"Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park... ... one hour by car to travel from the Da Lat bus station to the park's office. Average temperature: 16-18oC ... Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park is tucked away between two mountain ranges... ... the park gained its name from the two mountain ranges surrounding it, the Bidoup and Lang Bian. ... Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park ranks among the five largest national parks, covering 64,800ha of forest. According to biologists, because of the natural protection provided by the two mountain ranges, the national park is home to the oldest primordial forest in the Central Highlands.
The park's three mountain tops form the roof of the Indochinese peninsula: Mt. Lang Bian at 2,189m, Bidoup at 2,278m and Cong Troi, or Heaven's Gate, at 2,272m. ... The park... possesses the largest orchid gene pool in the country, with 250 different species. Orchids that originated here take the mountains in their scientific names, such as Dendrobium langbianense, Oberonia langbianensis, Elaeocarpus bidupensis and Vanda bidupensis. ... Bidoup-Nui Ba National Park will be enclosed into the larger Da Lat City when the latter is upgraded to become a central region metropolis... According to park officials, the local people's understanding of the need to protect natural diversity comes second to the urgent need to put food on the table for their families. Recent investigation has shown that more than 90ha of the core jungle have been cleared and inhabited, setting off warning bells that the natural habitat is in danger." article URL : http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=02SUN151006 ************ Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
