Mango Fruit Plant

Including a group of mango stone fruit (drupa) are fleshy, with the size and shape are very changeable depending on the kinds, ranging from round, oval to elongated. Fruit length approximately 2.5 to 30 cm. At the end of the fruit, there is a section called pointy beak. In the upper part there is a bent section called sinuses, which continued into the abdomen.


 Rather thick rind speckled glands; green, yellowish or reddish when ripe. Fruit flesh orange when ripe red, yellow or beige, stringy or not, sweet to sour with plenty of water and smelling strongly to weak. Seeds are white, flattened elongated closed endocarp thick, woody and fibrous. These seeds consist of two pieces: there are monoembrional and some are poliembrional.

Nutrient Content of Mango:

Content of Mango nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 272 kJ (65 kcal)
Carbohydrates 17.00 g
14.8 g sugar
Dietary fiber 1.8 g
Fat 0.27 g
Protein 0.51 g
Vitamin A equiv. 38 mg (4%)
- Beta-carotene 445 mg (4%)
Thiamine (Vit. B1) 0058 mg (4%)
Riboflavin (Vit. B2) 0.057 mg (4%)
Niacin (Vit. B3) 0.584 mg (4%)
Pantothenic acid (B5) 0.160 mg (3%)
Vitamin B6 0.134 mg (10%)
Folate (Vit. B9) 14 mg (4%)
Vitamin C 27.7 mg (46%)
Calcium 10 mg (1%)
Iron 0.13 mg (1%)
Magnesium 9 mg (2%)
Phosphorus 11 mg (2%)
Potassium 156 mg (3%)
Zinc 0.04 mg (0%)
Percentage relative to U.S. recommendations for adults.

Sources: USDA Nutrient database

Nutritional content of Cos Lettuce - Romaine Lettuce

Cos Lettuce plants reached the West via Rome, which is usually in Italian called Romana lattuga and laitue Romaine (France), hence the name 'romaine' is a common term in American English. (Davidson)




Cos cultivars, also referred to as romaine, this plant has the form of elongated leaves, rough, and textured crunchy, with bone leaves the middle wide and clear. Long, rather narrow leaves usually grow upright and loosely overlap each other, and do not form heads. Properties after harvest with crisp head types.


Nutrient Content of the value of Cos Lettuce plants

- Romaine lettuce nutrient per 100 g (3.5 oz)

Energy 72 kJ (17 kcal)
Carbohydrate 3.3 g
Dietary fiber 2.1 g
0.3 g fat
Protein 1.2 g
Water 95 g
Vitamin A equiv. 290 mg (32%)
Folate (Vit B9.) 136 mg (34%)
Vitamin C 24 mg (40%)
Calcium 33 mg (3%)
Iron 0.97 mg (8%)
Phosphorus 30 mg (4%)
Potassium 247 mg (5%)

Sources: USDA Nutrient database

PLANT strawberry

PLANT strawberry, is one of the main types of fruits are a major export commodity for a long time. Because in addition to exclusive foodstuffs, this beautiful fruit as well as the main raw material for food and drink industries of the world.
 
So every day, strawberry demand for exclusive markets, and local industry and foreign tourists in the tens of tons. Just unfortunately, this opportunity is not fully utilized by practitioners of agriculture in Indonesia. Yet when we look pontensi farmland, ideal for the development of the strawberry industry.

To date, the number of farmers growing strawberry plants in agricultural centers spread across Indonesia can still be counted on the fingers, and it still produces a small scale. Whereas the number of requests, to meet the market and the local beverage industry are supplied every day, ask for up to 13 tons or 40 tons per month more has not been met.


When you see the demand is so high, the opportunity to develop a very open area strawberry plants. Because in addition to conditions of very fertile agricultural land, is also developing its own seedlings can be done. Given the plant nursery is very easy, and does not need to use sophisticated tools and materials. Manually can. This plant is in addition to producing the fruit, while also developing new shoots as puppies that will become seeds.
Thus, the cultivation of strawberries in agribusiness will be very beneficial. Besides being able to harvest the fruit, can also harvest seeds at regular intervals. Fortunately again, despite considerable investment investment, profits were big enough.


