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Jewel orchid

Macodes javanica

Description:

White veins.

Habitat:

Tropical rain forests. Moist ground and high elevation. This plants found near river, wet ground.

Notes:

Identified using C.G.G.J. van Steenis 1972 Flora Pegunungan Jawa (translated by Kartawinata, J.A.) Indonesian edition from The Mountain Flora of Java. LIPI Press.

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6 Comments

achmmad
achmmad a year ago

Thanks all!

Seema
Seema a year ago

The veins look like human circulatory system

achmmad
achmmad a year ago

Good luck! I'll also try to find it, this is interesting.

craigwilliams
craigwilliams a year ago

Thanks Wendy, I'll try and look it up.

achmmad
achmmad a year ago

Thank you very much! As far as I remember, the substrates are not always the same, including forest ground which contain humus from tropical rain forest. I'm not sure what type of rock where this plant abundant, personally I called it "padas" in my own language (IDN). I'm sorry I can't translate it into English.

craigwilliams
craigwilliams a year ago

I used to grow this one, it's sooooo beautiful! When you get close, those false veins are really metallic, like threads of gold. It's a treat to see it growing wild. Do you know what the bedrock of the mountain is? I guess from the flash that they were in fairly deep shade. The Anoectochilus I saw in Thailand have similar leaves and all grew in fairly gloomy places.
Loving your spottings Wendy!

Bogor, Jawa Barat, Indonesia

Lat: -6.60, Long: 106.60

Spotted on Jan 21, 2012
Submitted on Jan 25, 2012

Spotted for mission

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