Less than 100 plants in the wild have been listed as endangered and 1,000 birds have been artificially bred

The Center for Research and Conservation of Endemic Organisms said today that there are fewer than 100 Orchid vulgaris (Niaozaihua) in the wild and the “2017 Taiwan Red Book Vascular Plant List” is listed as nationally critically endangered ( CR). discovered, repopulation was carried out and 1,000 plants were bred and replanted. The Center for Research and Conservation of Endemic Organisms of the Agricultural Executive Committee Yuan today released news that Arundina graminifolia is a plant of the Orchidaceae family, also known as Bamboo Leaf Orchid, originally widely distributed in the areas mountainous below 1000 meters above sea level in central and northern Taiwan, or on sunny grasslands, fields, fields or rocky terrain alongside flat roads, is often mixed with grasses.

The Special Health Center also said that in recent years, due to habitat development and harvesting pressure, there are few reed orchids left and the “2017 Taiwan Red Book Vascular Plant List” is listed as a tier. critically endangered (CR), and there is an urgent need to strengthen conservation and maintenance.

Zhang Lihui, a research assistant at the Special Health Center, explained in a telephone interview with a Central News Agency reporter that the survey prior to 2017 showed that 250 plants remained and in 2019 the number continued to fall below. of 100 plants, from widespread distribution to rare and endangered ones, demonstrating that the remaining species were in urgent need of rescue.

He said that during the above operation, in 2018, in the water terraces of Gongliao, there were still live wild reed orchid plants, so at the invitation of the external contact window of the Hehe production team “Lihehe Small Barn “, the local reeds The grass orchids have developed a recovery action.

The Special Health Center said that during the three-year promotion of relevant actions, in addition to collecting data on local plant phenology and biology, it also promoted the collection of seed sources, microclimate monitoring and research on reproductive technology, and carried out the breeding, domestication and introduction of seedlings After waiting for the works, at the beginning of November 2021, with the collaboration of the Tesheng Center, the Forestry Office and the Community of the Gongliao water terrace, 1,000 reed orchids, which were propagated and cultivated in the original place, were finally replanted in the Terrazza dell’Acqua di Gongliao.
Zhang Lihui also said that the survival rate in the first year of artificial reproduction and restoration of the original location is usually relatively low, because the plants have to adapt to different growing environments. The Special Health Center will also continue to monitor.

Furthermore, he added that there were also 3 native Orchid reedae sites, which are Shuangxi Taiping in New Taipei, Dongyan Mountain in Taoyuan and Great Lake in Miaoli.

Publisher: Qin Yingwen

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