Blessed with an amazing variety of flora
and fauna, 67% of the geographical area of Manipur is hill tract covered forests.
Depending on the altitude of hill ranges, the climatic condition varies from
tropical to sub-alpine. The wet forests and the pine forests occur between 900-2700
m above MSL and they together sustain a host of rare and endemic plant and animal
life.Coveted the world over as some of the most beautiful and precious blooms,
orchids have an aura of exotic, mysteries about them.
In Manipur, they are abound in their natural habitat growing in soil or on trees
and shrubs speaking their beauty and colour, stunning the eye that is not used
to seeing them. in such profusion. There are 500 varieties of orchids which
grow in Manipur of which 472 have been identified.
In addition to 'Siroi Lily' which is the only terrestrial lily grown on the
hill tops of Siroi hill, Ukhrul, the Hoolock Gibbon, the Sloe Loris, the Clauded
Leopard, the Spotted Linshang, Mrs. Hume's Barbacked Pheasant, Blyths Tragopan,
Burmese Pea-Fowl, four different species of Hornbills etc. form only a part
of the rich natural fauna of Manipur. However, the most unique is the Sangai
the dancing deer. The floating mass of vegetation on the Loktak Lake sustains
small herds of this endemic deer which unfortunately has the dubious distinction
of being the most threatened Cervid (known as Phumdi) in the World. Other mentionable
fauna is Salamander known as 'Lengwa' found at the foothill of Siroi in Ukhrul.
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