A glimpse of five beautiful and unique plants native to Indonesia

As you know, Indonesia, with its tropical climate, is a perfect habitat for many beautiful plants. Some of them even get into a rare condition, you know.

It’s no wonder that every time you step into a tourist area, you can feel the beauty of this plant. However, not all of these plants are endemic or endemic to Indonesia.

But calm down! This is because Pegi Pegi has some recommendations regarding Native Indonesian endemic plants that can be seen during the holidays. Everything has its own uniqueness.

strange? Now look at the discussion below!

Rafflesia Arnoldi

Also known as Rafflesia arnoldii or giant lotus, it thrives around Bengkulu. This one plant is an essential parasite of the Tetrastigma vine. Rafflesia Arnoldi with wide flowers with 5 petals. Flowers are the only visible part of the plant from Rafflesia Arnoldi, as it lacks roots, leaves and stems. Rafflesia arnoldii was first discovered by the doctor in the tropical forest of Sumatra in 1818. Joseph Arnold, who was following the Thomas Stamford Raffles expedition, was named after the plant in the history of its discoverers, the merger of Raffles and Arnold. As rare, this plant is one of the protected flora.

Edelweiss

If you like hiking to Indonesia, especially the mountains of Java and Lombok, you will be familiar with this single flower. Yup, Anna Faris Javanic Or what is known as the Edelweiss flower is an endemic plant Montana Native to Indonesia. Edelweiss flowers can grow up to 8 meters and are called eternal flowers due to the presence of hormones that can prevent flower loss. Historically, the Edelweiss flower was first discovered in 1819 on the slopes of Mount Gede by a German naturalist named Georg Carl Reinwardt. It was then further investigated by another German botanist named Karl Heinrich Schütz.

Sandalwood

Sandalwood or Santa Ram Album L Is a plant derived from East Nusa Tenggara, such as Timor and Sumba. Sandalwood is in a rare condition, including early parasitic plants, so it is very expensive to sell. Sandalwood wood has many functions. One of them is to make aromatherapy. Not only that, in Sri Lanka, sandalwood has been directly imported for embalming the corpse of the King’s daughter since the 9th century. Sandalwood contains high-value essential oils.

Corpse flower

Corpse flowers and kibbutz are often mistaken for rafflesia arnoldii.Has a Latin name amorphophallus titanum, Corpse flowers are not parasitic plants like Rafflesia arnoldii. Because this flower has its own tubers, stems and roots. So his life is very independent. The corpse flowers native to Indonesia also have a foul odor like Rafflesia. Now, to see this flower, you need to play at Bogor Botanical Gardens.

Sugar cane orchid

Orchids always look small and attractive. However, in the case of sugar cane orchids, the size becomes widely known in the world. Sugarcane orchids, with conical inflorescences 3 meters high and flowers 10 centimeters in diameter, are the largest orchid variety in the world. The shape of the stem resembles that of sugar cane, and this orchid is named after the sugar cane plant. Sugarcane orchids are yellow with brown, red, or blackish red spots. Sugarcane orchids last a long time and do not die easily. This very large and heavy flower was cut from the stem but survived on its own for two months.

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