
Bulbophyllum orthosepalum Verm. 1993 SECTION Macrobulbon Schlechter 1912


Common Name The Straight Petaled Bulbophyllum
Flower Size
A large [5'] leafed Papua New Guinea, warm and pendant growing epiphyte or lithophyte on cliffs in ful sun that blooms on a campanulate inflorescence with a few to many [20], fetid [rotting meat] smelling flowers held close to the psuedobulbs.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Australia Vol 11 No 2 1999 photo; Australian Orchid Review Vol 66 No 3 2001 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 no 9 2004 photo;
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