Orchid Sugar Cane, A Beautiful Giant Nearly Extinct

utramantaro (41)in #petals • 7 years ago

Hi may I have not written in steemit for a long time, yes, because I am being preoccupied with my activities with my community to save some kind of rare flower and plant, and today I will raise one of the largest species of orchid whose existence is endangered.

Orchid cane (Grammatophyllum speciosum) is the largest orchid, the largest and most severe among other orchid species. In an adult grove, the cane ore can weigh more than 1 ton and has a panicle length of up to 3 meters with a panicle diameter of about 1.5-2 cm. That is why this plant deserves to be the title of the greatest and heaviest orchid or the giant orchid.

Sugarcane orchids are often referred to as tiger orchids (although rancu Grammatophyllum scriptum has similar names), tiger orchids, and orchid queens. In English known as Sugar Cane Orchid, Giant Orchid, or Queen of the Orchids. In Latin (the scientific name) orchid orchid is referred to as Grammatophyllum speciosum which is synonymous with Grammatophyllum cominsii (Rolfe 1891), G. fastuosum (Lindl. & Paxton 1851 & Paxton 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).

Characteristic features. The main characteristic of cane orchid is its large size. Malai can grow to a height of 2.5 - 3 meters with a diameter of about 1.5-2 cm. In each panicle can have dozens, even reach a hundred flowers that each flower diameter about 10 cm. Stem figure is indeed similar to sugarcane because it is then orchid is famous as a sugar cane orchid.

Yellow orchid cane flowers yellow with brown spots, red or red blackish. Cane orchid flowers are durable and not easily withered. Although it has been cut from the trunk of this huge and heavy giant flower is able to survive 2 months.

Distribution and Conservation. Cane orchid plants spread naturally from Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, to New Guinea. In Indonesia orchid cane scattered from the island of Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java, Sulawesi, Maluku, to Papua. Crop orchid grows on the sidelines or the base of large trees in the tropical lowland area. Orchid cane needs direct sunlight. The uniqueness and scarcity of this largest and heaviest orchid plants make the cane orchid into one of the protected orchids in Indonesia.