Largest Orchid

[wintergirl]

I bet it's a real party when it blooms!

[AussieVanda]

Could make for an interesting project for those of us with the room

[sbrofio]

@NYOrchidman: yes, you're right! You can go to see live and take son pics for us (please!!)

[HighSeas]

I love Grammatophyllums! I have the "Scriptums" and I can attest that they grow pretty fast! The Scriptum however is a lot more compact, as it grows with a pseudobulb and lacks the "trailing" habit of the "Speciosum". They are two of my favorite plants....but indeed, very heavy!

[kg5]

Well have my 1st orchids and they are all Grammatophyllums.

Have 13 tubes speciosum wallisii.

Have a flask of speciosum with the lid off ready to break the flask and pot on.

Have a well established Scriptums that I have just potted on from a very over grown 85mm pot.

Am putting them into full sun with lotus stock plants in tubs under them for a bit extra humidity. This area should be up and running in few month. Happy Days!

So that is a mum & 2 dads that I have. Looking at a couple of extra Grammatophyllums to add to the collection.

[Catriona]

Thought I'd have a look on Wikipedia and she's on there alright, staggering photos & good info. Also known as, amongst other things, Queen of Orchids. Only flowers once every 2-4 years & can stay in flower for 2 months, flowers ~4" wide. She's very beautiful, flowers mustard with brown spots & orange lip & hood(?), or creamy white with black markings & crimson lip & hood (?).

A 2-ton specimen was displayed at the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace, London in 1851 - maybe the one you're referring to, rjsquirrel?

Fun thread - now who's up for telling us about world's smallest orchid?!

[Catriona]

Originally Posted by kg5

Interesting to hear about the largest of the orchids in the world as we know it.

kg5,
It seems I have killed your thread stone dead. Apologies.
Maybe people feel I hijacked it. Not my intention, I was going by your original post.
This is - as you no doubt can all tell - my first experiment with "soshul meejya" & doesn't seem to be going too well. Maybe I'm just not cut out for it - either too crass or oversensitive - always seem to be apologising for my posts. Whatever.
Won't happen again.
Regards, Trina

[Fairorchids]

Have not looked at this thread for a while. I met David H. (In the photos) a couple of months ago, and mentioned this thread. He told me, that unfortunately the plant did not take kindly to the repotting, so it is much smaller now.

[vjo]

There was someone on here a year or so ago that had just purchased a huge onc (if I remember correctly). Does anyone else remember this? How would we go about finding that thread? Would be interesting to compare these two.

[AnonYMouse]

Originally Posted by vjo

There was someone on here a year or so ago that had just purchased a huge onc (if I remember correctly). Does anyone else remember this? How would we go about finding that thread? Would be interesting to compare these two.

I remember, had to set up a block and tackle to winch it up or something. I did a quick search and it didn't come up.