Kamis, 18 Maret 2010

Pencil Orchid Beauty Today's Almost Extinct

Rare plants Pencil Orchid (Vanda hookerina), the more difficult to find in the natural habitat of Lake There's Revenge (DDTS) Bengkulu allegedly due to encroachment.
"Although it has been set into Lake Nature Reserve to protect the Revenge of endemic flora, but its presence increasingly difficult to find," said Kasi Area II Conservation of Natural Resources (BKSDA) Bengkulu Province, Jaja Mulyana, Friday.
He said the presence of protected flora is threatened with extinction due to encroachment in the area of nature reserve which Hamlet habitat.
Although the trials have been conducted re-distribution of interest captivity results BKSDA team, but the adaptation is very low.
"We have had several test-spread but very little adaptation.'ve Deployed hundreds of teams but not yet showing signs of life," he said.
Distribution tests have been conducted since 2005 by planting 20 bar and 427 bar in 2008 but not yet shown results.
BKSDA 5000 target stem the spread of new orchid seeding results of Forest Ecosystem Control (Peh), but the program is running slow due to multiply these plants is very difficult.
Although the results of captive Orchid many rare flowers but the seeds so that officers trouble getting the orchid seedlings.
This orchid has a shape and a distinctive color and freshness of the flowers have a long enough reach the 22 days.
The beauty of this orchid could charming British government and society so that in 1882 and was named the "Empress Orchid" and awarded "First Class Certificate".
Hopefully, the next Vanda hookeriana plants can be an attraction for tourists who want to see DDTS tourism.

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