Orchid : Spathoglottis plicata varietas alba

Photo by Arga Yudha
Location : rejang land, south west sumatra, Indonesia

Spathoglottis plicata var. alba
Anggrek tanah warna putih

Dikenal dengan nama Anggrek tanah, varian warna putih termasuk varian jenis yang langkah. Umumnya anggrek ini berwarna ungu yang masih mudah di temui di alam.

Spathoglottis plicata di deskripsikan pertama kali oleh Blume dan dipublikasikan di jurnal botani Bijdragen tot de Flora van Nederlandsch Indie Part 8 pada tahun 1825. Photo Spathoglottis plicata jenis biasa yang berwarna ungu bisa di lihat di LINK.

Spathoglottis plicata varietas alba, in situ from Rejang land

Varian tanaman dengan warna putih di sebut dengan varian alba, dan biasanya populasinya di alam agak langkah di bandingkan dengan varian biasa. Pengamatan admin, di sumatra, sebaran anggrek ini ada di semua propinsi, terutama di dataran tinggi, tumbuh pada tebing-tebing atau daerah terbuka yang biasanya banyak paku pakuan. Anggrek ini masih banyak terlihat di sepanjang jalan trans sumatra, baik di jalur lintas tengah maupun jalur lintas barat yang terbentang sepanjang pulau sumatra. Namun demikian, varian albanya sangat jarang terlihat.

Memelihara Spathoglottis plicata varietas alba tidaklah sulit. Sama dengan varietas Spathoglottis plicata biasa, dia sangat mudah beradaptasi dan tak memerlukan perlakuan khusus seperti anggrek lainnya. Anggrek ini masuk ke daftar tanaman perintis di pulau krakatau pasca eruption pada tahun 1883 dan berhasil berkoloni dengan baik di kawasan tersebut.

Spathoglottis plicata varietas alba in situ from Rejang land

Anggrek tanah penyebarannya sangat luas. Tersebar dari srilangka hingga ke kepulauan pacific. Ada pula laporan, kemampuannya beradaptasi sebagai tumbuhan perintis telah beradaptasi ke negara negara beriklim semi tropis, bunganya yang indah di jadikan bunga potong yang mulai populer di Amerika, Hawaii dan Florida.

Spathoglottis plicata varietas alba in situ from Rejang land

Di Tanah Rejang sendiri, anggrek tanah ini masih mudah di jumpai di sepanjang jalan daerah gunung, arah Bengkulu - Curup - Kepahiang - Muara Aman. Begitu juga di daerah lain di propinsi Bengkulu. Namun varian putihnya tetap saja agak sulit di temukan meskipun masih banyak di alam.

Spathoglottis plicata varietas alba in situ from Rejang land

Ciri khas dari varian alba ini adalah bentuknya sama dengan jenis biasa yang berwarna ungu, seluruh bunganya berwarna putih dan ada sedikit warna kuning di bagian lidahnya (labellum).

Nama umum

Indonesia:	Anggrek tanah
Inggris:	Ground orchid

Nama daerah : ?

Klasifikasi

Kingdom: Plantae (Tumbuhan)
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta (Tumbuhan berpembuluh)
Super Divisi: Spermatophyta (Menghasilkan biji)
Divisi: Magnoliophyta (Tumbuhan berbunga)
Kelas: Liliopsida (berkeping satu / monokotil)
Sub Kelas: Liliidae
Ordo: Orchidales
Famili: Orchidaceae (suku anggrek-anggrekan)
Genus: Spathoglottis
Spesies: Spathoglottis plicata var. alba

Orchid : Thrixspermum angustifolium (Blume) Rchb.f. 1868

Thrixspermum angustifolium (Blume) Rchb.f.1868.
Xenia Orchid. ii. 122,(1868), Xenia Orchidacea : Beitraege zur Kenntniss der Orchideen. Leipzig, 30 Hefte, 1854-1900

Thrixspermum angustifolium Rchb.f., a species from genus Thrixspermum recorded and capture in situ and have collected from Rejang Land in february 2011 by mr friend Arga Yudha.

Difeferent with T. subulatum, this species more rare than subulatum in Rajang Land nature. This orchid still easy to find in situ at village plantation and rain forest in Rejang Land, South West Sumatra plateau, Indonesia.

