UPSC Civil Services 2020 Prelims General Studies Paper I

Under the Act, Schedule VI contains the plants, which are prohibited from cultivation and planting like pitcher plant, blue vanda, red vanda, kuth, etc. However, under the Act, a license is required to cultivate them. These plants are as follows:

• Beddomes’ cycad (Cycas beddomei)

• Blue Vanda (Vanda soerulec)

• Kuth (Saussurea lappa)

• Ladies slipper orchids (Paphiopedilum spp.)

• Pitcher plant (Nepenthes khasiana)

• Red Vanda (Rananthera inschootiana)]