The Omoro Botanical Garden ( おもろ植物園 , Omoro Shokubutsuen , 4 hectares) , also known as the Omoro Arboretum , is an arboretum and botanical garden located in the Ocean Expo Park, 424 Ishikawa, Motobu, Okinawa , Japan . It is open daily except Thursdays; admission is free.
12-688: Omoro may refer to: Omoro Botanical Garden in Okinawa, Japan Omoro District in the Northern Region of Uganda Omoro Lake in Bolivia Omoro-machi, a neighborhood of Naha, Okinawa , Japan Omoro Sōshi , a compilation of ancient poems and songs from Okinawa and the Amami Islands Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
24-450: A lithophyte on rock cliffs and man-made stone walls. Numerous whitish roots grow from the base of the plant, anchoring it to its host or substrate and collecting nutrients washed down from above. These roots are accustomed to excellent air movement. An adult in an optimal situation will produce numerous offsets. Within V. falcata' s range summer temperatures average 26–31 °C. during the day and 18–23 °C. at night. Average humidity
36-707: A collection of Okinawan poems and songs. The garden contains about 400 species of salt-resistant plants organized into zones, including large trees ( Ficus microcarpa , Ficus superba , Ficus virgata , Bischofia javanica , etc.), small trees ( Maytenus diversifolia , Scaevola taccada , Wikstroemia retusa ), shade trees ( Artocarpus altilis , Ficus lyrata , Koelreuteria elegans subsp. formosana ), and other plants including Antidesma pentandrum , Buxus liukiuensis (Makino), Clerodendrum inerme , and Murraya paniculata , as well as various garden plants, herbs, and so forth. The garden also contains more than 110 wild orchid species, many of them endangered, native to
48-474: Is 80–85% in summer, and about 75% during the rest of the seasons. Plants receive heaviest rainfall during East Asian rainy season : June and July in southern Japan. Blooming time is usually synchronized with the monsoon, although plants may very occasionally bloom as late as December. Vanda falcata has been reported to be pollinated by several hawkmoth species of the genus Theretra , namely Theretra japonica and Theretra nessus . The type specimen
60-836: The Ryukyu Islands . These include Acanthephippium pictum , Acanthephippium sylhetense , Bulbophyllum macraei , Dendrobium okinawense , Eria ovata , Eulophia graminea , Gastrochilus japonicus , Gerdorum densiflorum , Malaxis kandae , Neofinetia falcata , Sedirea japonica , and Tainia laxiflora . 26°41′27.8″N 127°52′39.1″E / 26.691056°N 127.877528°E / 26.691056; 127.877528 Neofinetia falcata Synonyms of Vanda falcata subsp. falcata : Vanda falcata , also known as 风兰 (feng lan) in Chinese, 풍란 (pungnan) in Korean, 風蘭 (fūran) in Japanese, or
72-717: The wind orchid in English, is a species of orchid found in China, Korea, and Japan. It was formerly classified in the genus Neofinetia . Named cultivars selected for characteristics including variegation, flower color or form, and vegetative form are often referred to as 富貴蘭 (fūkiran) in Japan. Due to these highly variable mutant forms this species has been proposed as a model organism for floral development in orchids. Plants are 8–12 cm tall on monopodial stems of 1–6 cm. There are usually between 4 and 20 narrowly oblong-falcate (hence
84-399: The epithet) leaves of 5–12 cm. that are leathery and sheathed at the base. The inflorescence , including flowers, is 5–8 cm. long, suberect, and carries as few as two, and as many as 10 fragrant, white flowers, each with a characteristic curved spur. 2n = 38. Vanda falcata grows as an epiphyte on the branches and trunks of both deciduous and evergreen trees, and occasionally as
96-596: The genus was reduced to synonymy with Vanda . Written records of V. falcata cultivation first appeared in Gao Lian ’s The Anthography during the late Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644) China. In Japan, the first documented records of V. falcata appear during the Kanbun era (1661-1673), later reaching a peak in popularity during the middle of the Edo period with a marked increase in the number of cultivated varieties. At this time, because
108-453: The numerous cultivated varieties of the species were primarily enjoyed by the daimyō and other wealthy or high ranked citizens, the cultivated varieties were given the designation of fūkiran (富貴蘭), translating to "orchid of wealth and rank". Vanda falcata is a warm to cool grower. Plants may be mounted on slabs of cork or tree-fern fiber. In Japan, the custom is to grow them on a raised mound of sphagnum moss . The plants benefit from
120-464: The title Omoro . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Omoro&oldid=794580585 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Omoro Botanical Garden This facility
132-610: Was introduced to the West from Japan by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1784, and it was described as Orchis falcata . For the next hundred years and more, the species was renamed and moved in and out of many of the Asian sarcanthoid genera, in addition to the African genus Angraecum . Finally, in 1925 H. H. Hu created Neofinetia as a monotypic genus. Two other species were included in Neofinetia , before
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#1732848885803144-655: Was opened in 1980 to commemorate the Okinawa International Ocean Exposition. At a 2003 press conference, Emperor Akihito suggested the garden serve as a parallel to Japan's Manyo botanical gardens, which feature plants appearing in the Man'yōshū anthology (much like a Shakespeare garden in the English-speaking world). Accordingly, this garden collects plants that are described in the Omoro Sōshi (おもろそうし),
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