THE SWAMPS OF KUCHING AREA
Date : July 8, 2006
Due to the development in Kuching city, more & more peat swamps & freshwater swamps will be gone forever. Before humans come to destroy those remaining forest near Kuching, I have to act fast to photograph those forests before it is too late.
A blackwater river running across the peat swamp forest near Kuching city.
A blackwater river running across the peat swamp forest near Kuching city.
A blackwater river running across the peat swamp forest near Kuching city.
Probably the last peat swamp forest near Kuching city.
Beautiful tree!!!
Beautiful tree!!!
Very rare Cryptocoryne cordata var. grabowskii is found here.
Cryptocoryne cordata var. grabowskii
Cryptocoryne cordata var. grabowskii
A cluster of Cryptocoryne cordata var. grabowskii growing near to the river.
Cryptocoryne cordata var. grabowskii
Pitcher plant, Nepenthes mirabilis.
A species of orchid.
A species of small orchid.
Another species of orchid, Gastrochilus sp.
Close-up of the small inflorescence of Gastrochilus sp.
Aquatic plant, Utricularia sp.
Flowers of Utricularia sp.
Utricularia sp. grows in the blackwater drain.
A freshwater swamp.
A school of fish fry.
The male croacking gourami from Kuching. (Trichopsis vittata)
Trichopsis vittata is not a wild figthing fish.
Rasbora einthoveni "Kuching".
Flagellaria indica (family name = Flagellariaceae). This is a monocot family related to the grasses.
Close-up of the leaves of Flagellaria indica.
A species of palm tree which related to fan palm, Licuala. This one probably Pholidocarpus madjanum.
