Tuberose / Sundal Malam

Latin name: Polianthes tuberosa.

This flower is made popular in Malaysia by Suhaimi Baba's Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam a story about a vampire whose favourite flower is the tuberose. I have two pots at home. Its especially fragrant in the night hence the name Sundal Malam. Its leaves look like lemon grass- a bit waxy though not as sharp. I would love to plant them in the ground but afraid someone would mow them... yelah looking a bit like lalang. You plant them from bulb.

In Indonesia it is called "bunga sedap malam", meaning fragrant night flower. In Persian, it is called "Maryam" .

MMmm incidently the movie the vampire's name is Maryam. The tuberose is also used traditionally in Hawaii to create Leis and was considered a funeral flower in Victorian times. Its scent is described as a complex, exotic, sweet, floral. The scent of the flower is a fusion of white petals and warm skin, an arresting sensual and heady fragrance.

Its white flowers contain anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic properties.The legend of the tuberose in France warns that young girls should not breathe in its fragrance after dark for fear that it would put them in a romantic mood.

Its East Indian name is "Rajnigandha", though it is sometimes mistakenly referred to as "Raat ki Rani" ("Queen of the Night"), which is reallyCestrum nocturnum. In Ayurvedic medicine, attars are held in high esteem not only for their exquisite fragrance, but their healing properties. Tuberose is known to improve one’s capacity for emotional depth, opening the crown chakra, improves psychic powers. Tuberose also amplifies artistic inspiration as it stimulates the creative right side of the brain. And it brings serenity to the mind and heart.

Like most night blooming flowers, tuberose is pollinated by nocturnal moths, which explains the white shade of the flowers. Like jasmine, tuberose continues to produce its scent even after the flower is picked, thus, lending itself as a perfect candidate to the traditional painstaking enfleurage method.

Steam distillation with its high temperature is not a feasible way to extract the absolute. While enfleurage is a traditional method traced back to Ancient Egypt, solvent extraction using hexane is far more common. Either method is time consuming, requiring 3600 pounds of blossoms to produce 1 pound of the absolute, which is why tuberose oil is among the most expensive , more expensive than rose, in perfumery, more than $2,000 per pound.


Perfumes dominated by tuberose: Robert Piquet Fracas, Chanel Gardénia, Guerlain Jardins de Bagatelle, Guerlain Mahora, Chloé, Christian Dior Poison, Givenchy Amarige, White Shoulders, Maître Parfumeur et Gantier Jardin Blanc, L’Artisan Parfumeur La Chasse Aux Papillons, Parfums de Nicolaï Number One, Les Parfums de Rosine Mea Culpa, Creed Tubereuse Indiana, Annick Goutal Gardenia Passion, Estee Lauder's Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia.

Additional fragrances containing tuberose: Guerlain L’Heure Bleue, Jean Patou Joy, Balmain Jolie Madame, Hermès Amazone, Lancôme Magie Noire, Caron Nocturnes, Givenchy Organza, Rochas Poupee, Lanvin Arpège.

Iron Wood (Ulin Wood)

Iron Wood (Ulin Wood) is one of the typical types of wood from one of the islands in Indonesia, namely the island of Borneo. Wood that has commercial value quite well in this market (see list of commercial timber species) have characteristics brown yellow or brown there is also a gray-black on the wooden surface of the terrace. While the sapwood yellow brown.Between the porch and the pig looks clear boundaries. (Read terms and patio timber sapwood).ironwoodimages of http://iklanabc.comActually, other than in Borneo, Ironwood can also be found on other islands in Indonesia, namely on the island of Sumatra (South Sumatra).Only, perhaps the popularity of the island of Sumatra as a producer of iron wood still lost by Kalimantan. Because, in Borneo is much easier to find this timber than in Sumatra or in other words it place an iron timber. That's why people who know a lot more if it is wood, iron wood typical of Kalimantan.
Wood is also known as ironwood has very good resistance level. According dephut.go.id alerts, wood is classified as the type of wood that has a durability class 1 and class 1 level of strength as well. That means the wood is really durable and strong.ironwoodimages of http://st281460.sitekno.com/Wood is quite special, iron wood is very resistant to changes in temperature, humidity and seawater influence. Therefore, people often use them in the manufacture of various kinds of heavy construction that requires quality raw materials with the level of durability and excellent strength as in the manufacture of building under water, docks, bridges, utility poles, railway sleepers and various other heavy construction.
However, in the furniture industry, including ironwood tree species are not recommended if used to make furniture. For although this could ironwood sawed and cut, but the level of violence is very hard wood, will be very difficult if further processing later. Especially if it is used to make furniture combined with ornamental carvings, it would be more difficult and the final results obtained will not be maximized. In addition, the use of wood to make furnitre iron can also cause production costs to be more expensive than usual, because the machine or woodworking tools easily worn and dull or even break even so it takes more to the cost of care.

