Grammatophyllum pantherinum Rchb.f 1878
Plant Photos courtesy of Dr. E.F. de Vogel, André Schuiteman, and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol III
Common Name The Panther-Like Grammatophyllum
Flower Size 3.6" [9 cm]
Found in New Guinea in lowland forests at elevations of sealevel to 1200 meters as a giant sized, hot growing epiphyte with stout, elongated, densely leaf stem with many internodes and carrying strap-shaped, acute, midrib prominent below, coriaceous leaves that blooms in the spring and fall on a basal, stout, many flowered, to 6' 8" [2 meters] long inflorescence with triangular, obtuse, concave floral bracts and large, fleshy, fragrant flowers.
Often cited as a synonym of G speciosum but there are differences, I leave them separate for now.
Synonyms Grammatophyllum papuanum J.J. Sm. 1911
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Papua New Guinea An Introduction Millar 1978 photos fide; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994 as G papuanum; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol III Shuiteman and de Vogel 2005
