UK: World's largest orchid flowers at Kew’s Full of Spice festival
This spike is expected to grow to about 10ft long - three metres - and to flower for at least five or six weeks.
"We were thrilled, and surprised, when this plant produced a flower spike as it is incredibly rare for these orchids to flower in cultivation in Europe," says Christopher Ryan, Tropical Nursery Supervisor at Kew.
"We are so lucky at Kew to have a glasshouse large enough to grow such a big specimen and also to have the incredible expertise to give this orchid the amount of care and attention it needs to bloom.
"What an honour to be able to finally see it flower at Kew."
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