Cymbidium finlaysonianum

Cymbidium finlaysonianum



In West Kalimantan this orchid called sakat cobra tongue or pandan Lau. People know the name sumatera orchid pandanus, because shape glance resemble the pandanus. To distinguish it with the other orchid shape similar pandan as Vanda tricolor, it is given the name "snake tongue orchid."

This plant stay alive in the big trees. Stem very short and closed the meeting by crown leaves. Ribbon-shaped leaves, thick and rigid, the two split ends. Leaf width between 2-3 cm, sometimes in the fertile conditions, leaves can reach one meter in length. Have sticky root and the root of the air. Roots lekatnya berdiameter larger and slightly memipih the meristem network thick double color white. Flowers arranged in a cluster can reach the length of 1 meter more, dangle down like a snake tongue. In one family can show some stem flowers at once. There are 15-30 flowers in each bud stem. Each flower ribbed middle 6 cm. Sepalnya lancet-shaped, formed stars. Reddish yellow tinge. Marun talking with a red stripe of white light.

This orchid found growing wild in places less open, in the teak forests and forest mix. Grow at an altitude of between 5-300 m dpl. In these places is flowering orchids throughout the year. Each flower bud bloom can survive for 12 days. Distribution of this orchid is very knowledgeable, Indonesia, Philippines, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia. Because it is very easy to be so now this type of dibudidayakan many people.

Orchids In habitat

Orchids In habitat

The most featured aspect of orchids in various articles and books are pictures of their flowers, or perhaps orchids in cultivation. Very rarely do we see pictures of orchids growing in their habitats in the wild.

Several obstacles are the cause of this. First, the photographer might be reluctant to travel a long way to the orchids’ habitat to take the pictures, unless he is an orchidist himself. Taking pictures of orchids in cultivation is undoubtedly easier and more convenient. It makes setting the camera and the plant itself, lighting and background work so much easier. Second, orchids do not ordinarily grow in easily accessible places. Frequently, they are found on mature tree branches in excess of 5 meters in height. Young trees do not have orchids growing on them.

Besides the risk arising from having to climb the trees, the photographer is very likely to come across a variety of wildlife such as snakes, spiders, ants and other bothersome or dangerous animals. As a result, books very rarely showcase photographs of orchids in the wild.

However, such photographs are the ones that readers desire most. That is why we have featured pictures of orchids in their natural habitats within this website, so that the readers are given the opportunity to observe the living conditions of free-living orchids. As such, one may better reproduce similar conditions artificially at home. This results in happier orchids that reward us with their enchanting flowers.

Ceratostylis radiata	Orchid sp.	Orchid sp.	Orchid sp.
Eria retusa	Dendrochilum sp.	Orchid tree	Orchid tree
Pholidota imbricata	Ceratostylis radiata	Orchid tree	Orchid tree
Cymbidium finlaysonianum	Luisia celebica	Habitat	Habitat

Thrixspermum sp.	Ascocentrum miniatum	Spathoglottis plicata	Cymbidium aloifolium
Vanda limbata	Vanda limbata	Vanda limbata	Vanda limbata
Eria sp.	Luisia javanica	Dendrobium crumenatum	Dendrobium secundum
Vanda tricolor	Aerides odorata	Aerides odorata	Dendrochilum Sp.
Acriopsis javanica	Eria sp.	Luisia sp.	Oberonia similis

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Vanda metusalae

Vanda metusalae, new orchids from Indonesia

Picture by Destario M (2008)

Photo by Destario Metusala (2008)

Photo by Boby Satya (2008)

In January 2008 has published a new species of Vanda orchids from Indonesia. This orchid has been described by Peter O'Bryrne and Jaap Vermeulen in The Orchid Review Journal 116 (1279): 9-11 (2008) Sosok trees not too large, the stem can reach 50 cm, with diameter of 1,2-1,5 cm. Quite narrow leaves, leaf 2-2,3 cm wide, 30-45 cm long leaves, be part two (bilobed) and be sharp-toothed. Flowering stalk including short when compared with other family Vanda, which is about 5-6 cm, 3-7 to bring the flower bud. Vanda flowers metusalae sized not too large, namely 3.2 cm x 3.5 cm, colored bright yellow with the basic pattern of red-brown The speck on the edge sheath (sepal-petal) and form a pattern lines longitudinal vessel direction. At the labellumnya be split in 3 space (trilobed), with the wide end of the midlobe wavy edge and bright yellow on the base and manjadi towards the end of the brownish tinge. Vanda has a close kinship with devoogtii Vanda, Vanda merrillii, and Vanda Vanda sumatrana hindsii. Unfortunately orchid flowers do not survive this long, beautiful flowers just stand around 7-10 days. Vanda orchid metusalae including the difficulty level has a higher cultivation when compared with other relatives Vanda, vegetatifnya growth are very slow, so that low ability adaptasinya new plant is very easy to stress, the growth environment, so need very specific humidity, temperature, aerasi, and the light intensity really appropriate. When the growth environment is only slightly changed, Isn'T grow, this plant will be stagnant and even more dead among the drought (as there is no root of the optimal growth) and even many of them have rotten roots because the conditions are too humid. This is, to some extent the plant is not recommended for beginners.

