Well now its ok, the write up is clear... very nice.... Pankaj... nice, but makes me want to look at one flower closer?/
do you have any closer picture, is this in your own place...garden so you could take any more pics? otherwise its ok Usha di ======== On Nov 29, 6:37 pm, Dr 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: Orchidaceae > > Distribution: Indo-China to Solomon Is. > Current pic taken 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. > Regards > Pankaj > On Nov 29, 9:33 pm, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Very unusual. Thanks for sharing. > > > 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) > > > -- > > Dr Satish Phadke
