This spectacular Grammatophyllum Scriptum has just finished flowering all five shoots that it grew this time. Each of these growths has between 70 and 80 flowers about one and a half inches in size. The plant is originally from Papua Nueva Gunea, has little scent and I find that it loves the sun. As it has grown I had to move it from the orchid room to its fringes where the sun hits it more and the results are incredibe. The plant has been with me for about seven years and I bought it as a small seedling. This is not the largest of the species. There is an even larger one called Speciosum or Papuuanum which can be taller than peple. I have had one of those for ten years. its huge, outside the orchid room in full sun (too big), but has never flowered. From top to bottom: Top Left: My brother in law standing like a Harvard Botanist next to the plant. He is there simply for scale purposes. Top right: The full plant with its five shoots. Next four pictures concentrate on a single branch showing it closer and closer until you see a single flower. Finally, an interesting picture I took by looking up the long shoot is shown in the bottom. This is simply spectacular.
The Devil's Excrement 
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