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Alocasia Cuprea

Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Spermatophyta
Subivision : Angiospermae
Class : Monocotyledoneae
Ordo : Araceales
Family : Araceae
Genus : Caladium
Species: Alocasia Cuprea

Alocasia Cuprea from Indonesia exactly in the forest interior kalimantan (borneo), and like mind that Indonesia as the country is a paradise of tropical plants of taros, There are about 70 species that grow alokasia in Asia and South America. Some examples of Loterbachiana metallica alokasia from Papua, A. Cuprea or taro skull, Black Velvet, A. Chaii from Malaysia, Nebula Elaine from Borneo, and silver from Sarawak alokasia. Some of Indonesia's forests known as the original habitat alokasia. One of the original alokasia in Indonesia is Alokasia suhirmaniana.

Taro are found in tropical forests grow under a large shade tree. Alocasia native habitat is moist environment with loose soil conditions, fertility, adequate environmental temperature and water are always available to make the media using the earnings are not muddy, often found in leaf piles of rotting leaves because the soft roots easily penetrate such media .. There is also a place that can grow shade (light relative) and a place of light. Environment where taro planting should has relatively bright light. In fact, some cultivars require direct sunlight to the leaves can appear perfectly. This plant likes shade environment. Light needs only about 400 foot candles, or with a humidity level around 60 percent. Ideal temperature 20-25 degrees Celsius.

Leaves of Alocasia species Cuprea has a style very strict and form flow as a rib man black firm and the back of the maroon that Indonesian people to give it a name Alocasia skull. As the plant type taro others Alocasia Cuprea also have a tuber dibagian roots that can be used as a place to store food, leaves of Alocasia Cuprea also has a structure which is thicker than Alocasia species other and have a stem short sturdy.

Like other plants, dormant period alokasia experience, ie plants suddenly "fall asleep", the leaves dry out, then disappeared from the surface of the ground. In his native habitat, taro is often done dormancy as a way to survive in environmental conditions are not favorable. For instance, temperature and duration of illumination that is not appropriate. Lack of nutrients and water. If you keep at home to overcome Alocasia dormant, preferably every 6 months of planting medium must be replaced, because good media play an important role in every plant. The cause of the Alocasia dormant variety, among other things, planting media using the hard ground or solid so difficult to penetrate the roots. Media conditions must wet (humid) is not too dry. During the dormant or "sleep", alocasia tubers remained dilated, although the leaves do not come out. Dorman can occur up to one year. But once the plant is "up" then the next will be spending a lot of leaves.

Aglaonema Pride of Sumatera

Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Liliopsida
Ordo : Arales
Family : Araceae
Genus : Aglaonema
Species : Aglaonema Pride of Sumatra


Pride of sumatera a native plant species sumatera aglaonema taken from the forest and crossed with a red aglaonema resulting aglaonema Pride of sumatera. No one if agloenema of Pride of Sumatra, said to be the pride of sumatra island (where the ancestors of this type of cruciferous produced) one island in Indonesia, and also pretty striking the world's plants invention because at this plant agloenema mostly green, the color variation White alone, far different than the Pride of Sumatra, which has a beauty with a red streak on each leaf.

Breeder who had crossed agloenema this type is Gregonardi Hambali, origin aglaonema penyilang Bogor, Indonesia. Greg thanked the Sumatra who had offered as a contributor aglaonema Rotundum monumental red color, which became characteristic of the material due diligence penyilangannya Aglaonema Gregonardi also a green-white original has now been turned into a variety of color variations.

At the end of 1982 start Gregori crossed Aglaonema Aglaonema rotundum and commutatum. This is his first experience in cross aglaonema. The results of cross it then crossed back with a different parent 2. First, again paired with his father, Aglaonema rotundum and produces red leaved plants. He was the pride of sumatera that shook the world sticking straight planting. Birth of the Pride of Sumatra his crossing until the appearance of three-year time-consuming.

Agloenema physical features Pride of Sumatra is a sturdy stems and leaves are sturdy and thicker than most agloenema red and shaped like a spear, dark leaves and the bones of the leaves contrasts with the reddish tinge of yellow on each side and purplish-red color on the lower leaves.

Systematically, schematic, the origin of Pride Of Sumatra originated from Aglaonema 3 types, namely:

   1. The first process Aglaonema Comutatum crossed with Tri Color Aglaonema Aglaonema Rotundum then produce Patron.
   2. Then the second process is crossed with cartridge Aglaonema Aglaonema and Rotundum Pride Of Sumatra produce.

Presence in 1985 was a very phenomenal penyilang followed by Thailand. Thus was born unyamanee Dud, bangkok red, and Lady valentine from neighbor countries and all types of red leaf Aglaonema own life spread in all countries in Southeast Asia such as Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. In nature, aglaonema in the encounter in the woods under a tree, not in direct sunlight. Land where the growth is not inundated by water. Based on the spreading, aglaonema proved resistant to moisture differences. He grows well in places with low or high humidity.

While hybrid aglaonema already spread to various parts of the world. Source distribution is in tropical regions, especially in Southeast Asia. Of all the species that are most popular in Indonesia today is Aglaonema Aglaonema rotundum and commutatum. The two species that are often made as a parent to produce another hybrid. Both species were found in Indonesia.

Nepenthes (Nepenthes sp.)

Kingdom : Plantae

Division : Magnoliophyta

Class : Magnoliopsida

Ordo : Caryophyllales

Family :  Nepenthaceae

Genus : Nepenthes

Group Semar’s bag (Nepenthes) plants in Indonesia is categorized as the most rare, one species that require high priority to be conserved.

