WILD ORCHIDS GROWING IN HAKHA EDUCATION COLLEGE CAMPUS AND THREATS TO THEIR EXISTANCE IN FUTURE
Abstract
- The campus of Hakha Education College has been explored to make inventory, identify and document the wild orchid species during flowering seasons from February to June 2020. The threats to their existence in future have been identified. A total of 27 species and one variety of wild orchids under 13 genera have been identified. Among the genera found in the campus genus Dendrobium is largest and comprising 12 species with showy and colorful flowers. The remaining species consist of only one species expect genus Coelogyne and Vanda. There are 3 species under genus Coelogyne and 2 species under genus Vanda. One variety is under Thunia alba. All orchid species growing in the campus are facing the habitat loss due to increasing development activities. The showy and colorful flowers of Dendrobium species make the discriminating collection of construction workers and people living in the campus and hence those species are more highly facing the habitat loss than other orchid species. To save the naturally growing orchid species in the study area, adequate attention is necessary to conduct in situ and ex situ conservation for their sustainable existence and development in the future.
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Year
- 2021
Author
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Cho Cho Myint
Subject
- Botany
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)