Survey on orchid diversity in Bangka Tengah and Belitung Districts, the Province of Bangka Belitung Island

Abstract

Destri, Fudola A, Harto, Kusnadi. 2015. Survey on orchid diversity in Bangka Tengah and Belitung Districts, the Province of Bangka Belitung Island. Pros Sem Nas Masy Biodiv Indon 1: 509-514. Survey on the orchid diversity of Bangka Tengah and Belitung Districts was conducted in Mei 31-June 10 2014. The aim of this survey was to obtain information on the orchid diversity in the disturbed forest. This survey was conducted in Sungai Mancung and Air Bayat forests (Bangka Tengah) and Bukit Peramun forest (Belitung). The result shows that there were 18 species of orchid found in this location, 12 species from Bangka and 8 species from Belitung and two species was found in both locations. Among 18 species, five of them are terrestrial orchids (Apostasia wallichii, Bromheadia finlaysoniana, Claderia viridiflora, Dipodium scandens, and Malaxis latifolia) and the rest are epiphyte such are giant orchid Grammatophyllum speciosum, Cymbidium finlaysonianum, Bulbophyllum medusae, etc.