By: AALimpiada DOST-PCAARRD commenced its second year of the training workshop on “Biodiversity Resource Assessment and Monitoring Methods.” Part of the training includes a visit to the University of the Philippines Los Baños and Makiling Botanic Gardens on 23 November 2023. The Deputy Director of Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems, …
By: AALimpiada His Excellency Ambassador Christian Lyster had a short tour inside the Makiling Botanic Gardens last November 16, 2023. The highlight of the tour is the endemic and native species of the Philippines showcased inside the gardens. The tour was led by For. Angela A. Limpiada. Photos by: MJEMenorca
The Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) Plant of the Month (POM) for October 2023 is the Bagawak/Bagawak-na-puti, scientifically known as Clerodendrum minahassae Teijsm. & Binn. from the family Lamiaceae. The plant is native to the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Bagawak is an evergreen shrub to small tree growing up to 4-6 meters …
The second Environmental Education Program 2023 happened in Malinta Elementary School on September 15, 2023. There were 227 participants in the program coming from two sections of Grades 4, 5, and 6. The programs started with a prayer followed by the opening remarks from For. Nicasio M. Balahadia. In his …
The Rattlesnake orchid is a clump-forming epiphytic orchid with a single pleated leathery leaf attached to a pseudobulb. It commonly grows on trees and rocks in rainforest and to other humid sheltered places. Its flowers are cup-shaped hanging in two ranks along a wiry flowering stem usually cream or greenish- …
The Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) Plant of the Month (POM) for August 2023 is Toothbrush Orchid, scientifically known as Dendrobium secundum Lindl. from the family Orchidaceae. The name “toothbrush orchid” was derived from the fact that all of its flowers appear on the same side of the stem, much like the …