Rare trees lost in botanical gardens<\/p>\n
BOGOR (JP): A large number of rare trees planted in botanical
\ngardens here and in Bali have fallen following days of torrential
\nrain over the past week.<\/p>\n
Director of the Bogor Botanical Gardens Dedy Darnaedi, who
\nalso heads the state gardens in the neighboring district of
\nCibodas, told The Jakarta Post on Thursday that the number of
\nfallen trees was close to 100 in the two places alone, while the
\nnumber of trees downed in Bedugul park in Bali was still being
\ncounted.<\/p>\n
The uprooted trees in the Cibodas park included those
\nbelonging to the cactace, agatis, araucaria and casuarina
\nfamilies aged between 80 and 100 years old, Dedy said.<\/p>\n
Only four trees were felled in the Bogor park, all of which
\nwere canary and rubber trees aged over 40 years old.<\/p>\n
"Of course, the losses are financially immeasurable because
\nthe trees are some of our rarest," Dedy stressed.<\/p>\n
He said some of the cactace trees, which are of American
\norigin, could be salvaged by replanting their roots.<\/p>\n
It was not the first time that trees belonging to the
\nbotanical gardens had fallen victim to storms and torrential
\nrains, Dedy said. In fact, it was quite common as most of them
\nwere planted, instead of having grown naturally. As a result, the
\ntrees did not root firmly to the ground.<\/p>\n
He dismissed speculation that the trees were diseased before
\ntumbling.<\/p>\n
"We routinely examine the trees. Whenever we find fungus or
\nother sources of disease on the plants, we quickly take care of
\nit," Dedy said.<\/p>\n
Apart from plants, buildings in the gardens were also damaged
\nby the storms, according to Dedy.<\/p>\n
Damage was found in a guest house, a library and a laboratory
\nin the Cibodas gardens, and four greenhouses, four ethnobotanical
\nbuildings and an exhibition room were damaged in the Bali garden.
\n(21)<\/p>",
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