Monkey Orchid, a unique plant that resembles the face of a primate
Just like mammals that often hang from trees, their unique flowers confuse many people.
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In this vast hemisphere, there are many unique things, both animals and plants. Discussing biodiversity, have you ever heard of the Monkey Orchid? Maybe plant lovers are not that familiar with these plants. However, for lay people who have just heard and are curious, let's watch it until the end.
Monkey Orchid, often called Monkey Orchid, is an ornamental plant originating from the forests of Southeastern Ecuador and Peru. Discovered in 1978 by a plant biologist named Luer, this orchid is one of 10,000 orchid species that can live in tropical regions.
This flowering plant, like a primate's face, is included in the 118 orchid species of the genus Dracula. It is classified as a Dracula type because the two pointed leaf petals extend downwards like the fangs of a blood-sucking creature. Before being assigned to the Dracula genus, apparently, the Monkey Orchid had joined the Masdevallia class.
Just like mammals that often hang from trees, its unique flowers make many people fooled and don't think that it is a flower in the same family as orchids. Plus, the flower petals make anyone who sees it.
At an altitude of 1,000 to 2,000 meters above sea level, the Monkey Orchid only grows in the mountainous areas of Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru. This plant prefers to live in a damp, cool place and gets a little light. Not only that, Monkey Orchids take 3 to 8 years to bloom their flowers. Exotic flowers in the Orchidaceae family also apparently are not seasonal flowers but plants that can grow at any time.
Such a habitat makes this unique plant difficult for plant lovers to cultivate. Even so, it turns out that there are rare plant lovers who still try to plant them in captivity and are lucky to get satisfactory results.
The beauty of this beautiful plant doesn't end there; the aroma it produces is quite astonishing because the fragrance of the flowers is not an ordinary flower fragrance but is fragrant and fresh, like a ripe orange.
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