Photo : indahnesia.comDid You Know? In Indonesia there Bogor Botanical Gardens which is one of the oldest botanical garden in Asia? Bogor Botanical Gardens is a large research farm located in the city of Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. Extensive botanical garden is about 80 hectares and has 15,000 species of trees and plant collections.
Bogor Botanical Gardens are frequently visited by visitors from various backgrounds, ranging from children, teenagers, families, and even tourists from foreign countries. Bogor Botanical Gardens is one of the oldest Botanical Gardens in Asia and has its own beauty.
Bogor Botanical Gardens is a place for educational activities as well as a place of recreation. In the Bogor Botanical Gardens are a museum of animals (zoology museum), libraries, Bogor Palace, a collection of orchid gardens, the central research and development biology, as well as thousands of collections of tropical plant species are grouped according to type, for example family of palm, bamboo, or ginger and also there old trees that are rare and reach hundreds of years old.
History of the Bogor Botanical Gardens
Bogor Botanical Gardens, originally the beginning was part of samida (artificial forests or parks artificial) that already exist in the government of Sri Baduga Maharaja (King Siliwangi, 1474-1513) of the Kingdom of Sunda, as has been written in the inscription Batutulis.
This artificial forest made with the intent to preserve the environment, which serve as a place to nurture the seeds of a rare wood. Forest was later abandoned after the Sunda kingdom conquered by the Sultanate of Banten, and finally in the mid-18th century, Governor-General van der Capellen build a vacation home in one of the corner of this artificial forest.
In the early 1800s, the Governor-General Thomas Stamford Raffles (who inhabited the Bogor Palace at the time) interested to make the Bogor Palace yard into a beautiful garden, then with the assistance of the botanist, Bogor Palace yard turned into an English-style garden classic. This is the beginning of the formation of the Bogor Botanical Gardens as it is now.
W. Kent, who helped build Gardens in London is one-one that involved designing the park.
In 1814, Olivia Raffles (wife of Governor-General Thomas Stamford Raffles) died, and was buried in Batavia, then perpetuated with the establishment of Lady Raffles Monument, known also as the First Lady of Java, a monument to him was established in the Bogor Botanical Gardens.
The initial idea began with the establishment of the Botanical Gardens from a biologist that is Abner. Abner wrote a letter to the Governor-General GAGPh. van der Capellen, which it declared its intention to request a piece of land to serve as a useful garden plants, as a place of teacher education, and become a collection of plants for the development of the other gardens.
Prof. Caspar Georg Karl Reinwardt is someone scientists botany and chemistry (German) who later moved to the Netherlands, interested to investigate various kinds of plants used for medicine and collect all of these plants disebuah botanical garden in the city of Bogor, which was then called Buitenzorg (Dutch language : do not worry). Reinwardt also a pioneer in the field of manufacture of the herbarium and became known as a founder of the Herbarium Bogoriense.
On 18 May 1817, Bogor Botanical Garden was officially established under the name s'Lands Plantentuinte Buitenzorg. Bogor Botanical Garden was founded by Governor-General Godert Alexander Gerard Philip van der Capellen. Implementation of plantation development is led by prof. Caspar Georg Karl Reinwardt assisted by James Hooper and W. Kent (from the famous Kew Gardens in Richmond, England). After that, Bogor later became the center of agriculture and horticulture development in Indonesia. At that time estimated there are about 900 living plants grown in this garden. The first area is used as a botanical garden is the soil around the presidential palace in Bogor and former samida.
In 1822, Reinwardt returned to Holland and his position was replaced by Dr. Carl Ludwig Blume. Dr. Carl Ludwig Blume and then take inventory of the collection of plants that grow in the garden and also compiled the first catalog of the garden, were recorded as many as 912 species (species) of plants.
Johannes Elias Teysmann (1831), an expert in the palace gardens Governor-General Johannes van den Bosch, assisted by Karl Justus Haßkarl, he made arrangements planting collections by grouping plants according to the tribe (family).
Johannes Elias Teysmann later replaced by Dr. Rudolph Herman Christiaan Carel Scheffer in 1867 became director, and then continued by prof. Dr. Melchior Treub.
The establishment of the Bogor Botanical Gardens is the beginning of the development of science in Indonesia, from here was born a few other scientific institutions, such as the Bibliotheca bogoriensis (1842), Herbarium Bogoriense (1844), Cibodas Botanical Garden (1860), Laboratory Treub (1884), and the Museum and Laboratory of Zoology (1894).
On May 30, 1868, the Bogor Botanical Gardens officially separate the management with the Bogor Palace pages.
In the beginning, the garden is only used as a garden for plantation experiments that will be introduced to the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). However, further research is used also as a forum for scientists of that era (1880-1905).
Bogor Botanical Gardens always show any significant changes, Prof. Ir. Koestono Setijowirjo (1949) is the first Indonesian leader, who served a research institute with international standards.