From Rejang Land we have recorded 2 species genus Thrixspermum :

1. Thrixspermum angustifolium
2. Thrixspermum subulatum

Photo : Arga Yudha collection in Rejang Land

Reference :

• http://orchid.unibas.ch/phpMyHerbarium/2044422/1/Thrixspermum/angustifolium/Blume_Carl_Ludwig_von/Reichenbach_Heinrich_Gustav/specimen.php
• http://www.ipni.org
• Http://curupkami.blogspot. com
  
• http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do;jsessionid=2B5855963B67366449423B520F32C6DC?name_id=204017
  

Liparis crenulata [Bl.] Lindl. 1830

Credit :

Photo by Linda puspita
Speciemen : Musi Kejalo, Rejang Land, South west sumatra high land, Indonesia.
Elevation about 750 above from level sea

Dendrobium Truncatum

One again from many wild orchid origin from rejang land wild forest is Dendrobium Truncatum. Photo wild orchid Dendrobium truncatum below taken in Curup Town, Rejang lebong regency, Bengkulu province, south west sumatra highland, Indonesia by my friend Arga.

Common Name The Truncate Dendrobium

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Borneo, Java, Sumatra and Sabah Borneo in dense lowland and lower montane forests at elevations of sea level to 1800 meters as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with slender, apically elongate, occasionally branched, flattened and basally swollen cane-like stems with one to two internodes that become warty with age and carrying many, hooked, narrowly linear leaves that blooms in the late spring on successive, short, single flowered inflorescence arising on a mature cane towards the apex and have short lived fragrant flowers.

Synonyms Aporum truncatum (Lindl.) Brieger 1981; Callista clavipes [Hkr.f] Kuntze 1891; Callista truncata [Lindl] Kuntze 1891; Ceraia truncata (Lindl.) M.A.Clem. 2003; Dendrobium clavipes Hook. f. 1890; Ophrys pubescens Reinw. ex Lindl. 1859

Reference :
http://www.orchidspecies.com/dentruncatum.htm

Credit photo by:
Curup Kami (http://curupkami.blogspot.com)

Acriopsis liliifolia

Photo by Curup Kami

This is one from many species orchid still can find in wild nature in rejang land. This orchid taken by my friend from Teladan village, Curup Town, Bengkulu Province Indonesia.

Common Name or Meaning The Lily-Like Leaf Acriopsis - In Thailand - Ruhini

Flower Size 1/2" [1.25 cm]

Moderate shade and humidity as well as hot to warm conditions are required with a dry period when not growing and then ample water while in growth to have this epiphytic orchid bloom in the spring and summer on a basal, 22" [25 cm] long, erect, paniculate inflorescence with many [to 200] flowers arising basally with basal sheaths where it is found in Thailand, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Northern Australia and the Philippines from sealevel to under 1600 meters in altitude in lowland swamps and montane forests as well as semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests at elevations of sealevel to 700 meters. This small to medium sized epiphyte has small, clustered, ovoid, 5 to 7 noded pseudobulbs and carries 3 to 4 apical, coriaceous, linear, obtuse leaves and has a symbiotic relationship with ants.

In java treatments for fevers associated with Malaria have been treated by boiling the plant and making a broth which is taken by mouth.

Synonyms Acriopsis annamica Finet 1911; Acriopsis crispa Griff.; Acriopsis floribunda Ames 1920; Acriopsis griffithii Rchb. f. 1854; Acriopsis harae Tuyama 1964; Acriopsis insulari-silvatica Fukuy. 1938; !Acriopsis javanica Reinw. ex Blume 1823; Acriopsis javanica var. auriculata Minderh. & de Vogel 1986; Acriopsis javanica var. floribunda (Ames) Minderh. & de Vogel 1986; Acriopsis liliifolia var. auriculata (Minderh. & de Vogel) J.J.Wood 2001 ; Acriopsis picta Lindl. 1843; Acriopsis nelsoniana F.M. Bailey 1883; Acriopsis papuana Kraenzl. ex K. Schum. & Lauterb. 1905; Acriopsis philippinensis Ames 1908; Acriopsis picta Lindl. 1843; Acriopsis sumatrana Schltr. 1900; *Epidendrum liliifolium Koenig 1791; Spathoglottis trivalvis Lindl. 1828