Air Mata Pengantin Flowers

Flowers antigonon ( Antigonon ) became one of the plants flower vines (lianas) were wonderful. Plant antigonon became one outdoor ornamental plants stubborn, easy to grow and maintain. Although not native to Indonesia, flowers antigonon ( Antigonon ) easily found in Indonesia.

Antigonon is the name of the family Polygonaceae genus of three species. The Latin name of the interest of the individual is Antigonon flavescens , A. guatemalense, and A. leptopus . In English, this plant is known by several designations including the Coral vine, Coralina, and Bellisima grande. In Indonesia called antigonon flowers or flower bride.

Flowering plants not native Indonesia. Antigonon comes from Mexico and has been introduced to various parts of the Americas, Southeast Asia, and India. Log into Indonesia brought by the Dutch government and used as an ornamental plant in the garden and yard.Now, interest antigonon been widely bred in Indonesia.The most common type found in Indonesia is Antigonon leptopus .

Feature Description and characteristics Flower Bride's Tears

Antigonon flowers are vines (lianas). Antigonon ribbed rod with a length of about 3-6 cm each rib. The rod has a soft fur and bulging rib segments. In the trunk there is also a pembelit tool that serves to 'twisted' trees that support the establishment of plant propagation.

The leaves are heart-shaped, green and wavy leaf surface (not flat). Antigonon leaf length between 5-10 cm. Compound interest are arranged in panicles and grow from the armpit leaves. Antigonon corolla consists of 5 pieces of pink or white, which each have a length of about 7 mm. Forms three outer petals ovate or resembling a heart, being the form of two crowns deeper more pointed. After all bloom crown, the crown will grow and envelop the fruit. The fruit is like a membrane with a greenish tint.

As a creeping liana plants, flowers antigonon often found climbing on other trees. Meanwhile, if developed as an ornamental plant in the garden or in the garden, these flowers can be propagated on a fence or other propagation medium. The flowering plant is never a favorite plant for dirambatkan the pergola that also functions as a shade.

In addition, as an ornamental plant, flower turns antigonon or Antigonon also have benefits as a medicinal plant herbs. These herbs have properties as antidiabetic and antithrombin. It also has the ability as a hepatoprotective that can protect the liver damage.How utilization is to extract the roots and rhizomes antigonon.


Scientific classification Tears Bride . Kingdom: Plantae. Phylum: Tracheophyta. Class: Magnoliopsida.Order: polygonales . Family: Polygonaceae . Genus:Antigonon . Species: Antigonon flavescens ,  Antigononguatemalense , and  Antigonon leptopus .

Edelweiss Java

Edelweiss (sometimes written eidelweis) or Edelweiss Java (Javanese edelweiss), also known as the Bunga Abadi Anaphalis javanica has a Latin name, is a plant endemic zones alpina / montana in various high mountains of Indonesia. This plant can reach a maximum height of 8 m with a trunk reaching for the human foot, although generally not exceed 1 m. Plants that flower often seen as a symbol of love, sincerity, sacrifice, and eternity is now categorized as rare plants. Edelweiss is also a pioneer plant for young volcanic soils in mountain forests and able to maintain its existence in a barren land, being able to form mycorrhizae with certain soil fungi that effectively expand the area covered by the roots and increase efficiency in the search for nutrients.

At the summit of Mount Gede, Edelweiss flower (Leontopodium alpinum) can be found. This flower is white-greenish-gray. They grow to form a small hedge in permukanan ground. When picked and stored in a dry place and room temperature, this rate will not change color as if he were still alive and everlasting. This is the specialty so that he often became a symbol of love for a teenage boy to his girlfriend.

The leaves are long, thin and hairy, and the center of the orange flowers and flower heads that resemble daisies. Edelweiss flower could reach more than 100 years old, that's called eternal flowers.These types of pioneer plants strong and started inhabiting the barren slopes by fire. Edelweiss suitable to grow in the heat conditions in open areas in the crater and the summit, can not compete to grow in dark and humid forest.

The flowers are very favored by the insect, more than 300 kinds of insects such as fleas, tirip, butterflies, flies, wasps and bees seen visiting. If the plant is allowed to grow branch branches sturdy enough, edelweiss can become nesting places for birds Tiung Myophonus glaucinus sly stone.
Edelweiss parts often are picked and brought down from the mountains for reasons of aesthetic and spiritual, or just a memento by the climbers. Within certain limits and along the only pieces - small pieces that are picked, this pressure can be faced.Unfortunately greed and false hopes have been sacrificed many populations, especially populations located in the paths.