Bogor Botanical Gardens in the course of its history has various names and nicknames, such as: s'Lands Plantentuin, Syokubutzuer (Japanese occupation era), Botanical Garden of Buitenzorg, Botanical Garden of Indonesia, Kebun Gede, "Jodoh" Garden.
Bogor Botanical Gardens Attraction:
Carrion flower (Amorphophalus titanum)
These flowers bloom at the time will come near, will issue a stinging smell of carrion. Higher interest rates can reach as high as 4 meters with a diameter of 1.5 meters and is the world's largest compound flower plants.
Tree Lychee (Litchi Chinenis)
The oldest tree in the Bogor Botanical Garden is the Tree Lychee from China. This tree was planted in 1823, is located near the lake Bogor Botanical Gardens.
Not far from the lake there is the Mermaid Statue and Sculpture Hand of God, which is a duplicate of the statue in Copenhagen and Stockholm.
Frangipani Flower Fragnant
Fragnant Frangipani flowers, roots always come out of the ground.
Lily Flower Java
Bogor Botanical Garden has a collection of Java Lily Flower which is endangered.
Tree King
This tree is originally from Borneo. Called the Tree of the King because the King of Borneo like to collect these trees, which can use to attract bees and made honey.
Oil palm
Bogor Botanical Garden has a collection of the oldest palm trees in Southeast Asia that still lives today.
Bat Houses
There are large trees that are old, who became the house where bats hanging.
Supplies You Need Carried
Use long sleeves for around Bogor Botanical Gardens, the point to protect the skin from the sun and to protect themselves from mosquito bites. Bring a hat, drinking water, snacks.
How to Achieve Bogor Botanical Gardens
Bogor Botanical Gardens Bogor is located amid the bustling city, so it is not difficult to find.
From Jakarta (± 63 km towards the Bogor Botanical Gardens):
-With the bus to Terminal Baranangsiang-Bogor, followed by riding public transportation to the Bogor Botanical Gardens and get off at the door of the Bogor Botanical Gardens near the IPB.
-By train to Bogor Station, followed by the Free-ride public transportation department Sukasari towards the Bogor Botanical Gardens and down the door of a market near Bogor.
The Visit to Bogor Botanical Gardens
Start is open from 8am to 5pm.
The main gate located to the south, the other doors that only opened on Sunday and holidays.
On the day of week, holidays and long holidays, the Bogor Botanical Gardens crowded. Bogor Botanical Gardens is the best place to travel with your beloved family.
Bogor Botanical Gardens are frequently visited by visitors from various backgrounds, ranging from children, teenagers, families, and even tourists from foreign countries. Bogor Botanical Gardens is one of the oldest Botanical Gardens in Asia and has its own beauty.
Bogor Botanical Gardens is a place for educational activities as well as a place of recreation. In the Bogor Botanical Gardens are a museum of animals (zoology museum), libraries, Bogor Palace, a collection of orchid gardens, the central research and development biology, as well as thousands of collections of tropical plant species are grouped according to type, for example family of palm, bamboo, or ginger and also there old trees that are rare and reach hundreds of years old.
History of the Bogor Botanical Gardens
Bogor Botanical Gardens, originally the beginning was part of samida (artificial forests or parks artificial) that already exist in the government of Sri Baduga Maharaja (King Siliwangi, 1474-1513) of the Kingdom of Sunda, as has been written in the inscription Batutulis.
This artificial forest made with the intent to preserve the environment, which serve as a place to nurture the seeds of a rare wood. Forest was later abandoned after the Sunda kingdom conquered by the Sultanate of Banten, and finally in the mid-18th century, Governor-General van der Capellen build a vacation home in one of the corner of this artificial forest.
In the early 1800s, the Governor-General Thomas Stamford Raffles (who inhabited the Bogor Palace at the time) interested to make the Bogor Palace yard into a beautiful garden, then with the assistance of the botanist, Bogor Palace yard turned into an English-style garden classic. This is the beginning of the formation of the Bogor Botanical Gardens as it is now.
W. Kent, who helped build Gardens in London is one-one that involved designing the park.
In 1814, Olivia Raffles (wife of Governor-General Thomas Stamford Raffles) died, and was buried in Batavia, then perpetuated with the establishment of Lady Raffles Monument, known also as the First Lady of Java, a monument to him was established in the Bogor Botanical Gardens.
The initial idea began with the establishment of the Botanical Gardens from a biologist that is Abner. Abner wrote a letter to the Governor-General GAGPh. van der Capellen, which it declared its intention to request a piece of land to serve as a useful garden plants, as a place of teacher education, and become a collection of plants for the development of the other gardens.
