Inventarisasi Jenis Tumbuhan Berbunga Epifit yang Berpotensi Sebagai Tanaman Hias di Kawasan Taman Wisata Alam Sicike-cike Dairi Sumatera Utara

Abstract

Research aims to determine diversity of epiphytic flowering plants in Taman Wisata Alam (TWA) Sicike-cike and its potential as an ornamental plant. The location of research was fixed by purposive to arrange line transect method. There were 5 plots (20 x 20 m) used as sampling area, with 50 m the distance from one plot to another.Data collecting flowering plant traded were obtained by interviewing the ornamental traders in Berastagi. The research found 25 spesies of epiphytic plant in the area of Sicike-cike which belong to 6 families and 14 genus. Orchidaceae is the most widely family which consists of 18 species from 8 genera. Araceae is the second best family of 2 species, which belong to the 2 genera. Rubiaceae consists of 2 species, while Melastomataceae, Urticaceae, Gesneriaceae have only one species. Data from interviews conducted with ornamental plants traders found 3 families of epiphytic plants, namely Orchidaceae, Bromeliaceae, and Asclepiadaceae. From the results found in TWA Sicike-cike and ornamental plants traders there is only one type of epiphytic plant traded Ceologyne speciosa, whereas in the online merchants found Trichotosia ferox and Bulbophyllum laxiflorum yag is traded as an ornamental plant.