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1854 as A griffithii; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1857 as A javanica; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905 as Acriopsis javanica; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 as Acriopsis javanica drawing fide; The Orchids Of Malaya Holtum 1953 as A javanica; AOS Bulletin Vol 28 No 4 1959; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as A javanica drawing fide; Encylopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as A javanica; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 6 1978; Orchidiana Philippiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchid Monographs Vol 1 De Vogel 1986 as A javanica; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 as A javanica photo fide; The Orchids of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville Lewis & Cribb 1991 as A javanica drawing fide; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 as A javanica drawing/photo fide; Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb, Laurent 1992 as A javanica; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995 as A javanica; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Teo 1995 as Acriopsis javanica; A Feild Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 as A javanica photo fide; The A to Z of SE Asian Orchid Species O'Byrne 2001 A liliifolia photo fide; The Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 as A javanica photo fide; Orchids of Sarawak Beeman & Wood 2001 photos fide; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glenn 2002; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001 photo fide; Orchids of Sarawak Beeman & Wood 2001 photos fide; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 8 2004 photo; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol III Shuiteman and de Vogel 2006;

Credit :
Identify by : Hadassah Chen (Singapore).
Reference : http://www.orchidspecies.com/acriojavanica.htm

Phalaenopsis sumatrana

The Sumatran Phalaenopsis (Korth. & Rchb.f 1860)

Distribution :
Sumatra (province of Palembang), Myanmar, Java, Bornéo, Thaïlande, Vietnam, Malaisie, Philippines

Synonyms
Phalaenopsis zebrina (Teijs & Binn 1863)
Phalaenopsis acutifolia (Lind 1886)
Polychilos sumatrana (Shim 1982)




Epiphytic plant, exceptionally lithophyte, with stem very short, completely enclosed by imbricating leaf-sheaths.
Roots many, flexuous, glabrous.
Leaves arcuate or pendent, fleshy, obovate or obovate-oblong or oblong-elliptic, a little acute, canaliculate, of an intense green, long from 15 to 30 cm, broad from 4 to 11 cm.

Column Phal.sumatrana (Sweet)

Flower stalk arcuate or erect, robust, green, as long as the foliage or shorter, carrying 2 to 6 flowers or sometimes more, seldom branching.
Bracts small, fleshy, triangular, green, dorsally ducted.
Flower from 5 to 6 cm, with very spread out segments. Sepals and petals similar and almost equal (petals somewhat smaller), largely oblong-anceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, acute, fleshy, somewhat shining.

Lip Phal.sumatrana (Sweet)

Sepals are dorsally carinate towards the apex, the petals a little narrower and wedge-shaped.
Lip shorter than the sepals, spread out, very briefly onguiculate, deeply 3-lobed. Lateral lobes fleshy, erect and connivent, ligulate, apex truncated and bidentate, with external face provided of an acute and oblique hull and internal face with a well marked callus. Midlobe very thick and fleshy, almost semi-cylindrical, oblong, with higher face provided with a very thick and extremely prominent keel, densely hairy in its higher half, interior face a little concave with a median furrow. Between the lateral lobes, the disc is provided with an appendix fleshy, multifide, and, front, of another appendix a little longer and bifide.
Semi-cylindrical column, edge of the clinandre largely winged , finely denticulate and fringed. Anther surmounted of a broad and fleshy circular wing.
Pedicellate ovary of 4 cm long.

Observations

Very variable color. Floral segments white/cream tinted of green, barred transversely of red/brown. Lateral lobes of lip white with a large orange macula in the middle at level of the callus. White midlobe with some longitudinal mauve strippes even almost completely coloured.
Flowering throughout the year, with a peak in spring.
The flower is very scented and releases a strong odor of elder tree, especially in the morning. The plant often produces several floral stalks.
Grow in warm forests, wet, on the trunks rather than on the branches, above the wet draughts or the rivers, in partnership with Phalaenopsis violacea.
The flowering of Phalaenopsis sumatrana is one exceptional duration. Fecundation, in nature, of this plant appears to be a rare event, which would explain the longevity of the flowers awaiting the agent pollenisator a long time.

History

Discovered by Gerssen, collector for Teijsmann in 1859 with Phalaenopsis violacea. Only one specimen survived, which flowers in 1860 in the botanical garden of Leyde under the name of Phalaenopsis zebrina. Introduced in England in 1864 by Low & Co company.
The first illustration published by Korthals, Dutch botanist (1807-1892), before 1839 (undoubtedly 1833) described in fact a Phalaenopsis inscriptiosinensis and not the species currently known under the name of Phalaenopsis sumatrana.

