Orchid sugarcane ( Grammatophyllum speciosum )

Orchid sugarcane (Grammatophyllum speciosum) is the largest orchid, the largest and most heavily among other types of orchids. In a mature clump, cane orchids can weigh more than a ton and has a panicle up to 3 meters long with a diameter of about 1.5-2 cm panicle. That is why this plant is worthy of the title as the largest and heaviest of orchids or orchid giant.

Orchid cane is often referred to as tiger orchid (though ambiguous Grammatophyllum scriptum who have similar names), tiger orchids, and orchid queen. In English, known as the Sugar Cane Orchid, Giant Orchid, or Queen of the Orchids. In the Latin (scientific name) referred to as sugarcane orchid Grammatophyllum speciosum is 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).


The characteristics. The main characteristic orchid cane is their large size. Panicles can grow to a height from 2.5 to 3 meters with a diameter of about 1.5-2 cm. In each panicle can have dozens, even a hundred flowers that are each about 10 cm diameter flowers. This figure is similar to the stem of sugarcane because it then is known as an orchid orchid cane.


The orchid cane (Grammatophyllum speciosum) is yellow with brown spots, red or blackish red. The orchid cane durable and not easily wither. While it has been cut from a super giant flower stalks large and heavy it can survive two months.
 
Distribution and Conservation. Sugarcane orchid plants spread naturally from Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and New Guinea. In Indonesia orchids scattered Ulai cane from the island of Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Maluku, to Papua.

Orchid plants of sugarcane (Grammatophyllum speciosum) grows on the sidelines or the base of large trees in the area of ​​the tropical lowlands. Cane orchids require direct sunlight.

The uniqueness and rarity of the largest and heaviest orchid plant makes sugar cane orchids became one of the protected orchids in Indonesia.

Among buddy, especially lovers of orchids, some types of orchids have been cultivated this cane?
Scientific Classification: Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family: Orchidaceae subfamily: Epidendroideae Tribe: Cymbidieae Genus: Grammatophyllum Species: speciosum Grammatophyllum.

Reference: orchids.wikia.com; anggrek.org (picture)