KARAKTERISTIK POHON INANG ANGGREK DI KAWASAN TAMAN NASIONAL LORE LINDU (STUDI KASUS DESA MATAUE, KECAMATAN KULAWI, KABUPATEN SIGI)
ABSTRACT: Orchidacea is a
family of fower plant having varous amount of species. It was estimated to have about 15,000 –
20,000 species. Orchids can grow not
only in the tropics and sub tropics but also grow in various range of
altitudes. Besides that, orchids are also known to grow as epiphyt as well as
on the soil, rocks and marsh and all are called terrestrial orchid. The largest distribution of orchids is found
in the tropical rain forest. The
objectives of this research was to study the characteristics of host trees for
orchids naturally grown at Mataue Village, Lore Lindu National Park. The method used was line transect (four
lines) each with 200 m in length. Each
line consisted of five plots with the size of 20 m x 20 m and the distance
between plots was 20 m. The total number
of observaion plots were 20. The result
of the research revealed that the host trees includes Arenga pinnata, Macaranga
sp, Syzigium sp, Colophyllum sp, Canarium sp, Cyathea sp, Ficus sp, Glochidion
lucidum sp, Lithocarpus sp, Engelhardtia serrata Blume dan Durio zibethinus
Merr. The aforementioned host trees have general characteristics inciluding big
stem, cracked and hard bark, some of them have peeled off and coarse bark. Specific to Macaranga sp and Glochidium lucidum,
orchids grow om the lower part of the tree and have sufficient amout of solar
radiation.
Keywords: host tree, orchids, Lore Lindu National Park
Penulis: Ika Murtiningsih, Sri
Ningsih, Muslimin
Kode Jurnal: jpkehutanandd160188
