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Grammatophyllum
Grammatophyllum, sometimes abbreviated in horticultural trade as Gram, is a genus of 13 currently known orchid species. The name is derived from the Greek words 'gramma' (a line or streak or mark) and 'phyllon' (leaf), referring to the parallel leaf veins or the markings of the perianth. This epiphytic genus occurs in dense rainforest from Indo-China, to Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, New Guinea, and the Southwest Pacific islands.
The species produce several racemes, arising from the base of the pseudobulb, with many yellow-green to olive-green, waxy flowers with dark purplish-red marks. The pseudobulbs are enveloped by sheaths.
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Tiger Orchid
speciesGrammatophyllum speciosum
Bell orchid
speciesGrammatophyllum scriptum
Grammatophyllum elegans
speciesGrammatophyllum elegans
Grammatophyllum multiflorum
speciesGrammatophyllum multiflorum
Grammatophyllum wallisii
speciesGrammatophyllum wallisii
Grammatophyllum kinabaluense
speciesGrammatophyllum kinabaluense
Grammatophyllum martae
speciesGrammatophyllum martae
Grammatophyllum stapeliiflorum
speciesGrammatophyllum stapeliiflorum
Grammatophyllum pantherinum
speciesGrammatophyllum pantherinum
Grammatophyllum ravanii
speciesGrammatophyllum ravanii
Grammatophyllum schmidtianum
speciesGrammatophyllum schmidtianum
Grammatophyllum measuresianum
speciesGrammatophyllum measuresianum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 325184.