
MADAGASCAR
In search of threatened species...
HERILALA G. Jonah, Travel Consultant and a Natural History Tour Guide
Tel: 00 261 34 08 377 80 / 00 261 33 03 990 58
Email: herilala_madagascar@yahoo.com
The nature's jewellery, it is always beautiful.

One of the most dominated plant species that you can expect to see in Madagascar is the Orchids. Madagascar has more than one thousand species of orchids and most of them are endemic.
Some of the most common genera are the Aerangis, Aeranthes, Angraecum, Bulbophyllum, Cynorkis, Cymbidiella. There are also other genera which are quite challenging to find in the forest such as the Microcoelia, Oceoclades, Oeoniella.
Four different types of orchids can be seen in the island: orchids which grow in the water, orchids which grow on the ground, epiphyte orchids, and orchids which grow on the rocks.
Thus, you can always find orchids as long as you are in the Madagascar forest, but most of the orchids have their beautiful flowers from December to March. Most of them have beautiful flowers.
It is also another experience.