Photo taken Agustus at mount west java
Found in Java in montane forests at elevations around 1370 meters as a small sized, cool growing terrestrial with ovoid and flattened pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 4, lanceolate, acute, shortly petiolate based leaves that blooms in the later summer on a terminal, pendulous, to 10 flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms : Alatiliparis speculifera (J.J.Sm.) Szlach. & Marg. 2001; Platystyliparis speculifera (J.J.Sm.) Marg. 2007
photo taken in september
Moderate shade and humidity as well as hot to warm conditions are required with a dry period when not growing and then ample water while in growth to have this epiphytic orchid bloom in the spring and summer on a basal, 22″ [25 cm] long, erect, paniculate inflorescence with many [to 200] flowers arising basally with basal sheaths where it is found in Thailand, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Northern Australia and the Philippines from sealevel to under 1600 meters in altitude in lowland swamps and montane forests as well as semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests at elevations of sealevel to 700 meters. This small to medium sized epiphyte has small, clustered, ovoid, 5 to 7 noded pseudobulbs and carries 3 to 4 apical, coriaceous, linear, obtuse leaves and has a symbiotic relationship with ants.
photo taken in September
A medium to large sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial species found at elevations of 700 to 2000 meters on rocky grassland slopes, in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests and savana-like woodlands in Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, Assam, India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands, Myanamar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Borneo, Java, Malaysia, Sumatra, Moluccas, Philippines, Sulawesi, Bismark Islands, New Guinea, Solomon islands, Queensland Australia, Fiji, Niue, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Santa Cruz, Wallis and Futna, Carolines Islands, Marianas, Taiwan and the Ryukyus and as an invasive species Hawaii and the Caribbean. They can take full sun year round and require regular waterings and fertilizer year round. It has ovoid 3″ [7.5 cm] psuedobulbs with numerous apical, stalked, linear-lanceolate, pointed, plicate, membraneous, and up to 3′ [90 cm] long. The stiff, erect, up to 2 1/2′ [75 cm] long, terminal inflorescence has a head of 5 to 25, successive opening, nonfragrant flowers that can bloom several times in a year but most often througth the spring and summer. This species is often found in conjunction with ants and may benefit from their presence.
Kebun teh Nirmala yang ditata sedemikian rupa sehingga menampilkan pemandangan alam yang indah nan eksotis. Kondisi geografi dan fisik desa malasari yang dikelilingi oleh sungai cikaniki dan sungai cidurian serta memiliki banyak air terjun dengan berbagi variasinya. Itulah Kekayaan alam yang menjadi daya dukung lingkungan permanen terhadap pariwisata.
Potensi keanekaragaman hayati yang sangat tinggi di Taman Nasional Gunung Halimun Salak merupakan perwakilan ekosistem hutan tropis. Jenis anggota suku Dipterocarpaceae merupakan tumbuhan penciri hutan hujan dataran rendah. satwa penciri yang berada di kawasan Taman Nasional Halimun Salak yang menjadi daya tarik pariwisata adalah Owa jawa, Macan Tutul, Elang Jawa serta Kukang.
photo taken at mount halimun salak national park (Oktober)
Found in Malaysia, Vietnam, Sulawesi, Borneo, Java, Sumatra and the Philippines in highland primary cloud forests at elevations of 800 to 2000 meters as a small to medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte on mossy stems of old trees on top of hills with ovoid, flattened pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several sheaths and carrying a single, apical, acute, channeled basally leaf that blooms on an erect then arched, flattened and winged inflorescence with single, successive flowers.
Found in central and eastern Java as a large sized, hot growing epiphyte, lithophyte or terrrestrial with long, erect stems carrying curved, ligulate, imbricate, unequally bilobed apically leaves that blooms on an axillary, erect to suberect, 2 to 3″ [5 to 7 cm] long, shorter than the leaves, 15 or more flowered inflorescence with large, fragrant, waxy, long-lived, color variable flowers occuring in the fall and winter. V suavis, which hails from central and eastern Java has an inflorescence with 15 or more flowers, narrower and longer sepals and petals and the apical lobules of the lip are turned abruptly downwards and are paler than the rest of the midlobe. Then there is the similar Vanda tricolor from west Java which has an inflorescence with 6 to 9 flowers, the sepals and petals being different in width and are shorter, the side lobules being erect, and they and the midlobe are evenly colored.
Keluarga Penjelajah Charaka Prabata 