Orchid cane the largest Orchid

Orchid cane (Grammatophyllum speciosum) is the largest orchid, the largest and most heavily among other orchid species. In a mature clump, sugar orchid can weigh more than 1 ton and has long panicles up to 3 feet in diameter about 1.5-2 cm panicle. That is why the plant is worthy of the title as the largest and heaviest orchids or giant orchid.Orchid cane is often referred to as tiger orchid (although messier Grammatophyllum scriptum who have the same name), tiger orchid, and the orchid queen. In English known as Sugar Cane Orchid, Giant Orchid, or Queen of the Orchids. In Latin (scientific name) called cane orchid
Grammatophyllum speciosum synonymous with Grammatophyllum cominsii (Rolfe 1891), G. fastuosum (Lindl. & Paxton Paxton 1851 & 1851), G. giganteum (Rchb ex Blume. 1877), G. macranthum (Rchb. 1862), G. pantherinum (Rchb. 1878), G. pantherinum (Rchb.f 1878), G. papuanum (JJ Sm.), G. sanderianum (hort. 1893), G. wallisii (Rchb. 1877), Pattonia macrantha (Wight 1852).


Traits. The main characteristic of orchid cane is their large size. Malai can grow to a height from 2.5 to 3 meters in diameter about 1.5-2 cm. In each panicle can have dozens, even a hundred flowers are still one of about 10 cm diameter flowers. This figure is similar to the stems of sugarcane because it was then known as the orchid orchid cane.Orchid flower cane (Grammatophyllum speciosum) is yellow with brown spots, red or blackish. The orchid cane durable and not easily fade. Although it has been cut from a giant flower stalks super huge and heavy it can last 2 months.Distribution and Conservation. Cane orchid plants spread naturally from Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and New Guinea. In Indonesia cane orchids scattered from the island of Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java, Sulawesi, Maluku, to Papua.Orchid plants of sugarcane (Grammatophyllum speciosum) growing on the sidelines or the base of a large tree in the tropical lowlands. Cane orchids require direct sunlight.The uniqueness and rarity of the largest and heaviest orchid plant orchid cane makes it one of the orchids are protected in Indonesia.Among buddy, especially lover of orchids, one has to cultivate this type of orchid cane?Scientific classification: Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family: Orchidaceae subfamily: Epidendroideae Ethnicity: Cymbidieae Genus: Species Grammatophyllum: Grammatophyllum speciosum.Binomial name: Grammatophyllum speciosum (Blume 1825). Indonesia Name: Orchid cane