Gorgeous Catch. Thanks for sharing Pankaj Ji On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:11 PM, Smita Raskar <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow Beauty ..TFS :) > > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 8:02 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Grammatophyllum speciosum Blume, Bijdr.: 378 (1825).Synonyms:Pattonia >> macrantha Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5: t. 1750 >> (1851).Grammatophyllum fastuosum Lindl., Paxton's Fl. Gard. 2: 159 >> (1852).Grammatophyllum macranthum (Wight) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 16 >> (1862).Grammatophyllum giganteum Blume ex Rchb.f., Linnaea 41: 107 >> (1876).Grammatophyllum pantherinum Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 9: 788 >> (1878).Grammatophyllum cominsii Rolfe, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 5: 506 >> (1891).Grammatophyllum sanderianum auct., Gard. Chron., III, 14: 15 >> (1893).Grammatophyllum papuanum J.J.Sm., Bull. Dép. Agric. Indes >> Néerl. 45: 11 (1911). >> Family: OrchidaceaeDistribution: Indo-China to Solomon Is.Current >> pictaken at WOC, Singapore. >> Note: This is believed to be the largest Orchid in the world.WIKI: The >> Giant Orchid, Grammatophyllum speciosum, also called TigerOrchid, >> Sugar Cane Orchid or Queen of the Orchids, is the world'slargest >> orchid. It is native to New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia >> andPhilippines, growing in crotches of large trees on exposed areas >> ofthe lowland tropical rainforest. >> RegardsPankaj >> -- >> ********************************************************************** >> "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" >> >> >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >> Conservation Officer >> >> Office: >> Flora Conservation Department >> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >> >> Residence: >> 36c, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun >> Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >> >> email: [email protected] >> [email protected] >> [email protected] >> Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) >> +852 9436 6251 (mobile) > > > > > -- > Smita raskar > 308 Disha Residency, > Salaiwada,Sawantwadi > Mob.09422379568 / 09763989639 >
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