Cover image via Paula Panganiban & SAYS Philippines
Netizen Kris N. Ordoñez recently posted a status about
popularizing native plants, instead of the cherry blossoms that were recently planted in some popular scenic spots in Benguet
Here's a very detailed explanation about biodiversity and why it needs to be carefully studied before introducing new plant species into a completely different ecosystem
After such, other netizens came up with #nativetreesfor7dayschallenge, where everyone are challenged to post local plants that they think are worthy of attention, instead of the imported winter flower
As we can remember, officials of Atok, Benguet, along with officials from the Kochi prefecture and Japanese embassy planted over 30 cherry blossoms and other kinds of trees from Japan to celebrate the 40th anniversary of sisterhood ties between Japan's Kochi prefecture and Benguet province
More than 100 cherry blossoms were initially propagated in November 2015 but only a few survived because they were planted at the wrong time of the year, according to Japanese botanist Kiyuharu Yamamoto.
This time, they are planting it at the start of the rainy season. They also intend to plant sakura trees in several other nature parks in Benguet such as Mt. Timbac and Mt. Pulag. These sakura trees are expected to bloom after three years. Atok is about 2 hours and 30 minutes away from Baguio City.
Because everyone's so excited, we recently Photoshopped these cherry blossoms in different areas of Benguet here:
You? What's your take?
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