Rafflesia Arnoldi
The
flower’s name is taken from the name of the two inventor that is Thomas Stamford Raffles and
Dr. Joseph Arnold,
so the flower’s name is Rafflesia arnoldii the flower is derived from a class
of Titanium Becc Amorpholus corpse flower, and including Araceae tribe.
Rafflesia
arnodi now been protected and maintained by the government because this plant
is almost extinct, we can see these plants by visiting Bogor Botanical Gardens. This plant is
endemic in the Sumatra island, especially the southern part (Bengkulu, Jambi
and South Sumatra). Kerinci Seblat National Park is an area of major
conservation of this species.
Because
it was found and can only grow in tropical forests in Bengkulu area, the flower
was used as a mascot raflesia arnoldi in Bengkulu. Bengkulu apparently also
found interest in foreign countries precisely in southeast asia. Besides having
an interest raflesia 27 species, one of which is found in Bengkulu.
At
the base of flower there is a barrel-shaped, there is stigma and stamen,
depending on the sex of flowers. The existence of the stigma and stamens are
not in the house to make the percentage of assisted fertilization by insects
are very small flies.
1. Description of Raflesia arnoldi :
Ø Raflesia
flowers are obligate parasites on plants vines (lianas) tetrasigma and live in
the roots.
Ø Dioecious
(have male and female plant in two different trees).
Ø Do
not have roots, stems, and leaves.
Ø Have
5 petals, that usually red heart with colored light spots.
Ø When
flowes bloomy, diameter of petal is 70-100 cm and height 50 cm and weight 11
kg.
Ø At
the base of flower, in the barrel shaped, there is stamen or stigma, depending
on the sex of flower.
Ø A
period of growth is 9 months, but the bloomy period is only 5-7 days, after
that rafflesia will wither and die.
Ø Rafflesia
has long season, that is along year.
Ø Raflesia
can not grow outside their natural habitat except raflesia patma that can grow
and bloom in the Bogor Botanical Gardens.
2. Part of Raflesia arnoldi :
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Petal
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Barrel-shape
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3. Kind of corpse flowes in world :
Ø Amorphophallus titanium
Ø Amorphophallus gigas
Ø Amorphophallus decussilvae
Ø Amorphophallus beccarii
Ø Amorphophallus campanulatus
Ø Amorphophallus oncophyllus
Ø Amorphophallus
albus
Ø Amorphophallus ankarana
Ø Amorphophallus asper
Ø Amorphophallus angulatus, etc.
4.
Classification
:
Kingdom: Plantae
Divisio: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Ordo: Malpighiales
Familia: Rafflesiaceae
Genus: Rafflesia
Species: Rafflesia arnoldii.
Jasmine
Jasmine is a genus
of shrubs
and vines
in the olive familia (Oleaceae). It contains around 200 species native to tropical
and warm temperate regions of Europe,
Asia,
and Africa.
Jasmines are widely cultivated for the characteristic fragrance of their
flowers.
1.
Kind
of Jasmine:
2. Description
of Jasmine:
Ø Jasmines can be either deciduous (leaves falling in autumn) or evergreen (green all year round), and can be erect, spreading, or
climbing shrubs and vines.
Ø Their leaves are borne opposite or
alternate. They can be simple, trifoliate, or pinnate. The flowers are
typically around 2.5 cm (0.98 in) in diameter.
Ø Flower’s colour is white or yellow
in color, although in rare instances they can be slightly reddish. The flowers
are borne in cymose clusters with a minimum of three
flowers, though they can also be solitary on the ends of branchlets.
Ø Each flower has about four to nine petals, two locules, and one to four ovules. They have two stamens with very short filaments. The bracts are linear or ovate. The calyx is bell-shaped. They are usually very fragrant. The fruits
of jasmines are berries that turn black when ripe. The basic chromosome number of the genus is 13.
3. Distribution and habitat
Jasmines are native to tropical
and subtropical regions of Asia,
Africa,
and Australasia. Of the 200 species,
only one is native to Europe. Their center of diversity
is in South Asia and Southeast
Asia.
Although not native to Europe, a number of jasmine
species have become naturalized in Mediterranean Europe. For example, the
so-called Spanish jasmine or Catalonian jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum) was originally
from Iran
and western South Asia, and is now
naturalized in the Iberian
peninsula.
4. Cultivation and uses
Jasmine is enjoyed in the garden,
as a house plant, and as cut flowers. The flowers are worn by women in their
hair in southern and southeast Asia. The delicate jasmine flower opens only at
night and may be plucked in the morning when the tiny petals are tightly
closed, then stored in a cool place until night. The petals begin to open
between six and eight in the evening, as the temperature lowers.