Step urgent priority is to be done is to increase, particularly through the seeds of culture and cultural network that this species does not disappear from their habitat, such as some relatives Vanda other species from Indonesia.

Muhamad Walidad: Pondering the fate of black orchid

WALIDAD: JP/Theresia Sufa

Accompanied by strains of saxophone music from Kenny G’s “The Wedding Song” coming from his mobile phone, Muhamad Walidad rows a small boat.

He paddles around the orchid park, following the banks of the wide and calm Kapuas River, circling the Tembusu trees that grow densely in Selimbau subdistrict, Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan.

Muhamad Walidad, the fifth generation of Panembahan Haji Muda Agung Pakunegara, 23rd in line for the Selimbau throne, is a customary law leader with a strong concern for environmental conservation.

By day, he is an administrative officer at SMPN 1 Selimbau junior high school. His stellar work record earned him the trust of the school management to give lessons on hydroponics. He also became an assistant English teacher at MTS Islamic junior high school, also in Selimbau.

But the 38-year-old spends much of his time watching over the rare orchid park located near the cemetery of the Selimbau kings. He does this out of concern for the environment and as a sign of loyalty toward his ancestors.

“Every week, I conduct a routine patrol together with some cousins and two young leaders here. Using a small boat, we patrol the cemetery complex because in that complex there are hundreds of rare orchids. One of them is the black orchid,” Walidad says.

In 2007, Uju Saharman first found the orchids that grow near the Selimbau royal cemetery complex. He knew about orchids after getting information about the plant from the NGO Riak Bumi and also from an orchid researcher at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).

“Based on Uju’s report, we have tried watching over that area because the plants are our natural resources, which probably can’t be found easily in other regions.

“The other issue is that the orchids are located only 5 meters from our ancestors’ graves. These are the graves of the Selimbau kings, and some months ago all the Selimbau customary law leaders officially announced the location would become an orchid park,” Walidad says.

To get to the park, visitors must first go through the cemetery complex. In December last year, Kapuas Hulu Regent Tambul Husing named the 4-hectare native orchid park part of a protected forest.

“Apart from the decisions made as a result of an assembly of traditional leaders at the Selimbau Palace in mid-December last year, we issued a warning, not just for Indonesian citizens but also for foreigners.

“The warning says that if an Indonesian citizen is found stealing orchids in that region, they must pay a fine of Rp 2 million (US$185) per orchid. For foreigners stealing orchids, the fine is $2,000. These fines are in place to deter thieves,” he said.

According to Walidad, the issue of most concern at the present is the opening of the area to oil palm plantations. These have been planned by companies around the Lake Sentarum National Park (TNDS). Selimbau subdistrict lies within one of the areas in the TNDS region.

Although still only a plan, the companies’ managements, together with subdistrict staff have held several meetings and are still discussing the proposals with the community. The issue has polarized the community.

“Community members who are against the idea believe that an oil palm plantation could damage the environment, and I’m among the people who reject the oil palm plantation,” Walidad says.

“If that plantation opens, we will lose the forest and all its rare species. Apart from that, we will also lose water because oil palms consume a lot of water. So that’s why I hope this issue will get attention from the government.”

These hopes are based on a 2003 regent decree that established Kapuas Hulu regency as a protected area. The regency houses two national parks, the TNDS and the Betung Kerihun National Park (TNBK).

“It’s better to protect this area. If we can look after nature with a sincere heart and develop it wisely, we will never lack resources.

“We are rich in resources. We have abundant fish in Lake Sentarum, we have tropical forests and the rare orchid. We need help to protect them,” Walidad said.

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Phalaenopsis

Phalaenopsis orchid or butterfly orchids are usually much higher in the plains. However, orchids, or Phalaenopsis orchids this month also found in many big cities in the lowland. They, the hobyist, modify the environment to grow orchids so that can grow with the optimal.

