Watermelon farmer Ariffin Ibrahim...
Grammatophyllum speciosum... at his house in Kampung Telaga Papan... bloomed...
has yellow petals which are peppered with blots of brown, resembling the
tiger's skin...
The species, which he planted seven years ago, normally blooms around this
time every
The New York Times article that Viateur posted in OGD V10 #277:
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/a-200-pound-orchid-blooms-again/?hp
has a couple of errors.
i) It isn't rare in nature. In many places it is really common.
ii) it grows in the crotches of trees more than 100 feet in
Flowers of endangered orchid... g[G]rammatophyllum speciosum... known as
the largest... in the world are sold on the sides of some streets...
the flowers of the endangered orchid locally named `anggrek macan` or
`anggrek harimau` are sold along with other ornament flowers...
Orchid flowers
Oh dear oh dear oh dear. The Indystar article Viateur cited:
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070217/LIVING02/702170390/1084
made the preposterous statement The first public viewing of the
species in bloom was in 1851 at Crystal Palace in London.
In the interests of
They grow very well indeed here in Hawaii..I , and many others, have grown them
outdoors here...slow growers at best..must be more than four foot tall to bloom
here..though many of them bloom every year...The interesting thing is that the
colors are quite variable..I show one on my site that is
The first buds of a giant orchid in Bogor Botanical Garden (KBR) are
expected to be in full bloom next week, the garden attendant Sugiharti...
said... the flowers used to last for about two months.
She said the giant orchid (Grammatophyllum speciosum), popularly known as
tiger orchid because
Dear OGD's and Michael
I came across what seems to be a fairly small (not just young) Schomburgkia
labelled with the epithet compactum - it's about the size of thomsoniana.
I have seen this on clones of Grammatophyllum scriptum compactum originating
from Terry Glancy's operation in Homestead.
I'd like a head start on researching the genus Grammatophyllum.
Certainly, their is a fair amount of information about Gram. scriptum
and Gram. speciosum, but I suppose I'll have to hit the books for
anything beyond that.
If anyone can point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it.
G (WSheldon)asked : a head start on researching the genus Grammatophyllum.
Here are some references that you might wish to read :
-- O Byrne, P., 2002, An A to Z of South East Asian orchids: part 7. G to
L: Grammatophyllum to Luisia in Orchid Rev. , 110(1244): 99-106.
-- Cooles, J., 2001,
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