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Macodes javanica
White veins.
Tropical rain forests. Moist ground and high elevation. This plants found near river, wet ground.
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.
Spotted on Jan 21, 2012
Submitted on Jan 25, 2012
7 Comments
Yes, so beautiful!!
Thanks all!
The veins look like human circulatory system
Good luck! I'll also try to find it, this is interesting.
Thanks Wendy, I'll try and look it up.
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.
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!