Aquatic & semi-aquatic plants of Borneo

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nice update

Thanks. I'll travel around my country for a week....hopefully can find more new type of Bucephalandra & other aquatic plants soon....

[kuching]

I found this pit viper resting on a small branches near the stream in the habitat of Bucephalandra:




Found another type of Bucephalandra near Tebakang of Sarawak:




Growing near the water edge, partially submerged:



The margin of the leaf is undulated!




More photos:

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Some more;







The biotope;

[juggler]

Nice pics. The pit viper is poisonous, right?

[kuching]

Nice pics. The pit viper is poisonous, right?

Yes...but it won't kill a man.

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Another shot of pit viper, at night:




Found another type of Bucephalandra at Padawan area:







I always found Bucephalandra in waterfall area. I think I should call it as "waterfall aroid".:




Different location, the shape & coloration of the leaf is different:








And, less than one hundred Kilometer away, i found another type of Bucephalandra which I called it Bucep. "pearl grey":

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Bucep. "pearl grey"....the leaf got very fine, tiny white spots:

[alex826768]

Your photography skills is good... like the sharp pictures ... just like reading a book.

[kuching]

Your photography skills is good... like the sharp pictures ... just like reading a book.

Thanks....next time I should come out with some books about flora & fauna in Borneo.

[limz_777]

[QUOTE=kuching;608487]Another shot of pit viper, at night:




this looks like a wagler pit viper , did anyone in your area got bitten before ?

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Another shot of pit viper, at night:




this looks like a wagler pit viper , did anyone in your area got bitten before ?

Yes, a tourist got bitten before...but he is ok already after he went to hospital to see doctor.

[kuching]

Bucephalandra motleyana is an interesting aroid from Borneo. In different locations, the leaves can be different from one & another.


First, I want to show you the most unusual Bucephalandra that I ever found: Y shaped leaves!!!











The biotope:




Even in same location, the leaves can be varied in different spots:

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All the Bucephalandra from the same location, I called it as a tribe. The tribe above & below is from Serian.






This is the Sebauh tribe (at least 600km away from Serian tribe):







Sebauh tribe:










Sebauh tribe is growing together with the smallest Aridarum from Borneo. This Aridarum is a new species:

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Sebauh tribe looks a bit like Aridarum caulescens from nearby areas....but if u touched their leaves, you can feel that Aridarum caulescens is harder & thicker than this Bucephalandra:





And this is Seri Aman tribe, 100km away from Serian tribe. You can see how different they are in different location:











Seri Aman tribe;




The biotope of Seri Aman tribe;




Tatau tribe. This tribe looks a bit like Piptospatha.:

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Homalomena punctulata








New species of Schismatoglottis:



Mini type of Aridarum. New species.

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Aridarum caulescens from Selangau:

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Batang Ai tribe:











The biotope. (a dried up waterfall in dry season)

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Finally, I found Bucephalandra in Sabah! It is a new record cos nobody found it there before.....












It is very very rare to find a Bucephalandra in Sabah....it is considered a very big discovery for me to find this plant there!!!! Hooooray!!!

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The biotope of the semi aquatic aroids in Sabah (northern Borneo island):





A lot of aroids there are new species....such as this Homalomena which grows next to waterfalls:






Schismatoglottis sp. New species too.....

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Piptospatha kinabaluensis








Piptospatha sp.