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)

Black Orchid Flower

Know About Black Orchid

Black Orchid Flower is one of the orchid species are protected in Indonesia because of danger of extinction in their natural environment. Black orchid which in Latin is called Coelogyne pandurata floral identity (mascot) province of East Kalimantan. Black orchid populations (Coelogyne pandurata) in native habitat (wild) are increasingly rare and quite dramatically decreased due to shrinking forests and hunting to be sold to orchid collectors.



Black orchid (Coelogyne pandurata), as the name implies, has a characteristic of the flower which has a tongue (labellum) is black. This rare orchid in English referred to as the "Black Orchid". While in East Kalimantan, the rare Black Orchid has the local name "grit Luai".

Although identical to the Borneo black orchid but orchid species other than in the wild Borneo also grows wild in Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and Mindanao, the island of Luzon and Samar Island Philippines.

Black Orchid traits.

Orchids species is called black because of a tongue (labellum) with a little black stripes green and hairy. The number of flowers in each cluster between 1 and 14 petals or more. The line center of each flower about 10 cm. Leaf-shaped petals lanceolate, melancip, colored light green, long 5-6 cm, width 2 -3 cm. Petals oblong-shaped light green melancip lip resembling a violin, the middle there is a groove, the edges curling, stained black or dark brown.

Orchid leaves black-green oval-shaped with a length ranging between 40-50 cm and a width between 2 -10 cm. While the black orchid fruit ellipsoid with a length of about 7 cm and a width between 2-3 cm. Of the total interest is not much to be fruit.

Another characteristic that distinguishes black orchid with other types of orchids are fragrant odor. Usually the plants bloom in March to June. As black orchid orchids in general, grow a ride to the other plants (epiphytes). Usually, these rare orchids attached to the old tree that lived in coastal areas or swamps.

Black orchid (Coelogyne pandurata) grows in the shade. Generally the type of orchid is the identity of the fauna of East Kalimantan is to grow in the lowlands on old trees, near the coast or in low-lying swamp area that is hot enough and close to rivers in the wet forest.

Plants are epiphytes (stays in other plants) have multiplied with the seeds. However, black orchid can also be propagated by separating the quasi bulbs.

The Black Orchid Wild Dark.

Black orchid populations (Coelogyne pandurata) in the wild habitat is increasingly rare. Although, according to Regulation No. 7 of 1999 orchid is protected and prohibited free trade (except for captive breeding), but the hunting is done to take and sell this type of orchid to orchid collector does not go down.

In addition, beginning the shift to plantation forest function and settlements as well as the occurrence of forest fires that occur each year more and make the black population in the wild orchids are increasingly threatened extinction.

Perhaps the lovers and collectors of black orchids before buying Orchids must carefully, whether it's black orchid purchased from captive breeding or hunting of wild results. Although many orchid lovers who collected black orchid, but the extinction of this species in the wild remains a great loss for biodeversity Indonesia. Do not let the orchid lovers became the main cause of extinction of black orchids in the wild.

Scientific Classification: Kingdom: Plantae; Division: Magnoliophyta; Class: Liliopsida; Order: Asparagales; Family: Orchidaceae; Genus: Coelogyne; Species: Coelogyne pandurata; binomial name: Coelogyne pandurata

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Know Various Orchid Plants

ORCHID FLOWER plants are widespread ranging from Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Papua, up to Australia. Orchid flowers are a way of life with a stick on stem or branches of trees in forests and thrives up to 600 meters above sea level.

From age to age, ORCHID FLOWER plants have an important role in the development of treatment techniques using herbs. Its use was widespread until the ingredients and was even believed to be the main ingredient in love potions potion making certain period. ORCHID FLOWER When the plant appears in a dream a person, it is believed as a symbol representation of a deep need for tenderness, romance, and fidelity in a relationship. Finally, at the beginning of the 18th century, the activities began collecting orchids into a lot of activities carried out in all corners of the world, mainly because of the beauty of this plant.

The mention of the types of common ornamental plants ORCHID FLOWER mentioned by genus name only because a lot of hybrids between species and antargenus that have been made. As a result, the naming of orchids have some sort of special rules that somewhat 'deviant' from the ordinary rules of botanical naming.