Phalaenopsis amabilis (Anggrek Bulan)

Amazing Plant | Phalaenopsis amabilis (Anggrek Bulan) | It was first discovered on a small island off the east coast of New Guinea by local botanists Georgius Rumphius Everhardus in 1653, but he called it Angraecum majus ablum. It remained undiscovered until 1825, when Karl Ludwig Blume discovered that the same species, and gave him the name by which it is currently known. This species is usually found in the eastern and southeastern regions of Asia. Plants of this genus are usually in the areas of East Asia, including China and Indonesia.Plants this genus have a common structure that makes it easy for beginners to identify botanist widespread.

Phalaenopsis amabilis, like most other species of this genus, has a short stem. This is probably an adaptation to the light requirements needed to win to be growing, according to Christenson. The roots of P. amabilis is usually unbranched. The only time it would be bifurcated if the roots are damaged or if the person getting the old age. The leaves of P. amabilis vary from oblong to elliptic and obtuse at the base, minutely, inch at the top or top and measures 50 10 cm.The moon orchid flower is conspicuous, membranous, white, the lip (unpared the petals of an orchid), which is three-lobed, and the callus is a variety of yellow and red depending on the individual plant.

It can bloom for a long time and can take up to 10 cm in diameter and more.Phalaenopsis amabilis sexual reproduction through pollination. This plant grows its flowers to attract pollinators. It is pollinated by large carpenter bees in general, from the genus Xylcopa. For this particular species in the genus Phalaenopsis pollination frequency and success rate is high (50%).P. amabilis and the other species in the same species grow naturally in three different habitats. The first is in seasonally dry areas, then seasonally cool moist areas and finally permanent or damp areas (Christenson), the evolution of adaptations for each habitat. For the seasonally dry habitats, species Phalaenopsis have an extreme adaptation to the rules adopted by their foliage habits, losing its leaves.

They do this because in dry habitats, leaves are a serious liability when the water is not easily accessible. This adjustment is typically found in species outside the Himalayan region. For habitats that are seasonally cold regions, found the way there are all deciduous or semi-deciduous in nature, these plants have placed an enormous dormant rest period. In this rest phase, the plants protection from the cold because of the high carbon-nitrogen ratio and low water content in the leaf tissue. The constantly moist and wet habitats are the most common places that someone can find a lot of Phalaenopsis sp. In this habitat, the species grow in the canopy of evergreen forests. Because they grow in the canopy, the species' adaptation is growing leathery leaves, to prevent drying out and so the plants can tolerate higher light levels than other species.According to Dressler, the plants of this family are assumed to be closely related to plants that were in the Liliaceae or Amaryllidaceae the families have been classified. This is the largest flower in the genus. When she was discovered, the name has now been subject to misuse, because you are constantly mistaken for P. Aphrodite so before it was called P. grandiflora.

Scientific classification

Kingdom:     Plantae

(unranked):     Angiosperms

(unranked):     Monocots

Order:     Asparagales

Family:     Orchidaceae

Subfamily:     Epidendroideae

Genus:     Phalaenopsis

Subgenus:     Phalaenopsis

Species:     P. amabilis