Is the largest Botanical Garden located in the town of Bogor, Botanical garden was built in 1817 with its area 87 Ha (hectares ).Botanical garden's collection consist of tropical flora more than 20.000 varieties and 6000 species. Botanical Garden Bogor and adjoin the Bogor Palace, Beautiful Orchid and some medical plan, The garden contains more than 15,000 species of trees and plants located among streams and lotus ponds. These forests were then allowed after submission of Sunda kingdom of Banten Sultanate, until the Governor-General van der Capellen build a vacation home in one corner in the mid-18th century.
Is the Largest botanical garden located in the town of Bogor, Botanical garden was built in 1817 with its area 87 Ha (hectares ).Botanical garden's collection consist of tropical flora more than 20.000 varieties and 6000 species.
So it is suitable for being used as a picnic with family. Inside the park you will be treated to views of some 15,000 species of beautiful plants. So that it can be used as an educational tourist Attractions for you personally, study tours or family member.
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| The Bogor Botanical Gardens |
The Bogor Botanical Gardens (Indonesian: Kebun Raya) are located 60 km south of the capital of Jakarta in Bogor, Indonesia. The botanical gardens are situated in the city center of Bogor and adjoin the Istana Bogor (Presidential Palace). Located on Jl. Ir. H. Juanda No. 13.
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| Botanical Garden Bogor and adjoin the Bogor Palace |
Bogor Botanical Garden has several collections mainstay, the Titan Arum flower which has the scientific name Amorphophalus Titanium Becc. Including the largest corpse flower types, up to a height of 3 meters when blooms will invite many flies approaching. There are also various types of orchids are beautiful.
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| Beautiful Orchid and some medical plan |
The extensive grounds of the presidential palace were converted into the gardens by the German-born Dutch botanist, Professor Casper George Carl Reinwardt. The gardens officially opened in 1817 as 's Lands Plantentuin ('National Botanical Garden') and were used to research and develop plants and seeds from other parts of the Indonesian archipelago for cultivation during the 19th century. This is a tradition that continues today and contributes to the garden's reputation as a major center for botanical research.
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| 15,000 species of trees and plants |
The garden contains more than 15,000 species of trees and plants located among streams and lotus ponds. There are 400 types of exceptional old palms to be found along the extensive lawns and avenues, helping the gardens create a refuge for more than 50 different varieties of birds and for groups of bats roosting high in the trees. The bats can be easily detected by the noise they make while competing for space under the canopies. The orchid houses contain some 3000 varieties. In 1862, the Cibodas Botanical Gardens were founded as an extension of the Bogor garden at Cibodas, approximately 45 kilometers to the southeast of Bogor.History
Bogor Botanical Garden was originally a part of the 'samida' (artificial artificial forests or parks) That most do not already exist in the government of Sri Baduga Maharaja (King Siliwangi, 1474-1513) from the Kingdom of Sunda, as written in the Batutulis inscription.
The Artificial forests designated for the purpose of preserving the environment as a place to Preserve the rare wood seed seed. In addition it also made samida samida similar on the border with Bogor, Cianjur (Forest Ciung Wanara).
These forests were then allowed after submission of Sunda kingdom of Banten Sultanate, until the Governor-General van der Capellen build a vacation home in one corner in the mid-18th century.
In the early 1800s Governor-General Thomas Stamford Raffles, who inhabited the palace and has a great interest in botany, interested in developing the Bogor Palace yard into a beautiful garden. In the early 1800s Governor-General Thomas Stamford Raffles,
They are co-build the Kew Garden in London, Raffles turn a courtyard into a classic Home-style garden. This is the beginning of the Bogor Botanical Gardens in its current form.
In 1814 Olivia Raffles (wife of Governor-General Thomas Stamford Raffles) Died due to illness and was Buried in Batavia. As pengabadian, a monument to him was established in the Bogor Botanical Gardens. As a monument to him "was established in the Bogor Botanical Gardens.
The idea began with the establishment of the Botanical Gardens is a biologist with Abner, He is wrote a letter to the Governor-General GAGPh. Van Der Capellen. The letter expressed his desire to ask for a parcel of land that will become a useful vegetable garden. Now here to education for the maintenance of rare plants and collection of plants for the development of other gardens.
Prof. Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt is one German who moved to Holland and became a scholar in botany and chemistry. He then served as minister of agriculture, arts, and science in Java. He is interested in investigating the various plants used for medicinal purposes.
He decided to collect all of these plants in a botanical garden in the city of Bogor, which was then known as Buitenzorg (from the Dutch language, which means "no need to worry").
Reinwardt also been a pioneer in the manufacture of the herbarium. He became known as a founder Herbarium Bogoriense.
In the year May 18 1817, the Governor-General Godert Alexander Gerard Philip van der Capellen was officially founded with the name of the Bogor Botanical Gardens Buitenzorg Plantentuinte s'Lands.
Establishment initiated by putting the first spade in the earth's swing as a sign built Pajajaran vineyard development, whose implementation led by Reinwardt own, assisted by James Hooper and W.Kent (from the famous Kew Gardens in Richmond, England).