Botanical varieties

Phalaenopsis sumatrana var.alba (Wilson 1915)
White flower, lip delicately stripped with wine colour on each side of the midlobe. Lateral lobes clear yellow.

Phalaenopsis sumatrana var.paucivittata (Rchb.f 1882)
Synonym. Phalaenopsis paucivittata (Fowl.1985).
Segments of a milky white, provided of few bars brown/red. Two mauve stippes on each side of the midlobe. Very rare in nature. This Phalaenopsis is sometimes known in the Philippines islands under the name of Phalaenopsis bartonii.

Some photos of Phalaenopsis sumatrana

Illustration : Lindenia

Illustration : Dictionnaire Iconographique des Orchidées

Average temperature relative humidity and pluviometry, evolution in Malaysia, area of Mersing

Credit :
pagesperso-orange.fr

Bulbophyllum campanulatum, Rejang Land Orchid Origin

Dear reader. Its really gratefull for finding this orchid species history. Known in scientific name as Bulbophyllum campanulatum, this species really rare and closed to unrecognize by Rejangese people or Rejang land people recently. Thats the reason why I try to introduce you this species.

Soft yellow pinky with maron red spot, make it beauty and unique look (photo dylansuzanne)

In sumatra this orchid collect and discription by Rolfe and Smith, J.J. (1909 - 1918, see history specimen below) and taken from Suban ayam (now the area part of Rejang Lebong Regency in Rejang Land), and than he review and compare another sample from specimen nearby Rimbo Pengadang (now part of Lebong Regency recently), and give determination name for Orchid as Bulbophyllum campanulatum. So thats why this orchid meaning as Rejang Land Origin also. In other publication the species report also found in Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, and philipina (wikipedia).

Bulbophyllum campanulatum (from wikipedia)

In rejang language orchid call as kiyuo singeak or klikip (kepahiang dialect terminology). Many orchid from this area I believe need to explore but now dissapear in nature due many illegal logging happen in Rejang Land. What a pity :(

Whole plant (photo dylansuzanne)

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Taxonomy and specimen history:

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Scientific Name	:	Bulbophyllum campanulatum
Genus	:	Bulbophyllum
Family	:	Orchidaceae
Informal Group	:	Monocot
Other Name	:
Synonim	:
Species Notes	:	Sumatra
Species Author	:	Rolfe.
Species Publication	:	in Kew Bull. 1909, 62.
Status	:	Accurate

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Specimen Detail

record 1

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BO Number	:	BO-49414;
Determination By	:	Smith, J.J. (1918-01-01 00:00:00)
Collector	:	leg. ign. ()
Origin of Collection	:	wild origin
Status of Collection	:	present in collections
Phenology	:	flowering
Sex	:
Collection Method	:	Hand collected
Preservation Method	:	Herbarium Sheet
Type	:	syntype
Habit Detail	:
Habitat	:
Substrate	:
Specimen Notes	:	Syntype of Bulbophyllum campanulatum Rolfe var. inconspicuum J.J.S. (Orchidaceae).
Local Name	:
Latitude	:	3° 48' 0'' S
Longitude	:	102° 16' 12'' E
Altitude	:
Depth	:
Coordinate Precision	:
Distribution of Duplicates	:
Locality	:	Bengkulu Utara (Kab) Sumatra, Pulau
Locality Detail	:	Sumatra, Soeban Ajam, Benkoelen
Country	:	Indonesia

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Specimen Detail

record 2

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BO Number	:	BO-49414; BO-49415;
Determination By	:	Smith, J.J. (1918-01-01 00:00:00)
Collector	:	Ajoeb (1916-01-01 00:00:00)
Origin of Collection	:	wild origin
Status of Collection	:	present in collections
Phenology	:	flowering
Sex	:
Collection Method	:	Hand collected
Preservation Method	:	Herbarium Sheet
Type	:	syntype
Habit Detail	:
Habitat	:
Substrate	:
Specimen Notes	:	Syntype of Bulbophyllum campanulatum Rolfe var. inconspicuum J.J.S. (Orchidaceae), Exp. E. Jacobson
Local Name	:
Latitude	:	3° 18' 0'' S
Longitude	:	102° 25' 12'' E
Altitude	:
Depth	:
Coordinate Precision	:
Distribution of Duplicates	:
Locality	:	Sumatra Sumatra, Pulau
Locality Detail	:	Sumatra, Rimbo Pengadang
Country	:	Indonesia

