Orchids de Dangau: Orchid Species

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Orchid as National Flower Part IV : Colombia

Makarimi Abdullah

Lama dah tak sambung cerita ni. Kali ini kita jelajah ke Colombia pula. Mari bersuai kenal dulu dengan negara ini. Negara ini pada mulanya adalah jajahan Sepanyol, dan mendapat kemerdekaan dari kerajaan Sepanyol pada 1819. Seterusnya dengan pelbagai 'experimen' dan lanjutan peristiwa, akhirnya Republik Colombia diisytiharkan pada 1886. Lama dah tu, dah masuk 126 tahun dah.

It is quite a long time I'm not posting this title. Now continued...we explore the Republic of Colombia. So let we know briefly about this country. This country was rule by Spain , then get independent from Spain around 1819. With many 'experiment' and 'historical event' they named Republic of Colombia. It is quite long time ago, almost 126 years.

Negara ini terletak di Amerika Selatan, yang mana mempunyai jiran yang banyak di setiap penjuru negara ini. Negara yang ke 26 terbesar di dunia dan mempunyai populasi yang ke 27 dunia. Jika di baca sejarah negara ini memang menarik sebelum terbentuknya negara Colombia moden ini. Yang mana perlu anda tahu nama Colombia itu di adaptasi dari nama Christoper Colombus...eheemm menarik tu. Colombia juga merupakan negara persekutuan seperti juga USA dan Malaysia iaitu kesatuan di dalam satu pentadbiran pusat, yang mana ia terdapat 33 buah bahagian di dalamnya. Banyak lagi jika nak cerita lanjut. Jika nak baca lebih terperinci boleh lah klik di sini atau di sini.

This country is located at Northern South America, which have many neighboring countries, and the only South American have coastline by North Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. This country is 26th biggest country in the world and no 27th the biggest population in the world. If we pass through their history, it is very interesting to know more about this country, before the modern country existing now.The important thing you should know is how they got the country name...the name was adopted from the name of Christopher Colombus...eheemm. I also just now know lol. This country also like USA and Malaysia, which are united by the district/state, which they have 33 parts. If you want to know more about this country you can click here and here.

Ok...sekarang masuk bab utama...bunga kebangsaan.Orkid Krismas atau varian dari Cattleya triane diangkat sebagi bunga kebangsaan negara ini. Cattleya trianae pada asalnya di ditemui hidup subur di negara ini sekitar tahun 1840-an. Ia banyak tumbuh di sekitar hutan gunung negara ini. Bunga ini di pilih untuk dijadikan bunga kebangsaan oleh Akademi Sejarah Colombia pada 1936. Walaupun begitu ia tidaklah di angkat secara rasmi oleh perundangan negara ini. Walaupun begitu ia diterima ramai mengatakan ia dalah bunga kebangsaan negara ini.

Now we go to the main topic...the national flower. The Christmas orchid or Cattleya triane are adopted as their national flower. This flower, in particular, the variety Cattleya trianae which was originally discovered in 1840's in Colombia. It was chosen as the National Flower, after a recommendation of the Colombian Academy of History in 1936, although it has not been officially adopted by law as such. Having a fetid smell, Colombian orchids often grow along mountain streams are said to be among the most beautiful on earth.

OdD pun ada orkid ini. Banyak varian yang ada dalam koleksi. Antaranya Cattleya trianae 'concolor', semialba dan varian normal (ungu). Cattleya triane varian normal ini sedang 'budding' di OdD. InsyaAllah jika dah kembang nanti bolehlah di muat turun di sini nanti.

I also has this Cattleya in my collection, So far I have three variant concolor, semialba and normal form (purple). The variant normal is now budding and I will upload it here later.

Cattleya triane 'semi alba'

Since there are so many variant for this cattleya and I don't have all, I upload it from the net. I credited to them by linking the pictures to their url.

Cattleya triane - with great overall shape

Cattleya trianae 'mooreana'

Cattleya trianae

Cattleya trianae 'concolor'

A flower falls, , even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it ~ unknown

Labels: Cattleya Species, Colombia, National flower, Orchid Species 2 comments |

Thailand orchid adventure...Ratchaburi edition part III

Makarimi Abdullah

Selepas melawat Chom Orchid sekitar Nakhon Pathom, Ratchaburi, rombongan kami bertolak pula ke Suan Phung, Ratchaburi. Perjalanan dari Nakhon Pathom mengambil masa kira-kira 3 jam lebih, melalui perkampungan dan bukit bukau. Di fahamkan kawasan ini terletak berhampiran wilayah Kanchanaburi, iaitu lebih ke Utara, Thailand. Persekitarannya banyak berbeza dari Malaysia, yang mana ke Utara Thailand ia lebih kepada iklim tropika. Hutannya tidak setebal hutan di Malaysia, sebaliknya terdapat banyak semak samun kecil dan pokok buluh. Sesekali terasa seperti berada di perkampungan 'cowboy' pulak, sebab persekitarannya yang kontang dan berbatu.

