時光飛逝,虎年行將結束,或許大家在年初的時候讀過一些俗名帶「虎」字的植物,但其中卻有一種罕為人知——那就是 tiger orchid「虎蘭」。虎蘭是金氏世界紀錄(Guinness World Records)最大的蘭花,最重可達兩噸,是蘭花中當之無愧的「巨無霸」;它的花為黃色,帶有栗色或暗紅色的斑點,是不是和老虎神形皆似呢?
盛開的虎蘭。圖/Lily M.J.Chen 陳美君攝
虎蘭 Grammatophyllum speciosum 隸屬於斑被蘭屬,差不多兩百年前由著名植物學家卡爾.路德維希.布魯姆 Carl Ludwig Blume(1796-1862)根據他本人采自印度尼西亞爪哇的標本命名的。
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