Herman and I arrived at kuching airport and It was a quiet Monday although being the first working day of the week. We left the airport  and went off to meet out fellow friend Daron who live close to the airport. We plotted out a four days journey to explore the areas  from Kuching to Sibu.

It was a relaxing night stay in Daron’s house and we started our journey very early in the next morning with a ”journey prayer”. After passing by Balai Lingin, we stopped by next to a swamp and started our expedition .

Our first discovery of the day was a beautiful patch of Cryptocoryne Ferruginea.

The spathe.

Full gallery of C. Ferruginea.

Next, we decided to visit our look for our favourite, C. uanoi.

I’m filming the Crypts

I will be sharing some videoclips soon.

As we approached the black water territories, we could see Crytpcoryne Longicauda almost everywhere.

Our old friend, C. zonata. it belongs to Cordata group and is a black water variety.

Close shot.

The habitat.

It appeared to be a “Crypty” morning, as we found 4 type of crypts species in various locations.

We decided that its time to do some fishing. After lunch, we went to a river near the longhouse to look for Betta species, known as Taeniata, a.k.a. (also known as)  “Banded betta”. The anal and caudal fins (and sometimes the dorsal fin) are bordered distally by a dark blue edge, followed by an iridescent blue to green border.

Beautiful scienario

The river tide was low, a ideal time for fishing. This is the home of Borneo sucker Gastromyzon as well.

The catch of the day.

On that day, after fishing we spent the night in Sibu town . Photo below is the misty scene of Rajang river in the middle of Sibu town in interesting morning.

Sometime back, Herman discovered an extraordinary patch of gigantic  Cryptocoryne Bullosa near Sibu, which measured more than 2ft long!

The first thing in the morning after breakfast was we went straight to visit the territory of the C. bullosa.

Look at the fabulous patch of C. bullosa,  absolutely stunning!

Measurement done back at home.

Full gallery of C. bullosa.

We collected some Nepenthes Bicalcarata which is commonly found in the region.

Full gallery of N. bicalcarata.

This species is not so easy to cultivate, as it require more humidity.

So far most of the collected plants growing well in my garden, i admire the pitcher with the cobra fang.

To be continued in Part 2…