Phalaenopsis deliciosa

[Azizan]

It doesn't make much sense that it is okay to bulldoze them but illegal to collect in order to save them.

I couldn't agree more!

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So sad to hear about the news my friend was told me in Negeri Sembilan at one point there were so many of this species growing over the cliff in one area but because of deforestation nothing much can be done. Today cant see the species anymore as the housing development is every where.
Again the same thing happen to Phalaenopsis corningiana in Pontianak Borneo also under thread as they growing in the swamping area together with bellina. Their government begin to clear the land for housing no wonder lately so many corningiana in the market. If they dont collect by hook or by crook the plant will be succumbed I wish growing orchids in vitro will help to prevent further disappearance in the world provided they take it seriously.

I also noticed so many housing development in Negeri Sembilan. But I am torn between the two: house for the people or the forest. But of course people would choose the house because not everyone could appreciate orchids. For example, there are huge clumps of Dendrobium crumenatum on trees at a side road, I always gaze at them every time I use the road. They always flower abundantly during rainy season. But one day the authorities "clean" them up. Dendrobium crumenatum are treated as weed here and that really cringes me. So sad when they are gone.