 

Nutrient Content of Strawberries - Strawberries

One cup (144 g) strawberries contains about 45 calories (188 kJ) and is an excellent source of vitamin C and flavonoids.
Unit category 1 cup (144 g)
Water 132 g
Energy 43 kcal
181 Energy Kj
in grams
protein 0.88
Total lipid (fat) 0.53
Carbohydrate, by difference 10.1
Fiber, total dietary 3.3
Ash 0.62
in milligrams
Minerals Calcium 20 mg
iron 0.55
14 Magnesium
27 Phosphorus
potassium 240
sodium 1.44
zinc 0.19
copper 0.07
manganese 0.42
in micrograms
selenium 1.01

Vitamins Vitamin C, ascorbic acid 82 mg
Thiamin 0.03 mg
Riboflavin 0.1 mg
Niacin 0.33 mg
Pantothenic acid 0.49 mg
Vitamin B-6 0.09 mg
Folate 25 mg
Vitamin B-12 mg 0
Vitamin A, 39 IU

in grams
Lipid fatty acids, 0.03 g of saturated
16:0 à0.02
18:0 à0.006
Fatty acids, monounsaturated 0.075
16:1 à0.001
18:1 à0.073
Fatty acids, polyunsaturated 0.27
18:2 0.16
18:3 0.11
in milligrams
cholesterol 0
phytosterols 17

Amino acids (in grams)
Tryptophan 0.01 g
threonine 0.027
isoleucine 0.02
leucine 0.045
lysine 0036
methionine 0.001
cystine 0.007
phenylalanine 0.026
tyrosine 0.030
valine 0.026
arginine 0.037
histidine 0.017
alanine 0.045
Aspartic acid 0.20
Glutamic acid 0.13
Glycine 0.035
proline 0.027
serine 0.033

Orchid sugarcane ( Grammatophyllum speciosum )

Orchid sugarcane (Grammatophyllum speciosum) is the largest orchid, the largest and most heavily among other types of orchids. In a mature clump, cane orchids can weigh more than a ton and has a panicle up to 3 meters long with a diameter of about 1.5-2 cm panicle. That is why this plant is worthy of the title as the largest and heaviest of orchids or orchid giant.

Orchid cane is often referred to as tiger orchid (though ambiguous Grammatophyllum scriptum who have similar names), tiger orchids, and orchid queen. In English, known as the Sugar Cane Orchid, Giant Orchid, or Queen of the Orchids. In the Latin (scientific name) referred to as sugarcane orchid Grammatophyllum speciosum is synonymous with Grammatophyllum cominsii (Rolfe 1891), G. fastuosum (Lindl. & Paxton Paxton 1851 & 1851), G. giganteum (Rchb ex Blume. 1877), G. macranthum (Rchb. 1862), G. pantherinum (Rchb. 1878), G. pantherinum (Rchb.f 1878), G. papuanum (JJ Sm.), G. sanderianum (hort. 1893), G. wallisii (Rchb. 1877), Pattonia macrantha (Wight 1852).


The characteristics. The main characteristic orchid cane is their large size. Panicles can grow to a height from 2.5 to 3 meters with a diameter of about 1.5-2 cm. In each panicle can have dozens, even a hundred flowers that are each about 10 cm diameter flowers. This figure is similar to the stem of sugarcane because it then is known as an orchid orchid cane.



The orchid cane (Grammatophyllum speciosum) is yellow with brown spots, red or blackish red. The orchid cane durable and not easily wither. While it has been cut from a super giant flower stalks large and heavy it can survive two months.

 
Distribution and Conservation. Sugarcane orchid plants spread naturally from Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and New Guinea. In Indonesia orchids scattered Ulai cane from the island of Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Maluku, to Papua.


