Field notes: terrestrial orchids in the Lappadata Forest, Bone, South Sulawesi

Abstract

Abstract Plant exploration activities were carried out in the Lappadata Forest Area, Matirro Bulu Village, Libureng District, Bone Regency, South Sulawesi in July 2017. It was succeeded in recording as many as seven species of terrestrial orchids, namely: Eulophia nuda Lindl., Dienia ophrydis (J.Koenig) Seidenf., Crepidium koordersii (J.J.Sm.) Szlach., Nervilia aragoana Comm. ex Gaudich., Nervilia plicata (Andrews) Schltr., Nervilia puntata (Blume) Makino, and Habenaria beccarii Schltr. They grew in shady and damp places on thick or humid soil. This paper will discuss the field notes of those terrestrial orchids found in Lappadata Forest Area.