▁by ▁the ▁Gu in ness ▁Book ▁of ▁World ▁Records ▁as ▁the ▁world ' s ▁tall est ▁orch id , ▁with ▁spec im ens ▁recorded ▁up ▁to ▁ ▁in ▁height . ▁ ▁Description ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁an ▁e pi ph yt ic ▁and ▁occasionally ▁a ▁l ith oph yt ic ▁plant , ▁forming ▁spect ac ular ▁root ▁bund les . ▁Its ▁cyl ind ric ▁pseud ob ul bs ▁can ▁grow ▁to ▁a ▁length ▁of ▁ 2 . 5 ▁m . ▁It ▁can ▁grow ▁to ▁gig antic ▁clusters ▁we igh ing ▁from ▁several ▁hundred ▁kil og rams ▁to ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁ton . ▁ ▁Each ▁rac eme ▁can ▁grow ▁to ▁a ▁height ▁of ▁ 3 m , ▁bearing ▁up ▁to ▁eight y ▁flowers , ▁each ▁ 1 0   cm ▁wide . ▁The ▁flowers ▁are ▁yellow ▁colored ▁with ▁mar oon ▁or ▁dark ▁red ▁sp ots . ▁These ▁flowers ▁are ▁remarkable , ▁since ▁the ▁lowest ▁flowers ▁have ▁no ▁lip ▁and ▁these ▁flowers ▁function ▁as ▁os m op hor es ▁for ▁the ▁entire ▁infl ores c ence ▁and ▁continue ▁to ▁emit ▁chemical ▁sc ent ▁to ▁attract ▁pol lin ators ▁as ▁flowers ▁open ▁in ▁succession . ▁It ▁blo oms ▁only ▁once ▁every ▁two ▁to ▁four ▁years . ▁This ▁orch id ▁can , ▁however , ▁remain ▁in ▁blo om ▁for ▁up ▁to ▁two ▁months . ▁In ▁addition , ▁this ▁plant ▁has ▁been ▁found ▁to ▁have ▁potential ▁medic inal ▁benefits ; ▁for ▁example ▁one ▁research ▁article ▁by ▁Har ik arn p ak de e ▁and ▁Ch ow j are an