Nepenthes or the Latin name Nepenthes sp. was first introduced by JP Breyne in the year 1689. In Indonesia, the term for these plants vary between regions with each other. Communities in Riau know this plant as a pot with a monkey, in Jambi called monkey bag, Bangka called ketakung, while the name of the king sorok attach orderly society in West Java on this unique plant.

This plant can reach 15-20 m high with a way to climb to grow other crops. At the end of the vine leaves that are modified to form the bag, which is a tool that is used to trap prey eaten (such as insects, Pacet, child frog) that goes into his bag.

Up to now there are 103 species recorded Nepenthes that have been published (Firstantinovi and Karjono, 2006). This plant is classified as a carnivorous plant that preys on insects. His ability was caused by a bag-shaped organs that protrude from the tip of the leaves. Organ called the pitcher or a bag.

In addition to its ability to trap insects, another uniqueness of this plant is the shape, size, color and style of pockets. Overall, this plant has five pockets form, the form jar, oval / oval, cylinder, funnel, and the dish.

Nepenthes grow and spread from northern Australia, Southeast Asia, to China Southern. Indonesia itself has Kalimantan and Sumatra islands as a paradise of this plant habitats. Of 64 species that live in Indonesia, there are 32 known species in Borneo (Kalimantan, Sarawak, Sabah, and Brunei) as a distribution center Nepenthes.

Nepenthes live in open places or slightly shielded in a poor habitat nutrients and has a humidity high enough. These plants can live in tropical rain forest lowlands, montane forests, peat swamp forests, Heath forests, limestone mountain, savanna and grasslands. Based on the altitude where it grows, Nepenthes divided into three groups PLANTS lowland, middle, and high plains. Character and nature of Nepenthes different in each habitat. Several types of Nepenthes who live in tropical rain forest habitats, lowland and montane forests are epiphytes, which is attached to the trunk or branch of another tree. In a fairly extreme habitats like the forest where the temperature Heath bias reaches 30 º C during the day, Nepenthes adapt to the thick leaves to suppress evaporation of water from leaves. While Nepenthes savanna areas generally terrestrial life, growing up and has a length of the rod is less than 2 m.

Carrion Flower (Amorphophallus Titanium)

Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Liliopsida
Ordo : Alismatales
Family : Araceae
Genus : Amorphophallus
Species : A. titanium

Rafflesia arnoldii, known as the giant Rafflesia (Rafflesia arnoldii) which are obligate parasites of plants, known for having very large flowers, even the largest flower in the world. He grew up in vines network (liana) Tetrastigma and do not have leaves that are not able to photosynthesis. This plant is endemic on the island of Sumatra, especially the southern part (Bengkulu, Jambi and South Sumatra). National Park Kerinci-Seblat is the main conservation area of this species. These types, together with members of the genus Rafflesia others, threatened status due to massive deforestation.

While carrion flower is the type of Amorphophallus titanium. Its beauty lies in the very large flowers and high, shaped like a phallus (actually the cob or spadix) surrounded by flowers that also seludang large. The flowers are single and married protogini, female flowers receptive first, then followed by male flowers cooking, as a mechanism to prevent self pollination. That's why Suweg are also called Giant.

This interest emerged from the earth comes from the tubers of plants that had been lost at the end of growth. In the period of development, flowers bulbs depends on who is in the ground. It consists of flower stalks of flowers, petals or selundang and hump-shaped monument in the middle of the petals.

The development of flowers started in the bud-shaped timber is estimated to be approximately 2 months. Carrion flower that grows, has a cycle from bud to bloom began much sooner Leih approximately 22 days and the fastest time at the withered petals only about 24 hours.

Known as the Titan arum plant with compound interest the greatest in the world, although the note mentions that a relative, A. gigas can earn interest as high as 5m. There are 170 species of carrion flower. In Indonesia there are 25 species, including the Amorphophallus titanium and a related species Rafflesia arnoldi. Amarphophallus Tittanium species are monocot plant species (single seed), so that the carcass flower species are different kinds of carrion flower species arnoldi Rafflessia.

In nature plants that live in the wet rain forest. Titan arum is the official flower for the province of Bengkulu. This plant has two phases in life that appear in rotation, phases of vegetative and generative phase. In the vegetative phase up all the leaves and stems. Can mencecah 6m high. After a few years, these vegetative organs wither and dormant tubers. If sufficient food in the tuber and kitarannya enough, compound interest will appear. If the amount of food is less leaves grow back.

Jewel Orchid (Macodes Petola)

This plant is the Family Orchidaceae, with the genus name Macodes. From Genus macodes there have seven species has spread from Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea to Vanuatu. The plant is found at an altitude of 100 to 800 meters above sea level, lowland rain forest some trees and shadows grow in the former plants or wet humus and soil with good absorption.

These orchids are not like other orchids that enjoy the beauty of the flowers but the beauty lies in the jewel orchid leaves motifs. Can be seen that the little green leaves are dark purple, has a longitudinal veins of gold that glowed (inflorescence) and velvet-like surface.
This orchid requires high humidity, up to 50% or more. Media should be moist enough but not too wet because the media would thus be a problem because bacteria and fungi and rot at the root. Bathroom with good air exchange and indirect sunlight is a good combination. If you do not place near a window that can bring moisture from the outside.

Do not allow the media to dry completely, the media needs moist at all times. In connection with the needs of light, make sure that this orchid is not exposed to direct sunlight because it will burn the leaves and Kiaksara orchid is protected by the Indonesian Government Regulation, No. 7 In 1999, On January 27, 1999.