Grammatophyllum speciosum (PROSEA)
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Grammatophyllum speciosum Blume
- Protologue: Bijdr. fl. Ned. Ind. 8: 378 (1825).
Vernacular names
- Tiger orchid (En)
- Indonesia: anggrek tebu (Java)
- Malaysia: bunga bidadari, ekur gajah (Peninsular)
- Thailand: waan phetchahueng (central), ueang phraao (northern), waan nguu lueam (peninsular)
- Vietnam: thanh tuyền.
Distribution
Burma (Myanmar), Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Bangka, Java, Borneo and the Philippines.
Uses
In Thailand, the filtrate of crushed stems in rice liquor is drunk and the residue applied topically to treat snakebites and stings of scorpions and centipedes. G. speciosum is cultivated as an ornamental.
Observations
A very large herb up to 7 m tall, without pseudobulbs but with thick, many-leaved, erect-drooping, ascending stems; leaves linear, 50-100 cm × c. 3 cm; inflorescence erecto-patent to drooping, up to 3 m long including the short peduncle, many-flowered; flowers 10-12 cm in diameter, tepals pale yellowish-green with reddish-brown blotches, lip reddish-brown streaked. G. speciosum is an epiphyte on trees in open forest or on isolated trees, up to 550 m altitude.
Selected sources
62, 121, 173, 831, 832.
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Authors
Diah Sulistiarini
