The Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystem brings back the Makiling Forum, this time embracing the virtual platform to ensure accessibility to a wider audience. On 26 January 2024, the quarterly event unfolded seamlessly via Zoom, shedding light on the remarkable outcomes of the “Ex-situ Conservation of Threatened Philippine Plants: Restoring …
The Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) Wildlife of the Month (WOM) for January 2024 is the Yellow-striped slender tree skink, scientifically known as Lipinia pulchella (GRAY, 1845) from the family Scincidae. The wildlife is endemic to the Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao, Negros, Bohol, Pollillo, Panay, and Masbate). The species can be located at elevations …
The Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) Plant of the Month (POM) for January 2024 is the Zebra Orchid, scientifically known as Trichoglottis geminata (Teijsm. & Binn.) J.J.Sm from the family Orchidaceae. Carl Blume established the genus Trichoglottis in 1825. The generic epithet is from the Greek word tricho, which means hair, and glotta, …
The Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) Wildlife of the Month (WOM) for Decemberber 2023 is the Green Dragontail Butterfly, scientifically known as Lamproptera meges (Zincken 1831) from the family Papilionidae. The wildlife is an indigenous species to South and Southeast Asia (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, South China (including Hainan and Zhangjiajie from Hunan …
The Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) Plant of the Month (POM) for December 2023 is the Awl-Leaf Closed-Mouth Orchid, scientifically known as Cleisostoma subulatum Blume from the family Orchidaceae. The name “Cleisostoma” is derived from the Greek words kleistos, meaning “closed” and “stoma” meaning “mouth. The species name “subulatum” is based on …
The Makiling Botanic Gardens (MBG) Wildlife of the Month (WOM) for November 2023 is the Luzon “Tariktik” Hornbill, scientifically known as Penelopides manillae (Boddaert, 1783) from the family Bucerotidae. The wildlife is endemic to the Philippines; the island of Luzon and some adjacent islands. The bird is physically described as a …