After visited Chom Orchid Nursery around Nakhon Pathom, Ratchaburi, we continue our journey more to the north of this territory. This journey took more than 3 hours from Nakhon Pathom. From our understanding this place is end of Ratchaburi territory which is very near to Kanchanaburi territory. The environment and the weather so different from Malaysia, because this place is more tropics. The forest is so different, which just have the small bushes and the bamboo. Sometimes feel likes we stay at cowboy area, the environment is look a like cowboy town!

Sanphueng Orchids Garden....situated between two hills

Small lakes just behind the orchid garden

Berbalik kepada pengembaraan orkid, kami datang ke sini kerana terdapat satu kawasan ladang orkid yang dibuka kepada umum iaitu Suanpheung Orchid Garden. 'Garden' ini terletak antara bukit dan berlembah, malah terdapat tasik kecil di antara kawasan berbukit ini. Ini memberi kelembapan semulajadi kepada orkid-orkid di sini. Malah kami yang berada di nurseri ini pun rasa agak kurang selesa kerana terlalu lembab menyebabkan berpeluh dan melekit. Apa pun kerana orkid punya pasal ini semua di tolak ke tepi.

Ok, back to orchid story, we come here because there are one orchid nursery which is quite famous here, Suanpheung Orchid Garden. This Garden is open to public. But i not ask from what time this orchid garden are open. So excited with orchid, make me forget about that. At least you know, here there are one orchid farm is open to public ;) This garden is situated between two hills and there are small lake between them. So it will give natural humidity to this garden.

The banner inside the garden...I don't understand ;(

The signboard beside the road

Rows of Rhyncostylish gigantea welcoming you at the main entrance

Rows of Ascocenda hybrids welcoming you at the main entrance

Rows of vanda hybrids welcoming you at the main entrance

Taman ini di buka kepada umum, tapi tidak pasti pula waktunya, terlupa pulak nak tanya, sebab dah terlalu 'excited' bila tengok orkid di sini. Kami di sambut dengan haruman dari Rhyncostylish gigantea yang sedang berkembang mekar di sini. Kami di hidangkan dengan pelbagai variasi warna spesis ini serta hybrid vanda, rhyncostylis dan ascocenda.

Di sini masih banyak vanda dan hibrid seangkatan dengan nya, OdD kurang lah sikit nak menanam orkid jenis ini. Jadi OdD dan teman banyak mencari spesis jenis lain untuk di bawa pulang. Banyak juga spesis dan hibrid orkid yang kami 'borong'...bolehlah...harganya pun memang lebih murah jika dibandingkan dengan negara sendiri. Marilah kita tengok apa yang ada....dan berakhirnya hari ke dua di Thailand. Selebihnya bersambung lagi...

At the main entrance we are welcome with the fragrant of Rhyncostylish gigantea with many variant of colors and side by side with vanda and asco allied hybrids. So beautiful and the fragrant so nice. Here still have many vandas hybrid to be choose, but for OdD and friend, this is not our intention. So we explore this garden to find what we want...and at last we found some species and hybrid to buy. Worth it...so cheap :) So we see what do we have here and end of second day of the trip. More of this orchid adventure will be continue...

The main entrance ...side by side with array of orchids for sale

Vandas Pachara Delight...just choose which one you want!

Rows of vandas hybrid pink to be choose

More of vandas hybrid

Ascocenda hybrid

Vanda cerulea 'pink'

Paraphal. laycockii x Asc. Aroonsri Beauty

Vanda lamellata hybrid

Dendrobium lindleyi

Dendrobium primulinum

Rhyncostylish gigantea 'normal variant'

Rhyncostylish gigantea ''spotted variant'

Coelogyne lentiginosa

Gardens are a form of autobiography. ~Sydney Eddison

Labels: Orchid Farm, Orchid Species, Thailand, Vanda and allied hybrid 5 comments |

Rarely seen in the orchid show( Koleksi yang jarang dilihat di pameran orchid)

Makarimi Abdullah

Here are a few rarely seen collections in orchid show especially in Malaysia but you can see in OdD or/and OrchidCraze. Many reasons why many people not growing these orchids in their garden, either it is very difficult to get the plant here, they are less intention to these species or may be due to not so many people know that species can grow and flower in Malaysia. Here I share some of its, maybe can give a guidelines or references to you, so you add to your collection in the garden.

For us we like to do trial and error. Even we do trial and error, we study their habits first...and other reason is we dare to fail! There are many more coming soon...and some of the orchids here we got from WOC 2011.

Ini adalah beberapa koleksi orkid yang jarang dapat di lihat di pameran orkid, terutamanya di Malaysia. Ini mungkin kerana ramai yang tidak tahu mengenai spesis ini, kurang pendedahan atau mungkin juga ramai yang tidak tahu spesis ini boleh di tanam dan berbunga di sini. 'Post' kali ini, OdD ingin berkongsi beberapa spesis yang telah berbunga di OdD dan/atau di OrchidCraze. Mungkin boleh di jadikan panduan bersama untuk menambah koleksi yang sedia ada.

Bagi OdD dan OrchidCraze, kami suka mencuba sesuatu yang baru dan pelik. Apapun alasannya kami berani untuk gagal! Walaupun begitu kena lah 'study' habitat nya juga ;-) Banyak lagi yang akan menyusul selepas ini, dan ada antaranya koleksi ini kami dapat dari WOC 2011.