Dear Nature Lovers,
Greetings from oikos !
Wishing you a very Happy & Healthy New Year !
Its 7th year of ‘Desktop calendars’ and we are very happy to receive a very positive support from you all. We wish that this association strengthens with time & conserve nature in some way !
2012 comes to oikos with ORCHIDS ..
A group of herbaceous plants with unique and beautiful flowers..
Orchids are either ‘epiphytic’ i.e. growing on some other plant, but not a parasite, or ‘terrestrial’ growing in soil. They need very specific conditions to grow & establish. It is difficult to set up such conditions at cities, so best practice is to conserve them with their respective habitats.
A word of caution - People get mesmerized by orchids’ beauty & try to pluck them, bring to home, plant in pots, which is actually a very dangerous trend, and it should be stopped at any cost. Now-a-days, few village people in Western Ghats tourism areas have started selling orchid flowers & bulbs for money… It is an appeal to everyone, not to encourage such destructive practices. They will grow better in natural conditions than at our homes. So lets protect forests & we can enjoy them forever…. |