5. Cultural importance
Madurai,
the Southern district of Tamil Nadu, famous for the Jasmine production. In the western
and southern states of India, including Andhra
Pradesh, Karnataka,
Kerala,
Maharashtra,
and Tamil
Nadu,
jasmine is cultivated alongside other flowers in private homes, within gardens
or as potted plants. These flowers are used in regular worship at home as well
as for hair ornaments (for the girls and women of the house). Jasmine is also
cultivated commercially, for both the domestic purposes discussed above and
other purposes (such as use in the perfume industry). It is used in rituals
like marriages, religious ceremony, and festivals. In the Chandan
Yatra of lord Jagannath,
the deity is bathed with water flavored in sandalwood paste and jasmine.
6. Part of jasmine
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Petal
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Leaf
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Buds
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Stem
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Black Orchid
Black
orchid (Coelogyne pandurata) is a
species of orchid that can grow on the Borneo island. Black orchid is the
mascot of the province of East Kalimantan. Now, black orchid’s habitat has
decreased of their amount because the wide of forest is decrease,but can still
be found in the nature reserve Luway grit in very small amounts. Estimated
higher numbers are in the hands of the collector of orchids.
Called
black orchid because this orchids have tongue (labellum) is colored black with
a slight green stripes and fluffy. Sepals and petals is colored pale green. The
flowers are quite fragrant and unusual blooms from March to June.
1. Characteristic of Black Orchid
Ø Simpodial,
that is,type of orchid will grow attached to the plants / trees which have
limited stem growth.
Ø Amount
of flowers in each cluster ranged between 1-14 flowers more.Diameter of each
flower is 10 cm. The shape of sepal is pointed, colored bright green, and has a
length of about 5 cm and 3 cm wide. Their petal colored bright green.
Ø Shape
of leaf is oval and colored green and has a length of about 40-50 cm and a
width of about 2 to 10 cm. The fruit of this plant has oval shape with a length
between 7 cm and a width of 2 to 3 cm.
2. Classification of Black Orchid
Kingdom : Plantae
Divisio : Magnoliophyta
Class : Liliopsida
Ordo : Asparagales
Familia : Orchidaceae
Genus : Coelogyne
Species : Coelogyne pandurata
Hibiscus
Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
is a bushy, evergreen
shrub or small tree. This flower
including family Malvaceae, from East Asia. Widely grown as ornamental plant,
in the tropic and subtropic. In Sumatra and Malaysia, this flower called bunga raya. This flower become nation
flower of Malaysia, at 28 July, 1960. Javanese people called kembang worawari.
1. Description of Hibiscus
Ø
Bushy, evergreen shrub or sm all tree. Growing between 2.5–5 m
(8–16 ft) tall and 1.5–3 m (5–10 ft) wide, with glossy leaves
and solitary, brilliant red flowers in summer and autumn.
Ø
The 5 petaled flowers are 10 cm (4 in)
in diameter, with prominent orange-tipped red anthers. Style
are long and cylindrical, in surrounded filament, that oval-shape, there is
pollen. Seeds contained in the five-chambered capsule-shaped fruit. In general,
plant height about 2 to 5 meters.
Ø
Leaf wide oval or ovate leaves are narrow with
tapered ends. In the tropics or in the greenhouse plants bloom throughout the
year, whereas in the subtropics flowering from summer to autumn.
2. Cultivation of Hibiscus
It
is widely grown as an ornamental plant throughout the tropics and subtropics.
As it does not tolerate temperatures below 10 °C (50 °F), in temperate
regions it is best grown under glass.
3. Usefulness of Hibiscus
Ø
Leaves of H. rosa sinensis as a medicine in
children fever, cough medicine, and medicine thrush.
Ø
Hibiscus much used as ornamental plants because
of the beautiful flowers. Flowers are used to shine shoes in India and as the
flower offerings. In China, red flowers are used as a food dye. In Indonesia,
the leaves and flowers are used in a variety of traditional medicine. Dried hibiscus
is also drunk as a tea.
Javanese
Edelweiss
Anaphalis javanica or Javanese
Edelweiss is a flowering
plant species endemic in Indonesia. They are found mostly in
mountainous regions of Java, southern Sumatra, southern Sulawesi and Lombok. The flower are generally seen between
April and August. A bird species,
the Javan Whistling Thrush (Myophonus glaucinus)
Known as bunga
abadi in Indonesian,
literally means eternal flower, this plant is popular among tourists. Dried
flowers are often sold as souvenirs. This could lead to the destruction of the
wild grown species. In the Bromo-Tengger region in East Java this plant is considered extinct. This species is constantly decreasing
in number and is currently protected in Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park.
1.
Description of Javanese Edelweiss
Ø The flowers average colored white-gray-greenish
and yellowish white. Many say that there edelweiss purple, blue, and red. The
truth is still a mystery. The growing interest in forming a small clump of soil
surface.
Ø When picked and stored in a dry and room
temperature, the rate will not change color as if he was still alive and
immortal. These flowers will not wilt if it has been picked but these flowers
will just dry up.
2. Classification
of Javanese Edelweiss
Kingdom : Plantae
Divisio : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Ordo : Asterales
Familia : Asteraceae
Genus : Anaphalis
Species : Anaphalis
javanica
