Hard To Find, These Are 5 Rare Plant Species In Indonesia

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JAKARTA - Indonesia has rare plant species with all kinds of uniqueness. Some rare plant species are protected, but some can be planted freely, although it is rather difficult to cultivate these rare plants.

Curious about what rare plants are in Indonesia? Here, VOI will discuss five types of rare plants in the archipelago that will amaze you and want to own them!

Sandalwood

Sandalwood is very famous for making handicrafts. This wood has a characteristic pleasant aroma so it is often used as perfume or fragrance. The characteristics of this plant, among others, are round tree trunks and have brown skin. Meanwhile, the leaves are elliptical with a pointed tip. Sandalwood can bloom and produce flowers with four to five petals.

Rafflesia Arnoldi

Raflesia Arnoldi may no longer be a new thing for you. The plant, which is known as the giant Padma flower, is in an endangered status so that it is protected. You can see Rafflesia arnoldi in several botanical gardens, such as the Bogor Botanical Gardens.

This rare plant is very famous for its large size. The flowers themselves can be more than one meter in diameter and weigh more than 10 kilograms. The main characteristic of this rare plant is that its flowers are red with white spots and emit a pungent stench.

Corpse flower

Amorphophallus titanum is often referred to as a close friend of Rafflesia arnoldi because they both emit a pungent stench. However, actually this rare plant has a much different shape from the giant Padma. The corpse flower has a flower shape that soars upward. Its height can even reach four meters. The corpse flower itself comes from the Sumatra region, but is now widely developed in various national forest parks.

Nepenthes

In the past, the existence of pitcher plants was not as difficult as it is now. Currently the pitcher plant only lives in rare forests. The semar bag is unique in terms of its activity in eating insects through the end of the flower bag. This rare plant has many types. In Indonesia alone, there are already 103 types of classified semar bags.

black Orchid

Black orchid is categorized as one of the rare plants. Actually, you can grow this one plant at home, but be prepared to spend money to buy seeds.

As the name suggests, this rare plant has a black flower color in the petal area. The plant which has the scientific name Coelogyne Pandurata is spread in the East Kalimantan area. In addition to the black flower petals, another characteristic of this rare plant is its sharp flower crown and elongated green leaf shape.