Good News, Rafflesia Gadutensis Blooms In The Gambir Sako Tapan River, West Sumatra

Rafflesia gadutensis blooms on the Gambir Sako Tapan River. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Rafflesia gadutensis flower blooms in the Kerinci Seblat National Park (TNKS) area, precisely in Nagari Sungai Gambir Sako Tapan, District of Ranah Ampek Hulu Tapan, Pesisir Selatan Regency, West Sumatra. the community to jointly maintain the preservation of flowers including their habitats," said TNKS Central Forestry Police, Rika Putra Abbas in Painan, quoted by Antara, Monday, August 23. "One of the most effective ways is to limit visitors who will come to the location, and do not clean the location excessively," he said. He mentioned that previously, this year the same type of Rafflesia also bloomed at the location twice. "In addition, we also estimate that in the near future four knobs or similar flower heads will bloom again," he said.

He said the Rafflesia sp flower is a protected plant species, in accordance with Law Number 5/1990 concerning Conservation of Natural Resources and Ecosystems, so that its existence is continuously monitored, and maintained so that it remains sustainable. , explained that the Rafflesia flower is one of the rare parasitic plants that live in tropical rain forests. This species is found scattered in Southeast Asia, especially the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java, and the Philippine archipelago. It is estimated that there are 27 types of rafflesia worldwide , and seventeen species of Rafflesia were found in Indonesia with six of them in Sumatra," he said.