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Specimen Detail

record 3

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BO Number	:	BO-49414; BO-49415; BO-49418; BO-49413;
Determination By	:	Smith, J.J. (1918-01-01 00:00:00)
Collector	:	Ajoeb ()
Origin of Collection	:	wild origin
Status of Collection	:	present in collections
Phenology	:	flowering
Sex	:
Collection Method	:	Hand collected
Preservation Method	:	Herbarium Sheet
Type	:	syntype
Habit Detail	:
Habitat	:
Substrate	:
Specimen Notes	:	Syntype of Bulbophyllum campanulatum Rolfe var. inconspicuum J.J.S. (Orchidaceae), Exp. E. Jacobson
Local Name	:
Latitude	:	3° 18' 0'' S
Longitude	:	102° 25' 12'' E
Altitude	:
Depth	:
Coordinate Precision	:
Distribution of Duplicates	:
Locality	:	Sumatra Sumatra, Pulau
Locality Detail	:	Sumatra, Rimbo Pengadang
Country	:	Indonesia

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Clasificación científica
Reino:	Plantae
Subreino:	Tracheobionta
División:	Magnoliophyta
Clase:	Liliopsida
Subclase:	Liliidae
Orden:	Asparagales
Familia:	Orchidaceae
Subfamilia:	Epidendroideae
Tribu:	Dendrobieae
Subtribu:	Bulbophyllinae
Género:	Bulbophyllum
Sección:	Recurvae Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994[1]
Especie:	B. auratum
Nombre binomial
Bulbophyllum auratum Lindley 1840

Sinónimos

• Cirrhopetalum auratum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26(Misc.): 50 (1840).
• Phyllorkis aurata (Lindl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 677 (1891).
• Cirrhopetalum borneense Schltr., Bull. Herb. Boissier, II, 6: 464 (1906).
• Bulbophyllum campanulatum Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 62 (1909).
• Cirrhopetalum campanulatum (Rolfe) Rolfe, Orchid Rev. 18: 73 (1910).
• Bulbophyllum borneense (Schltr.) J.J.Sm., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, II, 8: 23 (1912).

Credit :
Photo by dylansuzanne (Contributor home-and-garden.webshots.com)
LIPI archive (http://ibis.biologi.lipi.go.id)
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Especies_de_Bulbophyllum

Paphiopedilum victoria-regina, Rare orchid from Rejang Land, Sumatra

Paphiopedilum victoria-regina
(Paphiopedilum chamberlainianum)

Paphiopedilum victoria-regina from Musi Rawas, rejang land, sumatra

Paphiopedilum victoria-regina is a tropical ladyslipper orchid native to the island of Sumatra. It inhabits pockets in limestone cliff faces near streams and water seepages where humus and leaf detritus collect. Though hundreds of Paphiopedilum hybrids have been developed by orchid growers, there are only about sixty species of this genus, all occurring in southeast Asia and on southwest Pacific islands. Because many Paphiopedilum populations are threatened by logging, agriculture, development, mining, and illegal collection of wild plants, this genus has been included on CITES Appendix I, which prohibits its international trade for commercial purposes.

Paphiopedilum victoria-regina from Musi Rawas, rejang land, sumatra

Comparison photo from US botanic Garden :

Photo by Zenzi Aekido from Musi Rawas Regency, Rejang Land, Sumatra, Indonesia

Arundina graminifolia from Rejang Land

The bamboo orchid

Photo located Simpang Kota Bingin, Curup Town

Grammatophyllum Speciosum Sp dari Kepahyang

Posted by Mr. Zenzi S

Grammatophyllum Speciosum Sp dari Kepahyang
Anggrek Harimau, Anggrek Macan, Ratu Anggrek Dunia, Anggrek Raksasa

Anggrek yang memiliki berat rumpun bisa mencapai 1,5 ton ini, memiliki sebaran habitat di kabupaten Kepahyang, Rejang Lebong, Mukomuko, Bengkulu Utara dan Bengkulu Selatan dan kawasan lain sumatra. Di kabupaten Kepahyang, anggrek langka yang masuk menjadi salah satu tumbuhan dilindungi Undang Undang ini beberapa batang sempat dijual bebas di Tepi jalan .