The research has been done rshows that edelweiss can bepropagated easily by cutting the branches. Therefore, the pieces may be sold to visitors to reduce pressure on wild populations.


This flower is white average gray-green and yellowish white. Many say that there edelweiss purple, blue, and red. The truth is still a mystery. This flower grows to form a small hedge in permukanan ground. When picked and stored in a dry place and room temperature, this rate will not change color as if he were still alive and everlasting. This is the specialty so that he often became a symbol of love for a teenage boy terdadap lover. It is also likely to provoke the climbers to pick and bring him home. This flower will not wilt if it is picked, but this interest will only be dry.


Edelweiss flower (Leontopodium alpinum) are often mentioned as a perennial flower growing in the open and humid contained in a particular mountain peak or slope, such as Mount Gede, Malabar, Papandayan, Cikurai, Guntur, etc.. In botany, flowers are formed naturally from the heap humus and requires at least five years to grow and bloom.

Lavender

                    Lavender or lavender or Lavandula are a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Lamiaceae which has 25-30 species. This plant origin is from the southern region of the Mediterranean to the African tropics and eastward to India . This genus of plants, including perennials, plants of the types of grasses , short shrubs, and bushes small. This plant also spreads in the Canary Islands , Africa North and East, Europe south (mainly French south), Arabia , and India . Because it has grown and developed in parks around the world, this plant is often found growing wild in areas outside their home areas.

LAVENDER? Wow, very fragrant purple flowers. His Latin name Lavandula afficinalis syn.L. angustifolia (Lamiaceae) form the tree-like grass. Then there is a mention of the Purple, Grass Giants. But there is also a call the weeds. These plants come from Europe, precisely in the area of ​​France. He was used as a perfume. Supplies religious ceremony (ritual) and medicinal plant since ancient Roman times.

Romans called Lavender as lavare which means 'washing' or 'refreshing'. Because they feel that they Lavender flower scent refreshes the brain and purify the soul.These scents derived from oils (extracts) Lavender flowers. Which, for the oil to be used as a perfume, ointments, potions to shower and drugs. Because Lavender many benefits, so he dubbed The Purple Magic and have high sales value.


 BENEFITS and Efficacy FLOWERS LAVENDER

Latin name Lavandula Lavender flowers afficinalis syn.L. angustifolia (Lamiaceae), are small and purple, lavender flowers that sighting. These plants come from Europe, precisely in the area of ​​France. It is used as a perfume. Supplies religious ceremony (ritual) and medicinal plant since ancient Roman times. Lavender flowers designation for the roma is lavare which means refreshing.

It grows well at an altitude of 600 -1350 m above sea level where the higher it grows, the better the quality of the oil it produces. Propagation is usually by using a lavender plant seeds. The seeds are old and healthy in-germinating. When you've grown, transferred to a polybag. When the height reaches 15-20 cm, can be transplanted into pots or planted in the yard. This interesting purple color can be rubbed into the skin, in addition to the scent, you will avoid mosquito bites.

While the main composition in lavender oil are linalool acetate that is able to loosen up and relaxes the working system nerve fibers and the muscles are tense. Because of these properties of lavender are often used as mosquito lotions, aromatherapy, perfumes, ointments, potions to shower and drugs.

For planting lavender flowers as very easy and cheap, live scattered the seeds of old, there is growing her. The price is also affordable, you know, it costs about 5-7 thousand rupiah per plastic bag size 3 x 5 cm, approximately 30-50 contents lavender seeds ready for planting and easily available too, of course, just buy the same aja brother florist who is usually perched on the edge Street.

Flora Indonesia

The flora in Indonesia consists of many unique varieties of tropical plants. Blessed with a tropical climate and around 18,000 islands, Indonesia is a nation with the second largest biodiversity in the world. The flora of Indonesia reflects an intermingling of Asian, Australian and the native species. This is due to the geography of Indonesia, located between two continents. The archipelago consists of a variety of regions from the tropical rain forests of the northern lowlands and the seasonal forests of the southern lowlands through the hill and mountain vegetation, to sub-alpine shrub vegetation. Having the second longest shoreline in the world, Indonesia also has many regions of swamps and coastal vegetation. Combined together, these all give rise to a huge vegetational biodiversity.

