PRELIMINARY STUDY ON SOME WILD ORCHIDS AT NAT MA TAUNG WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, KAN PET LET TOWNSHIP IN SOUTHERN CHIN STATE*
Abstract
- This research paper was concerned with some wild orchids of natural habitat in Nat Ma Tung Wildlife Sanctuary in Kan Pet Let Township. These wildlife Sanctuary was located in Kan Pet Let Township of Min Tet District in Southern Chin State and also east part and 2.5 miles distance aways from Kan Pet Let city. In this study (9) genera and (10) species were recorded in study area. Nat Ma Taung is hill evergreen forest and rain forest type. Various wild orchids are stretch out around the Nat Ma Taung Montain hill and rich in diversed flora and fauna. All collected species are epiphyte, terrestrial and lithophyte. Collected genera namely Anthogonium, Arundina, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Habenaria, Obeionia, Paniisea, Peristylis, Pleione and Spathoglottis, were recorded and have been taken photographs in natural habitat of orchids. The collected specimens were classified, identified and described with color photographs also found unknown species in study area. The morphological characters have been emphasized and artificial keys from the tribe to the species have been constructed and location was mention by Global Positioning System (GPS).
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Year
- 2025
Author
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Moe Sandar Shein1 , Khin Swe Swe Htun2
Subject
- Botany, Geology
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)