Anggrek ini berbunga pada anakan ke 4 dari turunan pertama rumpun, biasanya bakal tangkai bunga di anakan pertama sampai anakan ke 3 akan dorman atau menjadi tunas anakan. Banyak orang yang memelihara anggrek ini mengeluh bahwa jenis ini sangat sulit berbunga bila dipelihara, pada dasarnya, bukan sulit berbunga, tetapi karena fisiologinya berbunga pada anakan ke 4 atau F4, satu anakan biasanya butuh waktu 1 hingga 1,5 tahun untuk memunculkan tunas baru dewasa, artinya, bila menanam satu anakan sekarang berarti snda akan menikmati bunganya 4 hingga 7 tahun ke depan. Tetapi penantian bertahun tahun tersebut tentulah akan terbayarkan oleh sensasi yang akan dinikmati ketika melihat satu tangkainya setinggi 2 meter dipenuhi 100 hingga 200 Kuntum berdiameter 8 Cm. Saya sarankan menanamnya di saat usia anda 45 tahun atau kurang, karena kalau anda menanamnya di usia 60 tahun, ada kemungkinan tidak akan menikmati bunganya lagi.

Tetapi seindah indahnya mekar bunga ini di pot atau halaman, akan jauh lebih nikmat menatapnya mekar didalam hutan. Di Bengkulu Raja anggrek Alam ini mekar di bulan November hingga Juni, akan lebih baik bila menikmatinya di Bulan mei, karena anda akan dapat menikmati manisnya buah anggrek ini, karena dapat dimakan di saat Buahnya sebesar kepalan tangan, satu buah anggrek ini setara dengan anda meminum tiga sendok madu Lebah, manis dan Segarnya. Silakan Jelajahi Hutan Bengkulu untuk merasakan Sensasinya.(zenzi)


Diskripsi

Karekteristik
Daun :
Memita, 47-103 x 3,2 cm, ujung runcing dan melintir 180 derajat. Perkamentus, tumbuh berhadapan di kedua sisi batang, dan rontok pada pangkal batang yang telah dewasa.

Batang :
Berupa psudobulb (umbi semu) yang memanjang, biasanya mencapai 7 m, pada saat masih anakan (panjang 0 s/d 1 m) batang tegak, dan menjuntai dengan ujung mendatar bila telah dewasa. Percabangan Monopodial, berwarna kuding gading dan ditutupi upih daun, kecuali pangkal batang yang telah dewasa.

Perbungaan :
Bunga berbentuk tandan, tangkai bunga muncul pada ruas ke 11 pangkal batang, bila muncul pada ruas 1 s/d 10 biasanya dorman/mati. panjang tangkai mencapai 200 cm, dengan kuntum 62 – 120 kuntum.

Bunga :
Pada empat kuntum pertama biasanya kelopak berjumlah 5 karena sepal hanya 2 helai petal : 2 dan 1 labium/bibir, sedangkan pada kuntum berikutnya kelopak berjumlah 6 yang terdiri dari 3 petal dan 3 sepal (1 Lip/Labium) kuntum Bergaris tengah 8-15 cm, membuka lebar : kelopak kuning pucat atau kehijauan dengan bintik atau bercak coklat kemerahan, 4,5-5,5 x 2,5 cm; mahkota lebih pendek dan lebih lebar, bibir kecil panjang 2,5 – 3 cm, bercuping 3; cuping lateral tegak, kuning, bergaris coklat pada bagian dalam dan sedikit berbintik coklat dibagian luarnya, cuping tengah menyegitiga, bagian ujung coklat permukaan atas berbulu, diantara cuping lateral terdapat tiga tonjolan pendek berbulu

Note :

The Giant Orchid, Grammatophyllum speciosum, also called Tiger Orchid, Sugar Cane Orchid or Queen of the Orchids, is the world's largest orchid. It is native to New Guinea, Indonesia and Malaysia, growing in crotches of large trees on exposed areas of the lowland tropical rainforest.



It is an epiphytic and occasionally a lithophytic plant, forming spectacular root bundles. Its cylindric pseudobulbs can grow to a length of 2.5 m. It can grow to gigantic clusters weighing from several hundred kilograms to more than one ton. A Giant Orchid weighing two tons was one of the highlights in the 1851 exhibition at the Crystal Palace in London.

Each raceme can grow to a height of 3m, bearing up to eighty flowers, each 10 cm wide. The flowers are yellow colored with maroon or dark red spots. These flowers are remarkable, since the lowest flowers have no lip. It blooms only once every two to four years. This orchid can, however, remain in bloom for up to two months.

Because of its enormous size, it is rarely cultivated. (wiki).