There are about 28,000 species of flowering plants in Indonesia, consisting 2,500 different kinds of orchids, 6,000 traditional medicinal plants used as jamu, 122 species of bamboo, over 350 species of rattan and 400 species of Dipterocarpus, including ebony, sandalwood and teakwood. Indonesia is also home to some unusual species such as carnivorous plants. One exceptional species is known as Rafflesia arnoldi, named after Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles and Dr. Arnold, who discovered the flower in the depths of Bengkulu, southwest Sumatra. This parasitic plant has a large flower, does not produce leaves and grow on a certain liana on the rain forest floor. Another unusual plant is Amorphophallus titanum from Sumatra. Numerous species of insect trapping pitcher plants can also be found in Borneo, Sumatra, and other islands of the Indonesian archipelago.

According to the Conservation International, there are two biodiversity hotspots in Indonesia: Wallacea and Sundaland. The provinces of West Papua and Papua are also extremely biodiverse. Lorentz National Park, located in the province of Papua, was declared a World Heritage Site in 1999 by UNESCO.

Wallacea represents the biogeographical transitional zone between the Sundaland to the west and the Australasian zone to the east. This zone covers of about 338 494 km² land area in total, divided in multiple small islands. Due to its distinct and varied geography this region contains many endemic and unique species of flora and fauna and has been divided into a number of distinct ecoregions; the mountain and lowland areas of Sulawesi, North Maluku, Buru and Seram in Maluku, the Lesser Sunda Islands (with Sumba a distinct ecoregion in its own right), Timor, and the islands in the Banda Sea.

Sundaland

Sundaland, which is located on the west part of the Indonesian archipelago, holds about 25,000 different species of plants. 15,000 of them are endemic to this region and cannot be found anywhere else. Scyphostegiaceae is a plant family represented by a single species, Scyphostegia borneensis, which is endemic to Borneo. Another 155 species of Dipterocarpus are also endemic to this island. Borneo also has more than 2,000 species of orchids. The forests in Sumatra include more than 100 species of Dipterocarpus, nearly a dozen of them are endemic to this island. The island Java has about 270 endemic orchid species.

At least 117 plant genera are endemic in this biodiversity hotspot. 59 of them are found in Borneo and 17 in Sumatra. Unique plants from this region are similar to ones from the Asian continent, mentioning Rafflesia arnoldii, the pitcher plants and Javanese Edelweiss (Anaphalis javanica) as examples.

Wallacea

It is estimated, that there are about 10,000 species of plants in this biodiversity hotspot region. The island of Sulawesi has about 500 endemic plant species. The islands of Moluccas have about 300 endemic plant species and the Lesser Sunda Islands consist of at least 120 endemic plant species. Little is known about the flora of this region. Three of these unique species, Agathis, Pterocarpus indicus, and Eucalyptus deglupta, are mentioned as examples.

West Papua and Papua

The flora of this region has somewhat the influence of the Australian continent. This region contain a continuous transect from snow cap mountains, lowland wetlands to tropical marine environment. This is the perfect place for such a huge number of diverse plant species. It has been estimated that Papua and west Papua may contain from 20,000 to 25,000 species of vascular plants. An astonishing 60-90% of them may be endemic to this region. This region has been poorly explored so the actual number of endemic species is unknown.

MOON ORCHID

Moon Orchid or Anggrek Bulan  is the one of exotic flower from Indonesia. Moon Orchid  is one of Indonesia's national flower called "Puspa Pesona". "Anggrek Bulan" or or "Puspa Pesona" included into the Phalaenopsis species. First time for flower discovered by a Dutch botanist, Dr. C.L. Blume. In the world have at least 60 kinds (species) of Phalaenopsis, with about 140 varieties of which there are 60 varieties Moon Orchid in Indonesia.

Moon orchid is widespread ranging from Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua new guinea, to Australia. The way of life Moon orchid as an Epiphytewith a stick on the trunk or branches of trees in tropical forests.  The moluccas is the first discovered for moon orchid  in Indonesia. Moon orchid has several regional names such as "Anggrek Menur (Java)", "Anggrek Wulan" (Java and Bali) and "Anggrek Terbang" (Maluku) .

The Government of Indonesian Republic to set the orchid flower charm accompanied Jasmine and a giant lotus (flower rare)  by Decree of the President of the Republic of Indonesia number 4 Year 1993.

Orchid months included in the monopodial orchid plants that enjoy a little sun to support life. Moon orchid leaves are green with elongated shape. Moon orchid roots are white and round and elongated fleshy feel. The flowers have a slight fragrance and have long bloom time and can grow up to 10 cm in diameter.

Moon orchid have wide petals and graceful, includes an easy to care for orchid plants and diligent flowering. All flower of the flower is  growing from the stem from the bottom.

With proper care of orchids in highly resistant and not easily fade. From the flower stems have fallen flowers, fresh flowers can grow new branches. As indoor house plants, Moon orchids is very charming nature make fresh room .