Orchid plants of sugarcane (Grammatophyllum speciosum) grows on the sidelines or the base of large trees in the area of ​​the tropical lowlands. Cane orchids require direct sunlight.


The uniqueness and rarity of the largest and heaviest orchid plant makes sugar cane orchids became one of the protected orchids in Indonesia.


Among buddy, especially lovers of orchids, some types of orchids have been cultivated this cane?
Scientific Classification: Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family: Orchidaceae subfamily: Epidendroideae Tribe: Cymbidieae Genus: Grammatophyllum Species: speciosum Grammatophyllum.

Reference: orchids.wikia.com; anggrek.org (picture)

The origin of the Tulip


You know Tulip flowers come from? This interest was not from Holland but from Turkey. Tulip was brought into the Netherlands in the 17th century and since then, considered as an official interest in the land of windmills.



Unfortunately, the flower can not grow in Indonesia. Why? Tulip can not live in the open like in the tropics because it requires low temperatures. Therefore, these plants need winter to be able to grow.

Tulips can be forced to bloom earlier than normal when put in a place where temperature is set to be higher.

Tulips can be planted in two ways, using tubers or seeds. Tulips grown from tubers took a year to be able to generate considerable interest.

Now we compare with ordinary crops. Plants grown from seed take between 5-7 years to bloom. Much, much longer, right?

Well, now you know, Tulip grown where
?

source (Kidnesia / Annisa)

Know Sansevieria Plant Flowers





















Sansevieria is a genus of ornamental plants that are quite popular to decorate the inside of the house because these plants can grow under conditions of little water and sunlight.
Sansevieria have hard leaves, succulent, erect, with a tapered tip.



Sanseviera known as the plant because of its sharp tongue. Sanseviera not only as an ornamental plant, but also has benefits to nourish hair, treat diabetes, hemorrhoids, to malignant cancer. While fiber is used as clothing material. In Japan, sanseviera used to remove the smell of home furnishings in the room.

Compared to other plants, sanseviera has a privilege to absorb toxic substances, such as carbon dioxide, benzene, formaldehyde, and trichlorethylene.

Sansevieria is divided into two types, namely the type that grows extends upward by 50-75 cm size and type of short-leaved rosette circular in shape with a length of 8 cm and 3-6 cm wide. The group has long pointed leaves like the sword, and because of this there is a call Sansevieria plants as sword-traders.

This thick-leaved plants and has a water content of succulent, so drought resistant. But in damp or wet conditions, sansiviera can flourish.

Sansevieria leaf colors ranged from dark green, light green, green, gray, silver, and white color combination of yellow or green yellow. Motif grooves or lines contained in the leaf blade varied, with some who follow the direction of leaf fibers, irregular, and there is also a zig-zag.

The specialty of this flower is to have a high adaptability to the environment. NASA research in collaboration with ALCA has found evidence that these plants are naturally capable of reducing the pollution.


Judging by type Sansevieria there are two types namely the first one is Sansevieria descendants of the original / species while the second is a kind of hybrid / hybridization that can be called a kind of hybrid Sansevieria.

From this hybrid form of Sansevieria will be created with the physical character and distinct from its parent or often called a hybrid or a species of Sansevieria hybrid. Sansevieria Mutations can also occur from propagation through leaf cuttings.

Black Orchid Flower

Know About Black Orchid

Black Orchid Flower is one of the orchid species are protected in Indonesia because of danger of extinction in their natural
environment. Black orchid which in Latin is called Coelogyne pandurata floral identity (mascot) province of East Kalimantan. Black orchid populations (Coelogyne pandurata) in native habitat (wild) are increasingly rare and quite dramatically decreased due to shrinking forests and hunting to be sold to orchid collectors.



Black orchid (Coelogyne pandurata), as the name implies, has a characteristic of the flower which has a tongue (labellum) is black. This rare orchid in English referred to as the "Black Orchid". While in East Kalimantan, the rare Black Orchid has the local name "grit Luai".

Although identical to the Borneo black orchid but orchid species other than in the wild Borneo also grows wild in Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and Mindanao, the island of Luzon and Samar Island Philippines.

Black Orchid traits.

Orchids species is called black because of a tongue (labellum) with a little black stripes green and hairy. The number of flowers in each cluster between 1 and 14 petals or more. The line center of each flower about 10 cm. Leaf-shaped petals lanceolate, melancip, colored light green, long 5-6 cm, width 2 -3 cm. Petals oblong-shaped light green melancip lip resembling a violin, the middle there is a groove, the edges curling, stained black or dark brown.

Orchid leaves black-green oval-shaped with a length ranging between 40-50 cm and a width between 2 -10 cm. While the black orchid fruit ellipsoid with a length of about 7 cm and a width between 2-3 cm. Of the total interest is not much to be fruit.

Another characteristic that distinguishes black orchid with other types of orchids are fragrant odor. Usually the plants bloom in March to June. As black orchid orchids in general, grow a ride to the other plants (epiphytes). Usually, these rare orchids attached to the old tree that lived in coastal areas or swamps.

Black orchid (Coelogyne pandurata) grows in the shade. Generally the type of orchid is the identity of the fauna of East Kalimantan is to grow in the lowlands on old trees, near the coast or in low-lying swamp area that is hot enough and close to rivers in the wet forest.

Plants are epiphytes (stays in other plants) have multiplied with the seeds. However, black orchid can also be propagated by separating the quasi bulbs.

The Black Orchid Wild Dark.

Black orchid populations (Coelogyne pandurata) in the wild habitat is increasingly rare.
Although, according to Regulation No. 7 of 1999 orchid is protected and prohibited free trade (except for captive breeding), but the hunting is done to take and sell this type of orchid to orchid collector does not go down.

In addition, beginning the shift to plantation forest function and settlements as well as the occurrence of forest fires that occur each year more and make the black population in the wild orchids are increasingly threatened extinction.

Perhaps the lovers and collectors of black orchids before buying Orchids must carefully, whether it's black orchid purchased from captive breeding or hunting of wild results. Although many orchid lovers who collected black orchid, but the extinction of this species in the wild remains a great loss for biodeversity Indonesia. Do not let the orchid lovers became the main cause of extinction of black orchids in the wild.

Scientific Classification: Kingdom: Plantae; Division: Magnoliophyta; Class: Liliopsida; Order: Asparagales; Family: Orchidaceae; Genus: Coelogyne; Species: Coelogyne pandurata; binomial name: Coelogyne pandurata

Reference: zipcodezoo.com / Plants / C / Coelogyne_pandurata /

Types of Plants Flowers Bag ( Sulawesi )

The types of plants bags relationship (Nepenthes) were also found in Sulawesi. Sulawesi Island became an island with the type species of flower bags third largest in Indonesia after Sumatra and Kalimantan.

On the island of Sulawesi there are at least nine species of flowers natural bags five of them is a plant endemic to this island. Meanwhile, four other types, although the original can be found on Sulawesi, but the other islands.

Here is a list of plants flower bag (Nepenthes) which is a plant endemic to Sulawesi.

Nepenthes eymae (endemic to Central Sulawesi).
Nepenthes glabrata (endemic to Central Sulawesi).
Nepenthes hamata (endemic to Sulawesi)
Nepenthes pitopangii (endemic Lore Lindu National Park)
Nepenthes tomoriana (endemic to Sulawesi)

Here is a list of plant species flower bag (Nepenthes) native Sulawesi but can be found elsewhere (not endemic).

Nepenthes gracilis. There is in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Sumatra), Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak), Singapore, and Thailand.
Nepenthes maxima. There are in Indonesia (Papua, Maluku, Sulawesi) and Papua New Guinea.
Nepenthes mirabilis. There is in Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Indonesia (Papua, Kalimantan), Laos, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak); Papua New Guinea, the Philippines; Thailand, and Vietnam.
Nepenthes tentaculata. There are in Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sulawesi) and Malaysia.


In addition to the Sulawesi plant flowers scattered pockets on the island of Sumatra (37 species), Borneo (36 species), Papua (11 types), as well as on the island of Maluku (4 species), and Java (3 species). Besides Indonesia, carnivorous plants are also found in some other countries such as Australia, Brunei Darussalam, China, Philippines, India, Laos, Malaysia, Micronesia, Myanmar, Madagascar, Misool, Palau, New Selaindia, Singapore, Ceylon, and Seychelles. Total plant species flower bags reached more than 129 types.

Sulawesi and other islands in Indonesia became the center of different species of flowering plant bag. And we should be proud of it. Hopefully we pride can we bequeath to our grandchildren someday.

References and pictures: www.iucnredlist.org and wikipedia

Lotus ( Water plants with Enchanting Flowers )















Lotus Flower

Lotus
is a common name for the genus Nymphaea that is a water plant. Lotus plants characterized by leaves that float on the surface of still water. Lotus plants also produce flowers which have a dazzling variety of colors.

In some areas in Indonesia lotus is known by several names are almost similar like the lotus, and Terate. In English, the flower of the genus Nymphaea is known as a water-lily or waterlily.

There are more than 50 kinds (species) of lotus in the world that spread from the tropics to the subtropics. It is said the lotus tropical species originating from Egypt.

The characteristics. Lotus plants growing on the surface of still water. Lotus plants have leaves that grow floating on the water surface. Lotus flowers are also found in surface water, lotus flowers and leaves from the stalk coming out of the rhizomes in the mud at the bottom of a pond, river or swamp.


Lotus stalks are in the middle of the leaf. Leaves round or oval shape that the width of the cut on the fingers toward the stalk. Leaf surface does not contain a layer of wax so that the water that falls onto the surface of the leaves do not form water droplets.

Lotus flower grows on a stalk which is an extension of the rhizome. Nymphaea flower diameter bergenus
is between 5-10 cm.

Type of species diversity. Several different types of lotus plants, among others:

Nymphaea alba - European White Water-lily (white lotus)
Nymphaea amazonum
Nymphaea ampla
Nymphaea Blanda
Nymphaea caerulea - Blue Egyptian Water-lily
Nymphaea calliantha
Nymphaea candida
Nymphaea capensis - Cape Blue Water-lily
Nymphaea citrina
Nymphaea colorata
Nymphaea elegans
Nymphaea fennica
Nymphaea flavovirens
Nymphaea gardneriana
Nymphaea gigantea - Australian Water-lily
Nymphaea heudelotii
Nymphaea jamesoniana
Leibergii Nymphaea - Water-lily Dwarf
Nymphaea lotus - Egyptian White Water-lily (lotus small)
Nymphaea lotus var. termalis
Nymphaeae lutea
Nymphaea macrosperma - Native to Australia's Top End
Nymphaea mexicana - Yellow Water-lily
Nymphaea micrantha
Nymphaea nouchali - Red and blue water lily (National flower of Sri Lanka)
Nymphaea odorata - Fragrant Water-lily
Nymphaea pubescens - Hairy water-lily (National flower of Bangladesh)
Nymphaea rubra - India Red Water-lily (red lotus)
Nymphaea rudgeana
Nymphaea stellate
Nymphaea stuhlmannii
Nymphaea sulfurea
Nymphaea tetragona - Pygmy Water-lily (lotus dwarf)
Nymphaea thermarum

The benefits. Lotus plant widely used as an ornamental plant. But other than as an ornamental plant, lotus plant also has efficacy as traditional medicines, among others, can treat diseases, diarrhea, dysentery, leucorrhoea, nasopharynx cancer, fever, insomnia; hypertension, vomiting blood, nosebleeds, coughing up blood, heart disease; Give give, headache, diarrhea and blood urine, anemia, premature ejaculation.

Not lotus Lotus. Some people still confuse and assume the same between the lily (genus Nymphaea) and lotus (genus Nelumbo). Even once considered to be closely related. In fact the two are very different. Different from the lotus flower lotus. In Nelumbo, there are flowers above the water (not floating), pink petals (lily white to yellow), a full circle-shaped leaves and rhizome usually consumed.

Scientific Classification: Kingdom: Plantae; Subkingdom: Tracheobionta (vascular plants); Super Division: Spermatophyta (seed Produce); Division: Magnoliophyta (flowering plants); Class: Magnoliopsida (two pieces / dikotil); Sub Class: Magnoliidae; Order: Nymphaeales ; Family: Nymphaeaceae; Genus: Nymphaea; Species: see the article.

Reference: id.wikipedia.org / wiki / Lotus; commons.wikimedia.org

Caring for Fruit Plants in Pots




Many
complaints about the lack of green spaces in major cities. Land narrow and expensive to make a lot of people were forced to give priority to living quarters sebaga place to grow crops. Here are many alternatives to choose from, one of which maintain fruit trees in pots.

In terms of treatment, planting of fruit in the pots is not quite difficult. Similarly, plants without potting media, must be nurtured and given water. However, there are some tricks that the media does not hamper the growth of pots plants. "Yes, maintenance is not much different, still cultivate, compost or manure can be put on NPK fertilizer.

Specifically, caring for fruit trees in pots must take several factors. First, for watering in the dry season is needed. If using tap water, which usually contain chlorine, preferably overnight and the next day endapkan first new splashed. But, really try not to spray stagnant water more than 12 hours.

Second, the tilling. Keep the planting medium does not compact. Compaction of the media usually occurs due to excessive watering. After that, do the tilling using a small shovel. Be careful, lest you damage the roots.

Third, the fertilization. Despite growing media use manure, organic fertilizers are still needed. Until the age of 2 years, every 4 months, add NPK (15:15:15) as much as 25 grams per drum. Since the age of 3 years and onwards, each drum was given 100 grams of NPK (15:15:15). How, buried as deep as 10 cm of NPK fertilizer, then flush until quite wet.

Fourth, replacement of soil. Changing the soil media once a year is enough according to Feby. "However, it would be even better if done twice a year. Especially if the roots are broken, potting media must be replaced immediately," he advised.

Fifth, trimming. For example tabulampot rambutan, in addition to form the habitus (canopy) plants that look short, and also to branches and balanced growth. Pruning is done when the prime is less than a year old plants, or about 75-100 cm stem height from the surface of the drum.

Way of pruning is to cut its prime, select the 3 primary branches. If the length of primary branches to 50 cm, trim the ends to grow secondary branches.

Choose only three secondary branches per primary branch. Next, trim the tips of the branches secondary to tertiary branches grow, and select only three tertiary branches. Of the three branches of the tertiary is going to happen flowering and fruiting.

Now, having understood her treatment procedures, of course now you're more daring start growing fruit in pots. "Indeed, if the hobby is gardening, not to mention tabulampot, it must require care that is also the maximum desired results and the treated plants productive.

Know Various Orchid Plants












ORCHID
FLOWER plants are widespread ranging from
Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Papua, up to Australia. Orchid flowers are a way of life with a stick on stem or branches of trees in forests and thrives up to 600 meters above sea level.

From age to age, ORCHID FLOWER plants have an important role in the development of treatment techniques using herbs. Its use was widespread until the ingredients and was even believed to be the main ingredient in love potions potion making certain period. ORCHID FLOWER When the plant appears in a dream a person, it is believed as a symbol representation of a deep need for tenderness, romance, and fidelity in a relationship. Finally, at the beginning of the 18th century, the activities began collecting orchids into a lot of activities carried out in all corners of the world, mainly because of the beauty of this plant.

The mention of the types of common ornamental plants ORCHID FLOWER mentioned by genus name only because a lot of hybrids between species and antargenus that have been made. As a result, the naming of orchids have some sort of special rules that somewhat 'deviant' from the ordinary rules of botanical naming.