Jakarta, Oct. 21 -- Indonesian researchers have identified two new orchid species from Raja Ampat, West Papua, highlighting the region's rich but vulnerable biodiversity.

The discovery followed a 2022 plant inventory conducted on Batanta Island by Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) in collaboration with the West Papua Natural Resources Conservation Center (BBKSDA).

The newly classified orchids, Dendrobium siculiforme and Bulbophyllum ewamiyiuu, were described in the international scientific journal Telopea in August 2025.

"These are epiphytic orchids that grow naturally on tree trunks," said Destario Metusala, lead researcher from BRIN's Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution, on October 16, 2025.

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