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Bulbophyllum species Orchid

Bulbophyllum flabellum-veneris (syn. B. lepidum)

Description:

Epiphyte and lithophyte native to India, Burma, Laos, Thailand, penninsular Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Indonesia. Cultivated species, outdoors in the National Orchid Garden in Singapore Botanic Gardens.

Notes:

Bulbophyllum is the largest genus in the Orchid family with over 2000 species and possibly the second largest genus of flowering plants! This is the first definite Bulbophyllum species on Project Noah!

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3 Comments

UmapornSarasat
UmapornSarasat 12 years ago

@ Leuba
I learn a lot too...today is my first day here. ;)

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 12 years ago

I am learning a lot through this project - thanks.

UmapornSarasat
UmapornSarasat 12 years ago

this kind of orchid we have too in samui island.

craigwilliams
Spotted by
craigwilliams

Singapore, Singapore

Spotted on Aug 5, 2010
Submitted on Nov 5, 2011

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