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Orchid Flower

Orchid is a type of ornamental plant that lives as a parasite. It has been cultivated in Indonesia for the last 50 years. Orchids can be divided into three groups based on how they live: epiphytic orchids live on other plants without harming them, semi-epiphytic orchids live on other plants but don't damage the host plant, and terrestrial orchids grow directly in the ground. Orchids have unique and beautiful flowers in various shapes and colors. They grow well with sufficient sunlight and nutrients from media like charcoal, compost or broken tiles.

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Orchid Flower

Orchid is a type of ornamental plant that lives as a parasite. It has been cultivated in Indonesia for the last 50 years. Orchids can be divided into three groups based on how they live: epiphytic orchids live on other plants without harming them, semi-epiphytic orchids live on other plants but don't damage the host plant, and terrestrial orchids grow directly in the ground. Orchids have unique and beautiful flowers in various shapes and colors. They grow well with sufficient sunlight and nutrients from media like charcoal, compost or broken tiles.

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Orchid

Orchid is one of ornamental plants in the form of parasite. It has been known since 200 years ago but it
has been cultivated in Indonesia since last 50 years. They mostly found in the tropical area. Based on the
nature of their life, it can be divided into three groups, namely Ephytis, Semi Ephytis, and Terrestris.
Ephytis is the orchid which lives on other plants. Semi Ephytis is the orchid which lives on the other
plants but do not damage the main plant. While Terrestrial is the orchid which grows on the ground.

They have beautiful and unique flowers that are different from others. It arranged as a compound system
appearing from its stalk. This flower shaped as a bilateral symmetry. Its petals have the same color with
the crown. The leaves are quite thick and usually elongated oval. Its thick leaves serves to store water. Its
stem is jointed and thick. This stem is coated by wax layer which serves to prevent water evaporation. It
has green fruit and shaped like a capsule. Inside its fruit, there are seeds which are very small and
lightweight so it is easy to get carried away by the wind to the other places. Its seed will only grow if stick
in the appropriate media because they do not have a storage to keep reserves food.

They have so many types with variety of shapes and colors. The types of them such as: Vanda or also
known as a cut flower; orchid which has a great flower known as Grammatophyllum; orchid soil or
Spathyphyllum and others. Besides as ornamental plants, they can also be used as a mixture of herbs,
ingredients perfume or hair oils.

They will grow well when exposed to sufficient sunlight and have a lot of food sources. The media used
to plant them are charcoal and brick for ephytis orchid and semi ephytis, compost and chaff for terrestrial
orchids, while broken tiles and chaff are the media for semi terrestrial orchid.

Bunga anggrek

Orchidaceae adalah keluarga dari monokotil. Mereka memiliki daun sleeding


tunggal dan bagian bunga mereka di pohon-pohon. keluarga anggrek adalah
keluarga tanaman terbesar yang memiliki lebih dari 20.000 genera.Orchids unik
adalah keluarga kosmopolitan yang ditemukan sepanjang jalan dari dalam lingkaran
Arktik, Pulau Selatan Autralia, dan sebagian besar di Asia.
Kebanyakan anggrek memiliki izin paralel longitudional dengan crossing terlihat.
Warna anggrek bunga dapat varigated dan menampilkan banyak berbeda menandai
seperti warna ungu, putih, kuning, merah muda, dan hampir hitam. Anggrek
memiliki akar putih tebal yang menggambarkan asal mereka sebagai Epiphites,
atau tanaman yang tumbuh pada tanaman lain.
Anggrek tumbuh di hampir semua jenis lingkungan. Mereka tidak tumbuh di
tanah, tetapi mereka tinggal di tanah sementara tumbuh lainnya bertengger di
pohon atau batu. Banyak orang lain sekarang tumbuh di rumah hijau untuk dijual ke
publik.
Aroma anggrek sering dianalisis oleh parfume untuk mengidentifikasi potensi
fragerance kimia. Penggunaan penting lainnya dari anggrek budidaya mereka untuk
menikmati bunga-bunga. Di Cina, anggrek telah digunakan dalam pengobatan
tradisional dalam upaya untuk mengobati banyak penyakit
Anggrek memiliki keluarga terbesar. Anggrek keluarga termasuk Vanilla, Orchis,
dan banyak tumbuhan yang biasa dibudidayakan, seperti Palaenopsis dan Cattleya.

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