Visit the Cryptocoryne habitats in Peninsular Malaysia

[kuching]

Thanks to my friends for bringing me to some secret locations of Cryptocoryne in West Malaysia last weekend. First location is the rare Crypt. Xpurpurea (natural hybrid species):





Some leaves are brownish:




Some, green colored:






And 1 got yellow lined leaves:

[kuching]

The habitat in the swamp:








Not far away, another location of the same species is destroyed cos of some people cleared the swamp. The Crypt. is still can survive even it is under the direct sunlight cos the soil is wet:




This Crypt. is very hardy! Can grow well in hot & dry condition (wet soil):

[David Moses Heng]

Any chance of harvesting them for cultivation before they disappear totally?

[kuching]

Any chance of harvesting them for cultivation before they disappear totally?

My friends & I keep them in cultivation so that it won't disappeared forever.

[nezs]

nice. do you open shop in kch

[nezs]

is there any good shop in jb show aquascaping. want to learn

[keithtang]

Very sad, alot of places are open up for plantation. Beautiful plants,animals,birds....almost all wipe out..

[David Moses Heng]

My friends & I keep them in cultivation so that it won't disappeared forever.

Thank you Michael. Now I know who can I turn to and where can I show my children a piece of legacy...

[David Moses Heng]

Very sad, alot of places are open up for plantation. Beautiful plants,animals,birds....almost all wipe out..

All this can only stop when human is no longer driven by greed.... BUT sadly that may never happen...

[Yany]

Kuching,

I've been browsing the the threads you have posted and enjoyed immensely all the photographs of plants in their natural habitat. I am M'sian and I think its so important to have conservations to protect them from disappearing all together. Although I also understand the need land for farming/plantation I do hope the government could step in and allocate the plots of land. Before clearing, relevant authorities can harvest and cultivate the native fauna to prevent them disappearing forever.

Kudos to you for cultivating some of them!

[kuching]

Thanks all for viewing my post.

Sharing some shots taken in Melaka in July/Aug. 2011:

Crypt. cordata from Melaka:





Submerged plants:



Seed pod:




Emersed plants;




Habitat: