Types Of Tree Species In Indonesia #34 Anggrek Bulan (Palaenopsis amabilis)

Regnum: Plantae

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Order: Asparagales

Family: Orchidaceae

Genus: Phalaenopsis

Species: Palaenopsis amabilis

Anggrek bulan (Phalaenopsis amabilis) is a type of anggrek (Orchidaceae) which has a characteristic petals are wide and white. Anggrek bulan (Phalaenopsis amabilis) was first found in Maluku. Anggrek bulan has several regional names such as anggrek wulan (Java and Bali), anggrek fly (Maluku), and anggrek menur (Java).

Flower stalk of anggrek bulan generally have the shape of perpendicular there is branched and there is not branched. In one branch of the flower stalk there are some have buds, some have many buds.

The anggrek plants themselves have various functions, among them the most important is as an ornamental plant that enjoyed the beauty of the flowers because each type of anggrek has a distinctive shape, style, color and fragrant so that everyone is not saturated to enjoy it. In addition, anggrek plants are also taken flowers to be mixed in the manufacture of various beauty and health products for the wider community.