Look what I found!! - Orchid Board

rogerman · #1 (**permalink**) 04-05-2009, 09:41 AM

I have it now...... I bought two seedlings today!!

Grammatophyllum speciosum Blume.

From Wikipedia:
The Giant Orchid, Grammatophyllum speciosum, also called Tiger Orchid, Sugar Cane Orchid or Queen of the Orchids, is the world's largest orchid. It is native to New Guinea, Indonesia and Malaysia, growing in crotches of large trees on exposed areas of the lowland tropical rainforest.

It is an epiphytic and occasionally a lithophytic plant, forming spectacular root bundles. Its cylindric pseudobulbs can grow to a length of 2.5 m. It can grow to gigantic clusters weighing from several hundred kilograms to more than one ton. A Giant Orchid weighing two tons was one of the highlights in the 1851 exhibition at the Crystal Palace in London.

Me with my seedlings (one year old)

What they should look like later in life

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eople are saying it is Tha scriptum species.....I really aren't too sure now, as it has the scriptum bulbs, but yet it has the speciosum flowers....Ahh well, i'll just wait for it to grow.

tuvoc · #2 (**permalink**) 04-05-2009, 11:53 AM

Way to go, Peter! Keep us posted.

Kim

Zoi2 · #3 (**permalink**) 04-05-2009, 12:06 PM

Those are awesome!
Joann

rogerman · #4 (**permalink**) 04-05-2009, 08:50 PM

There was an older plant at the shop. The spike from the flower would have been at least three feet long.

kiki-do · #5 (**permalink**) 04-05-2009, 08:56 PM

Very nice, great find!

lostonthebeach · #6 (**permalink**) 04-05-2009, 08:59 PM

One year old?? WOW!! Those are some seedlings. Would love to see more photos of them as they grow.

CoolPhrog · #7 (**permalink**) 04-05-2009, 09:06 PM

Very cool, Peter!!

phearamedusa · #8 (**permalink**) 04-06-2009, 01:33 AM

That's going to be HUGE. I hope you got the space for it, or will all your orchid loving friends & family be getting divisions/seedlings.

playtime8978 · #9 (**permalink**) 04-06-2009, 02:18 AM

That is the biggest seedling I have ever seen of anything ! I am awaiting the arrival of some deflasked seedlings and they certainly will not be that size! that is going to be a stunning plant, you must keep us updated with pics to drool over as it grows.

rogerman · #10 (**permalink**) 04-06-2009, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by phearamedusa

I hope you got the space for it,

Yes I do have space for these plants.... even if they get to full size of about 2 metres round.

If they don't fit in my small shade house (400sq. Metres), they can go into my big one (1 Hectare) when it's finished.