Phalaenopsis amabilis

Dendrobium

Orchid plant is an ornamental that tune by many people because of their sheer beauty. The beauty of flowers and several types of orchids in particular, followed by a gentle aroma that makes it never cracked by the time. Among the many types of orchid, Dendrobium orchid is a type of orchid that is easy to be planted. Dendrobium orchid is growing in low and in the high plains.

Dendrobium purpureum

Dendrobium crumenatum

Vanda

Development Vanda Orchid orchid is a light that requires the most compared with the orchid Dendrobium orchid and month / Phalaepnosis. Vanda orchid Vanda orchid hybrids and species because many tune or aroma and the flowers look enticing.

Vanda tricolor

Orchid increasingly attractive. At this time the many new orchid varieties produced in the country. The challenge is to keep cut orchid flowers can remain fresh in a long time. Shipping orchid cut flower preservative without fresh flowers, feared the age of the lower interest rate and diameter of flowers.

Pulsing is usually done, that is steep footstalk 4 cm deep cut into the nutrition solution for 16 hours in a cool room (21 degree centigrade), to provide nutrition reserve stock at the same time can protect the flowers from the stalk of microorganisms plug rod tube. Solvents used during this pulsing form sukrosa 50 g / l, silver nitrate 25 ppm, 200 ppm citric acid.

Besides regular sugar (commercial sugar) can be used as a substitute for sukrosa in pulsing. Composition of the right to treatment is pulsing commercial sugar 5% silver nitrate + 25 ppm + 200 ppm citric acid (Prabawati, et al. 2002). This composition can extend the freshness of flowers. If using a commercial 5% sugar and the cost of the solution to be Rp.622, 96 per liter solution, or Rp. 10.30 per flower stalk. Much cheaper compared with the pure sukrosa Rp. 20,313.96 / liter solution.

Papilionanthe hookeriana Rchb.f.

Pictures by Vincent Wanua 07

Papilionanthe hookeriana Rchb.f. (1915) is one type of orchid species proud of Indonesia because the interest rates that captivate. Even the symbol of Singapore orchids Papilionan the namely Miss Joaquim is a descent from the cross between Papilionanthe hookeriana with Papilionanthe teres. Hookeriana name given as a tribute to Sir William Jackson Hooker, a botanicalu professor on 18-th century that served as the director of the City Kew, England.

Orchid include marsh orchids usually grow in the marshy area. When seen from the figure appearance, it is very similar to close relatives, namely Papilionanthe teres, always so that people can not distinguish the two types of orchids this if only to see the trees from the course. In the original habitat this plant can reach 2.5 m. high Stem-rounded astigmatism, segment and a closed thin seludang. Diamater stem between 0,5-1,2 cm. Astigmatism also leaf-shaped with the tip of the taper and place is portrait. Surface smooth stem and leaf green. Radical appears in the book along the stem.
Nature is what makes it this easy to developed techniques through stek stem. Because of the stem and leaves that resemble pinsil astigmatism, it is often also referred to as the orchid pinsil. However, when viewed from the side botanis ... it is a form of adaptation to light intensity of the sun, because the form of stem and leaf astigmatism and vertical position of the leaf area will reduce the evaporation excessive water. Therefore, this plant is very adaptive in low from the 0-700 m dpl and outdor as plants that hold direct sun exposure, with the media root quite humid. Including the large size of the interest rates, diameter 5-6 cm. The flower bunches are arranged in length and 15-25 cm from the axilla leaves appear. Each cluster can bring 2-15 bud at a time with a pattern that does not bloom simultaneously. From observations made, each has a flower bud bloom period between 20-22 days. Flowers mauve colored base to purple keputihan. Orchid which often also epithet as marsh orchid has a wide distribution in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Kalimantan and Bangka.
Given the interest of beautiful, large, durable and is able to flower throughout the year, the orchid has the potential to be a parent to intergrate.

Black orchid (Coelogyne pandurata) is a species of orchid that grows only on the island of Kalimantan. Black orchid flora is maskot East Kalimantan province. Currently, native orchid habitat has decreased the number of black big enough because the more knowledgeable menyusutnya forest in Kalimantan, but can still be found in the reserve in the amount of gravel Luway slightly. Estimated to amount to more in the hands of orchid collectors.

Characteristics of Plants

Called the black orchid because it has a tongue (labellum) with a few black lines and green feathered. Sepal and petal green young. Interest rates are quite fragrant and fragrant blooms usually in the month of March to June.

Orchid black orchid, including in the form of a bulb with simpodial tumefy on the bottom and leaves protruding above it. Each bulb has only two pieces of leaves only. Leaves itself glance similar as coconut leaves on the shoot.