Back to southern Sarawak....just found another beautiful river which got a lot of Ooia grabowskii last weekend (Feb 2011):
Habitat:
Thanks aquarius & Simon....
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Back to southern Sarawak....just found another beautiful river which got a lot of Ooia grabowskii last weekend (Feb 2011):
Habitat:
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Another nice river not far away from the one above....
Waterfall...
Found the giant sized Bucephalandra motleyana!!!
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Beautiful pics. Thanks a lot for sharing !
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A beautiful blackwater waterfall in Borneo:
Blackwater river:
Plants growing near the river:
Homalomena sp.
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Found a species of semi aquatic fern that I never seen before!!!
Aridarum nicolsonii
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April 2011. First time I found another species of Aridarum in a blackwater mountain stream of Sarawak. It is Aridarum crassum.
The habitat:
Aridarum crassum.
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Another type of aroid which looks like Aridarum is found in higher ground near the stream. It is Homalomena lancea .
The habitat:
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thanks for sharing. very nice stream, damn... how i wish i can see it myself in real life.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!! TIME TO LAY BACK AND RELAX!
A Journey Of A Thousand Miles Begins With A Single Step
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Aridarum crassum (left) & Homalomena lancea (right):
Homalomena lancea
Also, I found Bucephalandra motleyana which the leaves got "stripes"!!!
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Not all the plants got stripes....most of them are dark green or olive green. First time in my life found Bucephalandra which got stripes! So rare!!!
Habitat:
Mosses & Bucephalandra motleyana:
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Mosses
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Another type of Bucephalandra motleyana. First time found it in blackwater stream!!!
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More pictures of Bucephalandra motleyana "Seri Aman"
In another river, clearwater river.....there is no Bucephalandra at all. The rocks & boulders there are granite. I found out Bucephalandra likes to grow on sandstones and mudstones.
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Here at granite boulders near river, I found Piptospatha elongata.
Inflorescence:
Another species of semi aquatic aroid also growing here. It is a new species of Homalomena:
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Mike... your pictures are ALWAYS so tempting!!!!
Thanks for sharing.
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