Preserving Sac-shaped Orchid Species
Community Discussion 
Indonesia is one of the countries with the most complete biodiversity in the world. Although its area occupies only 1.3 percent of the earth’s surface, the level of biodiversity owned by the country is high. Quoting two Indonesian plant experts’, Cecep Kusmana and Agus Hikmat, Biodiversity in Indonesia (2017), at least 25 percent of the total flowering plant species in the world are found in Indonesia.
In other words, Indonesia is home to 20,000 species of flowering plants, the seventh highest in the world. In fact, 40 percent of them are endemic plants that can only grow in Indonesia.
One of the endemic flowering plants is orchids] from the Orchidaceae family. The term ‘orchid’ was first introduced in 1845 by the leading British botanist, John Landley. Orchid are the most adaptable plants. They could grow in any environment, in the lowlands or highlands, in hot and even cold areas.
In Anggrek Spesies Indonesia (the Indonesian Species Orchid) book published by the Agriculture Ministry’s Directorate of Horticulture Seedling, there are at least 750 families; 43,000 species; and 35,000 hybrid varieties of orchids that have been identified from all over the world. 5,000 species of them grow in Indonesia.
Some of these species are known to be native species of Indonesia that grow in the wilderness and in community. Of that number, they grow across the country, namely 986 species in Java, 971 species in Sumatra, 113 species in Maluku, and the rest in Sulawesi, Papua, Nusa Tenggara, and Kalimantan.
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In other words, Indonesia is home to 20,000 species of flowering plants, the seventh highest in the world. In fact, 40 percent of them are endemic plants that can only grow in Indonesia.
One of the endemic flowering plants is orchids] from the Orchidaceae family. The term ‘orchid’ was first introduced in 1845 by the leading British botanist, John Landley. Orchid are the most adaptable plants. They could grow in any environment, in the lowlands or highlands, in hot and even cold areas.
In Anggrek Spesies Indonesia (the Indonesian Species Orchid) book published by the Agriculture Ministry’s Directorate of Horticulture Seedling, there are at least 750 families; 43,000 species; and 35,000 hybrid varieties of orchids that have been identified from all over the world. 5,000 species of them grow in Indonesia.
Some of these species are known to be native species of Indonesia that grow in the wilderness and in community. Of that number, they grow across the country, namely 986 species in Java, 971 species in Sumatra, 113 species in Maluku, and the rest in Sulawesi, Papua, Nusa Tenggara, and Kalimantan.
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