Black Orchids

black orchirds

Black Orchid is a species of orchid aprotected in Indonesia as threatened with extinction in their natural habitat. Black orchid which in Latin is called Coelogyne pandurata a floral identity (mascot) East Kalimantan province. Black orchid populations (Coelogyne pandurata) in their natural habitat (wild) are increasingly rare and quite dramatically decreased due to shrinking forest cover and hunting for sale to collectors of orchids.

 
Black orchids included in group simpodial with swollen bulb shape on the bottom and leaves sticking out on it. Each bulb has only two leaves only. The leaves themselves briefly looked like as a young coconut leaf buds.
Black orchid (Coelogyne pandurata), as the name implies, has the characteristic of interest has a tongue (labellum) is black. This rare orchid in English called "Black Orchid". While in East Kalimantan, which is rare Black Orchid has a local name "Kersik Luai".
Although identical to the Borneo black orchid but this orchid species than in the wild Borneo also grows wild in Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and Mindanao, Luzon and the island of Samar Island Philippines.

Black Orchids traits.
This orchid species called black orchid because it has tongue (labellum) is black with a few green stripes and fluffy. The number of flowers in each cluster between 1 to 14 petals or more. The center line of each flower about 10 cm. Leaf-shaped petals lanceolate, tapering, light green colored, long 5-6 cm, width 2 -3 cm. Lancet-shaped corolla pale green tapering lip resembles a violin, the middle there is a 1 groove, crimp edges, colored black or dark brown.

Black orchid leaf green oval with a length ranging from 40-50 cm and a width of between 2 -10 cm. While the black orchid-shaped fruit with a long oblong about 7 cm wide and between 2-3 cm. Of the total interest is not much into fruit.
Characteristic of other black orchid which distinguish other types of orchids are fragrant odor issued. Usually plants that bloom in March to June. As black orchid orchids in general, riding on growing other plants (epiphytes). Usually these rare orchids attached to the old tree living in coastal areas or swamps.
Black orchid (Coelogyne pandurata) grows in the shade. Generally orchid species into the fauna of East Kalimantan's identity grows in lowland old trees, near the beach or in low-lying swampy areas were pretty hot and near rivers in the wet forests.

Plants are epiphytic (live aboard in other plants) is to multiply by seed. However, the black orchid can also be propagated by separating the quasi bulbs.
The Black Orchid Wild Tenebrous. Black orchid populations (Coelogyne pandurata) in the wild habitat is increasingly rare. Although, according to Government Regulation No. 7 of 1999 orchids are protected and prohibited free trade (except for captive breeding), but hunting to take and sell this type of orchid to orchid collectors not subsided.
In addition, the transfer of functions from the forest to plantations and settlements and forest fires that occur each year is made of black orchid populations in the wild are threatened of extinction.
Perhaps the lovers and collectors of orchids before buying a black orchid must be scrupulous, whether black orchid purchased it or the results of captive hunting of wild. Although many orchid lovers who collect black orchid, but the extinction of this species in the wild remains a great loss for biodeversity Indonesia. Do not let the orchid lovers became the main cause of extinction of black orchids in the wild.

Scientific classification: Kingdom: Plantae; Division: Magnoliophyta; Grade: Liliopsida; Order: Asparagales; Family: Orchidaceae; Genus: Coelogyne; Species: Coelogyne pandurata; binomial name: Coelogyne pandurataBaru!Klik ka