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Grammatophyllum speciosum
Also called Sugar Cane Orchid, Tiger Orchid
In Singapore: Tiger Orchid, Bunga Bidadari, Ekor Gajah (Native to Singapore)
Grammatophyllum speciosum is a huge epiphytic orchid of lowland tropical rainforest, forming massive clumps of cane-like pseudobulbs and spectacular flower sprays. It is a demanding but rewarding plant for warm, humid greenhouses, grown well by giving it bright light, good airflow and a dry-down between waterings.
Grammatophyllum speciosum, also called giant orchid, tiger orchid, sugar cane orchid or queen of the orchids, is a species of orchid native to Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi) and Malaysia. It has also been recorded in the Philippines, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
It is native to New Guinea, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines, growing in crotches of large trees on exposed areas of the lowland tropical rainforest.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Grammatophyllum speciosum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
