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Lady Susan's orchid (Pecteilis susannae)

Lady Susan's orchid ( Pecteilis susannae ) is a plant species in the Orchidaceae, a large to giant terrestrial orchid, growing upright, white flowers and large in karst to limestone landscapes and flowering December-January. P. susannae has an erect, thick, leafy stem with a basal sheath and is oval in shape with a pointed tip and has no stalk. Large flowers, stalks and ovaries 4-6 cm, shallow wings and hairless. Dorsal sepals erect, ovate to globose, 2.5-3 x 2-2.8 cm, blunt end rounded. Lateral sepals spread, broadly ovoid, slightly oblique, 2.5-4 x 1.2-2.2 cm, usually slightly longer than the dorsal sepals and blunt apex. Calyx linear lance-shaped, 7-12 x 2.5 mm, lip irregularly ovate and 2.5-4.0 x 2.5-4.4 cm. Lateral lobes broad, subflabellate, 1.6-2.2 x 1.8-2.4 cm, entire lateral margin, apical margins frayed torn, Mid-lobe linear-oblong, 18-30 x 4-6 mm, moderately fleshy and intact. Straight to gradually curved forward, 6-13 cm x 3-5 mm and pointed end. TAXON Kingdom: Pl...

Giri pea (Chamaecrista pratensis)

Giri pea ( Chamaecrista pratensis ) is a species of plant in the Fabaceae, perennial, shrub, erect, up to 50 cm tall, branched, cylindrical stems, brown or green, hairy or hairless, grows in forests, agricultural fields, roadsides and wastelands of elevation of about 1000 meters. C. pratensis has leaves with short petioles, seated alternately, dark green and hairy. The strands have units, paired on straight bones and are cylindrical in shape. Leaf units are elongated, base and tip rounded or sharp. The flowers are disc-shaped, tend to close and have a bright yellow color. Pod-shaped fruit, elongated, straight or slightly curved, flat and hairy. The seeds are arranged along the length of the pod. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Subphylum: Angiospermae Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae Tribe: Cassieae Subtribe: Cassiinae Genus: Chamaecrista Species: Chamaecrista pratensis

Walking maidenhair fern (Adiantum philippense)

Walking maidenhair fern ( Adiantum philippense ) is a species in the Pteridaceae, suplir with tendrils tend to be unbranched, arising from a spreading rhizome, dangling or slightly erect, stalks are black and smooth. The leaves are bright green, slightly round in shape when they are small, but become half-moon-shaped when they are large. Flat surface. Sori at the edges and protected by leaf edge folds. Walking maidenhair fern grows to form colonies, easy to grow in lowlands to highlands, damp places, banks of ditches or rivers, cliffs, rock fractures or walls. Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophyta Class: Polypodiopsida Subclass: Polypodiidae Order: Polypodiales Suborder: Pteridineae Family: Pteridaceae Subfamily: Vittarioideae Genus: Adiantum Species: Adiantum philippense Subspecies: Adiantum philippense ssp. intermedium, Adiantum philippense ssp. philippense, Adiantum philippense ssp. teestae

Java plum (Syzygium cumini)

Java plum ( Syzygium cumini ) is a species in Myrtaceae, a small or medium sized tree, sturdy, leaves grow all year round, woody stem, 10-30 meters in diameter, white, crooked, up to 20 meters high, reverberant up to 90 cm, low branched and titled round or irregular. S. cumini has thick leaves, seated opposite and stalks 1-3.5 cm long. Strands oval to oval, 5-25 cm long, 2-10 cm wide. Wide base to round, blunt to tapered end and flat edge. Dark green color, shiny on the upper side, slightly smells of turpentine when crushed and young leaves are bright red. Inflorescences in panicles, appear on the branches, tenuous, have 1-3 branches. Small flowers, sitting tightly, 3-8 buds at each end of the stalk and fragrant. Calyx broad bell-shaped, 4-6 mm high, yellow to purplish. Crown is round and loose, 3 mm, white-gray to bright red and falls easily. Stamens 4-7 mm and pistils 6-7 mm. The fruit is oval to ovoid in shape, often bent and 1-5 cm long. The skin is thin, smooth, shiny, dark ...