Discovering rare and precious orchid species in Quang Tri

Quang Tri Provincial Forest Protection Department said that in the biodiversity survey in the forest area of ​​Dakrong Nature Reserve, researchers have discovered a rare and precious plant species listed in the Vietnam Red Book. and the world, called the purl.

Linear needle spreads on limestone mountains, looking outside the body and leaves purple, each leaf has from 3 to 5 vertical stripes. Orchid needles used in pharmaceutical technology should be purchased by the market at a high price, more than VND 120,000 / kg. Currently this species is banned from exploitation.

Also during the survey, wildlife conservation officials for the first time recorded the presence of 14/23 species of chicken of Vietnamese chicken in the Dakrong Nature Reserve area.

These are rare and precious chickens, including multi-spicy, Japanese spicy, white-throat, so-so, and middle-of-the-white, white-tailed, black-backed, black-and-white, white-blue, gold, money Red face, star worms, peacocks and wild chickens. Of these, 2 endemic species found only in Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue forests are black-backed pheasant and white-edged pheasant.