety of Crypt auriculata growing on the tree roots at the sandbank.


    The hidden paradise in Borneo:






    The most excited discovery: A mottled leaf Crypt auriculata!!!






    It is growing on the tree roots near the water edge:






    First location: an oil palm plantation at Seri Aman of Sarawak. Found a big colony of Crypt longicauda, Barclaya motleyi & others semi aquatic plants.





    ......TO BE CONTINUED.
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    What a Great find! I'm looking forward for more pics...
    ...I love rubies too ...
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    Nice foliage of Crypt auriculata !

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    will post more pictures tomorrow...
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    we need specimens! for the herbarium I mean
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Keep up the good work!

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    Thanks Kuching for bringing the real nature to us... your first pix is very nice... can I use it as an inspiration for my next project?

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    Thank you and wish you safe hike! Love your website, hope i can save enough for trips like such. Keep us posted!

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    The spathe (flower) of Crypt longicauda in the blackwater stream of oil palm plantation:





    Close-up:





    Next location is a clearwater stream in a swamp. Also found Crypt longicauda. It is one of the most common species in Borneo:





    Around 3pm, it sarted to rain until the next day morning. So, no exploration except go to check in into a hotel at Seri Aman & rest.



    Next day, I woke up early & went to the jungle in between Seri Aman & Betong:






    There are a lot of beautiful rivers here:






    Wood shrimp:

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    Unidentified species of Goby:




    Hill stream catfish; Glypothorax major :














    When I was walking along the river, I saw some plants growing under the Pandan plants....when I look closer, I almost wanted to "faint"!!! Oh my goodness.....first time in my life saw such a beautiful species of Crypt auriculata. The leaf pattern looks a bit like my favourite slipper orchid:





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    Most of the Crypt grow near the riverbank, under the big tree:





    This one is going to flower soon:






    Borneo island has a lot of beautiful rivers:









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    Some plants growing near the river:

    A terrestrial orchid, Acanthephippium sp.





    Flower of Acanthephippium sp.










    Begonia sp.

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    One of the Crypt auriculata which I brought home is flowering yesterday:















    THE END.
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    Hi bro, very beautiful pictures that you are sharing with us, especially the cryptocoryne plants....looks great and may be my next tank setup will include this species. Thanks for sharing. Love the beauty nature of Borneo.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cpark188 View Post
    Hi bro, very beautiful pictures that you are sharing with us, especially the cryptocoryne plants....looks great and may be my next tank setup will include this species. Thanks for sharing. Love the beauty nature of Borneo.
    Thanks for viewing.
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    Another interesting thread from you, is a shame that in my life I never go to such natural place in my own hometown.

    I must go before they disappear... hope this coming December got change to visit some place.

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    Wondering around few lfs in penang, hardly can find any crypt. Not event a common one. How I wish was born in Borneo!
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    Quote Originally Posted by flashout View Post
    Wondering around few lfs in penang, hardly can find any crypt. Not event a common one. How I wish was born in Borneo!
    I heard got wild Crypt in Penang's forest stream. You never seen any Crypt before?
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    wow, the place looks idyllic, and a nice find that is! Your playground seems more fun Michael!
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    Always enjoyed your posts. Thanks for sharing your pictures with us!
    Yours Truly, Avan

    I went into the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life... to put to rout all that was not life; and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.

    ~ Henry David Thoreau

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