GIANT GGREK FLOWERS BLOOM

Visitors see giant ggrek flowers (Grammatophyllum speciosum Blume Orchidaseae) living past as epifit on one of the trees in Bogor Botanical Gardens, West Java, Saturday (6/2). A giant crane that is the largest aggrek in the world has a long range of flowers that reach two meters and the amount of flowers in each sign between 50-100 buds. This is a flowering area every two to four years at Bogor Botanical Gardens. ANTARA PHOTO/Arif Firmansyah/kye/16