Grammatophyllum Speciosum, atau Anggrek Harimau, adalah anggrek terbesar di dunia. Berkembang biak di sela-sela pohon besar, anggrek ini bisa mencapai panjang 15 ft; Satu rumpun tanaman pernah tercatat memiliki berat 2 ton. Berada di lingkungan panas, hutan tropis yang lembab di kawasan Malaysia, Sumatra, and New Guinea, anggrek ini dikenal karena penampilannya yang luar biasa pada saat berbunga, walupun cuma berbunga sekali dalam 2 sampai 4 tahun.

Bunga anggrek harimau, juga dikenal anggrek tebu, sangat tahan lama dan dapat bertahan sampai 2 bulan. Bunganya dapat mencapai 6 in berwana kuning krim denga bintik coklat atau merah tua. Stem bunga dapat mencapai 6-9 in dengan 60-100 kuntum per tangkai (anggrek.org).

Thecostele alata sp, Orchid species from Rejang Land, Sumatra

The Winged Thecostele
[Refers to the winged column of the flower]

Dear reader, this is orchid species collect from rejang land nature by Mr. Zenzi S who really care about orchid species in nature especially in Bengkulu province at sumatra Island. It is show us about subspecies thecostele alata sp, this sample taken from Padang Bano. Padang Bano is area at borderland between lebong regency and north bengkulu regency, (near arga makmur ), both of regency part of rejang land recently. In this area Mr. Zenzi try to indentify and make report about orchid species from rejangland and nearby, include Kerinci Seblat National Park as we know as Sumatra tropical rain forest and world heritage need to save. Lets take a look about this orchid, any one expert about orchid, please let me know if name this orchid is wrong, and please help us to identify and make correction together :).

Common Name
The Winged Thecostele [Refers to the winged column of the flower]

Flower Size
1/2" [1.25 cm]

Distribution
Found from Bangladesh, Myanamar, Thailand, Malayasia, Laos, Vietnam, Borneo, Java, Sumatra and the Philippines in evergreen in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests and savana-like woodlands at elevations of sealevel to 1800 meters as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte occuring in lowland and lower montane forests with clustered, ovoid to ellipdsoidal, compressed, unifoliate, deeply sulcate pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, thinly coriaceous, arcuate, linear-lancelate, to elliptic-obovate, acute leaf with a grooved stalk that blooms on a pendant, laxly 20 to 40 flowered, 6 to 20" [15 to 50 cm] long, slender, flexuous, branching inflorescence arising from the base of the mature, often leafless pseudobulb with small, elliptic-lanceolate floral bracts with short lived, yet successively opening so they last for months, flowers occuring in the early spring as new growths appear. The inflorescence lengthen as the flowers open and new ones arise and the process can take 2 to 3 months. The cute, insect-like flowers are slightly scented and are incredibly intricate if viewed with a magnifying glass. Water copiuosly and fertilize often as the new growths arise and grow but as they mature in late summer and early fall it is best to slowly decrease the water and fertilizer until none is given for a month towards the end of the winter. During this time the leaves will yellow and fall, do not worry they are meant to do this but in nature you can often find it with leaves even as it is blooming. I mounted mine in a wood slat basket so the inflorescence can hang over the side.

Synonyms
Collabium annamense Gagnep. 1950; Collabium wrayi Hook. f. 1890; *Cymbidium alatum Roxb. 1832; Pholidota elmeri Ames 1912; Thecostele elmeri (Ames) Ames 1952; Thecostele maculosa Ridl. 1893 ; Thecostele poilanei Gagnep. 1931; Thecostele wrayi (Hook. f.) Rolfe 1912; Thecostele zollingeri Rchb. f. 1857

Clasification
Family : Orchidaceae
Subfamily : Epidendroideae
Tribe : Cymbidideae
Subtribe : Cyrtopodiinae
Genera : Thecostelinae
Species : Thecostala alata Parish & Rchb.f. 1874
Synonym : Cymbidium alatum Roxb. 1832; Thecostele zollingeri Rchb.f. 1857; Thecostele maculosa Ridl. 1893; Thecostele wrayi (Hook.f.) Rolfe 1912; ; Thecostele poilanei Gagnep 1931; Thecostele elmeri (Ames) Ames 1952.


References
W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995 as Thecostele zolingeri; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing, photo fide; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003;

Site:

• orchidspecies.com/thealata.htm
• zenzibar.multiply.com/photos/album/13/corak_cerah_anggrek_spesies