Grammatophyllum scriptum ‘early riser’

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Grammatophyllum are the family among the largest orchids in the world. Gram. speciosum is in the Guiness book of world records as reaching 2000 pounds with 7 foot leaves and 9 foot flower sprays.
My 'early riser' is 5 years old and very well established. This is an awesome specie with dramatically arching long spike of amazing spotted/waxy textured flowers. These beautiful orchids will bloom with lots of 2-3 inch flowers and will usually last up 2 months. It has the fragrance of a fresh cut grass and pine trees after a rain shower.
This is one of the newest Gramatophyllums that I got a year and a half ago being released by Kawamoto of Hawaii. Pot size is 5 inches and the plant stands 18-22 inches tall and it needs repotting, I will do it after the flowers are gone.
These are easy to grow if given enough water and fertilizer. This orchid is a vigorous grower; they increase in size rapidly if re-potted into larger containers. They have a tendency to drop leaves if grown too cool over the winter(as you can see with the two other bulbs with no leaves), but recover rapidly when growing season starts. They like high sunlight to set flowers.