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                                      PARADISIACAL - FLOWERS SERIES The moth orchid was one of the first orchids to be described from the Far East and its hybrids are now popular as houseplants. Orchids (Orchidaceae) are the largest family of flowering plants, and there are over 50 species of Phalaenopsis alone.Phalaenopsis amabilis usually grows on trees, rarely on rocks, in rainforest where the humidity is high but there is free air movement. Subspecies amabilis has the widest distribution and occurs from Palawan in the southern Philippines to Borneo, Sumatra and Java. It was originally described (as Angraecum albus majus ) from the island of Amboina in Indonesia by the German-Dutch botanist Georg Eberhard Rumphius in 1750. It's ecology is mainly an epiphytic on tree trunks, branches and rocks in lowland tropical rain forest.

In Tamil Sangam Landscape , Land Kurunji reffer to ranges of mountain and it's rich atmosphere. The People of this region with prime occupation of Hunting, Honey Harvesting and Millet cultivation. Kurinji flowers only once in its life. While in bloom, it turns vast stretches of the hillsides blue, offering one of the wonderful spectacles of nature. Most of them bear similar flowers although they differ in size. The medicinal value of the kurinji has been recognised in Ayurveda. The periodicity of flowering also varies widely. What we see in the Nilgiris is Strobilanthos nilagirianthes while the one that is found around Munnar in the Palni hills is Phlebophyllum kunthianum, which blooms profusely once every 12 years. The flower loses ground But today, the plant faces the dreadful prospect of getting wiped off the face of the mountains. As forests are cleared for tea plantations, roads are laid and exotic plants Iike wattle and eucalyptus are planted, kurinji surrenders :A traditional ground. So far, it has been spared only because it has been left to grow on mountains that are too steror unsuitable for tea plantations. In recent years, there has campaign to save the kurinji habitat. The Save Kurinji Campaign Council of Thiruvananthapuram, the High Range Wildlife Association of Munnar, the PalniHills Conservation Council of Kodaikanal and the State Bank of Travancore Green Circle have been trying to move public opinion in favour of this plant, They conduct padayatras from Kodaikanal to Munnar, the surviving kurinji habitat.

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