/ Register

Welcome to OrchidsForum.com. We are a friendly online community for Orchid Growers all over the world. If you haven't joined yet we invite you to register and join our community. Hope to see you on our forums!

Grammatophyllum stapeliiflorum

Discussion in 'Orchid Species' started by Ricardo, May 4, 2013.

Tags:
  1. May 4, 2013 #1
    Ricardo

    Ricardo Slave of demanding bird

    Messages:
    1,247
    Likes Received:
    913
    Location:
    Puerto Rico
    IMG_3994.JPG Against my expectations the flowers have no objectionable smell. In fact unlike almost all my other orchids this one appears not to attract any local insects. Under my conditions this plant is a vigorous grower and it is becoming large.
     
  2. May 4, 2013 #2
    KellyW

    KellyW Orchid wonk Staff Member Supporting Member

    Messages:
    6,552
    Likes Received:
    2,346
    Location:
    Redding, California, USA
    It looks like it should be a stinky one! Does this one get huge?
     
  3. May 5, 2013 #3
    Boytjie

    Boytjie Out hiking Supporting Member

    Messages:
    864
    Likes Received:
    253
    Location:
    Rochester, NY
    Seeing it, I can understand the species name: it looks a lot like some of the native Stapelia species (aka carrion flower) that I used to grow when I lived in South Africa.
    -Stephen
     
  4. May 5, 2013 #4
    Ricardo

    Ricardo Slave of demanding bird

    Messages:
    1,247
    Likes Received:
    913
    Location:
    Puerto Rico
    The pseudobulbs themselves are not large, four to six inches long, wide at the base and tampering to a point. But the plant keeps producing them one on top of the other so its growing by becoming a mass of growths.
     
  5. May 5, 2013 #5
    Ricardo

    Ricardo Slave of demanding bird

    Messages:
    1,247
    Likes Received:
    913
    Location:
    Puerto Rico
    To me they look like the result of a night of drunken carousing and maybe a bit more between a flock of bats and a Grammatophyllum.
     
    Boytjie likes this.