Prof. Caspar Georg Karl Reinwardt is someone scientists botany and chemistry (German) who later moved to the Netherlands, interested to investigate various kinds of plants used for medicine and collect all of these plants disebuah botanical garden in the city of Bogor, which was then called Buitenzorg (Dutch language : do not worry). Reinwardt also a pioneer in the field of manufacture of the herbarium and became known as a founder of the Herbarium Bogoriense.
On 18 May 1817, Bogor Botanical Garden was officially established under the name s'Lands Plantentuinte Buitenzorg. Bogor Botanical Garden was founded by Governor-General Godert Alexander Gerard Philip van der Capellen. Implementation of plantation development is led by prof. Caspar Georg Karl Reinwardt assisted by James Hooper and W. Kent (from the famous Kew Gardens in Richmond, England). After that, Bogor later became the center of agriculture and horticulture development in Indonesia. At that time estimated there are about 900 living plants grown in this garden. The first area is used as a botanical garden is the soil around the presidential palace in Bogor and former samida.
In 1822, Reinwardt returned to Holland and his position was replaced by Dr. Carl Ludwig Blume. Dr. Carl Ludwig Blume and then take inventory of the collection of plants that grow in the garden and also compiled the first catalog of the garden, were recorded as many as 912 species (species) of plants.
Johannes Elias Teysmann (1831), an expert in the palace gardens Governor-General Johannes van den Bosch, assisted by Karl Justus Haßkarl, he made arrangements planting collections by grouping plants according to the tribe (family).
Johannes Elias Teysmann later replaced by Dr. Rudolph Herman Christiaan Carel Scheffer in 1867 became director, and then continued by prof. Dr. Melchior Treub.
The establishment of the Bogor Botanical Gardens is the beginning of the development of science in Indonesia, from here was born a few other scientific institutions, such as the Bibliotheca bogoriensis (1842), Herbarium Bogoriense (1844), Cibodas Botanical Garden (1860), Laboratory Treub (1884), and the Museum and Laboratory of Zoology (1894).
On May 30, 1868, the Bogor Botanical Gardens officially separate the management with the Bogor Palace pages.
In the beginning, the garden is only used as a garden for plantation experiments that will be introduced to the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). However, further research is used also as a forum for scientists of that era (1880-1905).
Bogor Botanical Gardens always show any significant changes, Prof. Ir. Koestono Setijowirjo (1949) is the first Indonesian leader, who served a research institute with international standards.
Bogor Botanical Gardens in the course of its history has various names and nicknames, such as: s'Lands Plantentuin, Syokubutzuer (Japanese occupation era), Botanical Garden of Buitenzorg, Botanical Garden of Indonesia, Kebun Gede, "Jodoh" Garden.
Bogor Botanical Gardens Attraction:
Carrion flower (Amorphophalus titanum)
These flowers bloom at the time will come near, will issue a stinging smell of carrion. Higher interest rates can reach as high as 4 meters with a diameter of 1.5 meters and is the world's largest compound flower plants.
Tree Lychee (Litchi Chinenis)
The oldest tree in the Bogor Botanical Garden is the Tree Lychee from China. This tree was planted in 1823, is located near the lake Bogor Botanical Gardens.
Not far from the lake there is the Mermaid Statue and Sculpture Hand of God, which is a duplicate of the statue in Copenhagen and Stockholm.
Frangipani Flower Fragnant
Fragnant Frangipani flowers, roots always come out of the ground.
Lily Flower Java
Bogor Botanical Garden has a collection of Java Lily Flower which is endangered.
Tree King
This tree is originally from Borneo. Called the Tree of the King because the King of Borneo like to collect these trees, which can use to attract bees and made honey.
Oil palm
Bogor Botanical Garden has a collection of the oldest palm trees in Southeast Asia that still lives today.
Bat Houses
There are large trees that are old, who became the house where bats hanging.
Supplies You Need Carried
Use long sleeves for around Bogor Botanical Gardens, the point to protect the skin from the sun and to protect themselves from mosquito bites. Bring a hat, drinking water, snacks.
How to Achieve Bogor Botanical Gardens
Bogor Botanical Gardens Bogor is located amid the bustling city, so it is not difficult to find.
From Jakarta (± 63 km towards the Bogor Botanical Gardens):
-With the bus to Terminal Baranangsiang-Bogor, followed by riding public transportation to the Bogor Botanical Gardens and get off at the door of the Bogor Botanical Gardens near the IPB.
-By train to Bogor Station, followed by the Free-ride public transportation department Sukasari towards the Bogor Botanical Gardens and down the door of a market near Bogor.
The Visit to Bogor Botanical Gardens
Start is open from 8am to 5pm.
The main gate located to the south, the other doors that only opened on Sunday and holidays.
On the day of week, holidays and long holidays, the Bogor Botanical Gardens crowded. Bogor Botanical Gardens is the best place to travel with your beloved family.
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