Unique of Flowers Arnoldi Raflesia

Illustration floral raflesia Arnoldi

Unique of Flowers Arnoldi Raflesia. Flowers Raflesia arnoldi a rare flower that is very unique. This flower has a super large petals and remove the unpleasant smell. Raflesia arnoldi called patma giant flowers, and by the Indonesian government designated as a species typical of Indonesia in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 4 of 1993 on Wildlife and the National Interest. This flower is also a symbol of Bengkulu regional specialties. Together with Melati called flower of the nation, moon orchid flower called charm, flower Raflesia arnoldi designated as a rare flower.

Flowers Raflesia - History Major Raflesia Arnoldi

Naming arnoldi Raflesia interest based on the history of its discovery. In 1818, this rate was found in the tropical forests of Sumatra by Dr.. Joseph Arnold a scientist on an expedition under the leadership of Thomas Stanford Raffles. Name the inventor of interest Dr. Joseph Arnold and expedition leader Thomas Stanford Raffles, combined into Raflesia arnoldi and was used as the name of the scientific name of the giant patma interest until now.

Flowers Raflesia - Distinctive Raflesia Arnoldi

Raflesia arnoldi an obligate parasitic plants. That is, he can actually grow because suck nutrients from the host tree. In the absence of the host tree, Raflesia arnoldi could not grow and develop. Host of this plant is a plant or plant liana vine pattern of development, particularly of the genus Tetrastigma. Sort raflesia roots deep into the trunk liana and take nutrients from there.

Flowers Raflesia arnoldi not have leaves, roots, and stems. This flower has only a kind of AKR to suck nutrients and crown flowers that look great and growing. This plant has five petals sheet. If the bloom, flower weight about 11 pounds, while the diameter of the giant flower patma could reach between seventy centimeters up to one meter. High interest rates can reach up to half a meter. Flowers Raflesia arnoldi including single sex flowers or monoecious two. The flowers have only one gender, stigma or stamens. Never found them in a single flower. The existence of this single gender make a giant flower patma hard to find, because the growth opportunity is very small. It is very difficult to see two different flowers growing alongside kemalin. Pistils or stamens patma flowers at the base of a giant flower shaped like a barrel-shaped.

Growth rate Raflesia arnoldi take approximately nine months. However, to enjoy the beauty of blossoming flowers, can only be seen between five to seven days. When the flowers bloom period has been completed, it will raflesia wilt, dry and then die.

Interest Distribution Raflesia Raflesia-Arnoldi

Because of this interest are endemic, only certain areas that might be overgrown plants. Distribution of most plants are in Bengkulu and surrounding areas. Especially the tropical rainforests. There are a number of reports that the giant patma grow in several places, including the National Park or TNKS Kerinci Seblat, South Bukit Barisan National Park or BBSNP, Padang District Jar Kaur and Elephant Training Center (PLG) Seblat in North Bengkulu district.

This has become endemic factor is one reason interest Raflesia arnoldi difficult to find in the area in addition to Bengkulu. Moreover, the species of flowers that seemed to hide more than three months in the body of its host, making it more difficult to be identified. On the other hand, a number of attempts to breed this species outside of their natural habitat or ex situ still immature. The only successful trials were patma Raflesia bloom in Bogor Botanical Garden in 2010. Although it is very difficult to be found and developed, a variety of international conservation organizations such as the IUCN does not incorporate this interest into a plant threatened with extinction. Though the limited forest land, illegal logging and forest destruction, making this species is really on the verge of extinction.

Flowers Raflesia - Differences Raflesia with carrion flowers

Many people who incorrectly guessed that Raflesia arnoldi same corpse flower, because of a large crown shape and remove odor. Though the two are quite different. Here is the difference between the two so that we can know where the corpse flower and where Raflesia arnoldi:

1. Raflesia arnoldi patma giant has another name, while the corpse flower has the name of the giant Titan Arum suweg by the Latin name Amorphpophallus titanium.
2. Raflesia arnoldi have flowers with a wide shape, not rising to the red crown. Corpse flower cream with purplish red crown. Crown shape rises like a trumpet, so that no one called it a giant trumpet flowers. Height can reach 4 meters, while the height of the giant flower patma only about half a meter.
3. Corpse flower can be cultivated, unlike Raflesia very difficult to breed. Corpse flower into taro-talasan tribe or Family Araceae. Unlike Raflesia flowers, the family goes into Rafflesiaceae.
4. Raflesia a single flower to the crown of the world's largest, is the corpse flower is a plant with compound interest in the world.
5. Raflesia is a parasitic plant on the vine, while the corpse flower is not a parasitic plant, because growing on its own roots.
6. Corpse flower is monoecious plants, whereas two Raflesia married. Corpse flower has two genitals in a tree. Originally female flowers appear first and then followed by male flowers. When they are ripe, the stench was issued to attract insects to pollinate. While Raflesia have only one sex in one flower. Therefore Raflesia very difficult to grow in large numbers.
7. At the corpse flower, flowers can only grow if the tuber has a weight of four pounds. In the bulb there is a reserve of food for plants. If only the food reserves in the roots less than four pounds, the corpse flower will wilt and replaced with new trees.
8. Raflesia have 2 fasedalamsiklus life, namely generative and vegetative phase. Fasevegetatif marked by the emergence of a single stem and leaves are more like a papaya tree. High trees in the vegetative phase is about 6 feet. A few years later, the generative organs in this tree will wither and be replaced by the growth of the corpse flower.
9. When in bloom when fertilization occurs, the small fruit is red will be formed. Seed is what can make flowers carcass developed.
10. To classification Raflesia arnoldi is as follows: This plant is included in the kingdom: Plantae: by Division: Magnoliophyta: for class included in: Magnoliopsida, while his order is: Malpighiales; marga or family of this plant: Rafflesiaceae, and had Genus: Rafflesia; for binomial name is Raflesia arnoldi.

While classification for the corpse flower, including the Kingdom: Plantae; own Division: Magnoliophyta; plant is air-class: Liliopsida, and included in the order: Alismatales; margaatau family of this plant is: Araceae, and species or genus are: Amorphophallus: for species or is the binomial name: Amorphophallus titanium. Besides Raflesia arnoldi, there are a number of other endemic species of interest Raflesia which also includes endemic and threatened species. Among them are endemic Raflesiaborneensis Kalimantan, Raflesia patma encountered in the area of Nusa Kambangan and Pangandaran, Raflesiacilliata endemic in East Kalimantan.

In addition, there are endemic species of special Raflesiarochussenii West Java, Raflesiahorsfilldiispesies endemic in Java, and Raflesiacontleyi found in eastern Sumatra. Overall species requires special attention and treatment from the government as well as the role of all of us, so that makes the endemic species of flowers Raflesia as sustainable crops and flora typical of Indonesia.