A variety of rare plants with unique ecological characteristics are distributed in Gotjawal of Jeju Island in Korea. In this study, among the native plants of Gotjawal, Orchidaceae medicinal orchid (Cremastra appendiculata var. variabilis), which uses...
A variety of rare plants with unique ecological characteristics are distributed in Gotjawal of Jeju Island in Korea. In this study, among the native plants of Gotjawal, Orchidaceae medicinal orchid (Cremastra appendiculata var. variabilis), which uses underground stems for medicinal purposes, reveals the habitat environment and growth characteristics, physiological response to indoor environmental treatment, and proposes management plans. Tried to do to this end, environmental factors, the number of aboveground parts, canopy projections, growth and reproduction responses, investigated in the habitat. And in the greenhouse, physiological reactions such as photosynthesis rate, transpiration rate, water utilization efficiency, stomatal conductance, and chlorophyll content are measured under environmental (light, soil moisture content, temperature, soil organic matter) treatments, and using this value, the ecophysiological position width calculated. also investigated to growth and reproduction reactions, plant phenology.
As a result, 1) The light environment 3.04±2.79μmolm-2s-1, corresponding to the shaded area in habitat. This is because Quercus glauca (Quercus glauca) and Idesia polycarpa (Idesia polycarpa) grow densely in the crown of the upper part of the habitat and there is little light. 2) The monthly change in the number of above-ground parts (light quantity μmolm-2s-1) of C. appendiculata in their native habitat was proportional to the amount of light reaching the clinical stage, which is due to the leaf opening and vitality of I. polycarpa, a deciduous tree that makes up the canopy layer. 3) The leaves of the aerial part of the C. appendiculata appeared distinctly from the beginning of August and were green until April of the following year, but most of them withered from May. In May, as the leaves wither, the peduncle appears, blooms from mid-May, and fruits are formed from mid-July. 4) The number of digests and weight per tuber diameter was higher in the greenhouse than in the habitat. 5) The photosynthetic rate was 11.3 times, water utilization efficiency 15.9 times, and chlorophyll content 4.2 times higher than habitat at 15% of total light (p<0.05). 6) The ecophysiological position width was narrowest in light (0.573±0.154). This means that the C. appendiculata is a narrow-range species for light. 7) The response of C. appendiculata to such light was different from the response to temperature, soil moisture content, and organic matter in the factor analysis.
As a result, it is judged that C. appendiculata currently living in their natural habitat have ecological and physiological characteristics that can adapt to environments with low light. However, in order to increase the habitat photosynthetic rate, it is considered necessary to adjust the amount of light incident to about 15% by adjusting the canopy layer in the upper part of the habitat.