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Bulbophyllum
Bulbophyllum is a genus of mostly epiphytic and lithophytic orchids in the family Orchidaceae. It is the largest genus in the orchid family and one of the largest genera of flowering plants with more than 2,000 species, exceeded in number only by Astragalus. These orchids are found in diverse habitats throughout most of the warmer parts of the world including Africa, southern Asia, Latin America, the West Indies, and various islands in the Indian and Pacific...
9 branches of this group, most-observed first

Bulbophyllum nutans
speciesBulbophyllum nutans

Bulbophyllum baronii
speciesBulbophyllum baronii

Bulbophyllum multiflorum
speciesBulbophyllum multiflorum

Bulbophyllum densum
speciesBulbophyllum densum

Bulbophyllum brachystachyum
speciesBulbophyllum brachystachyum

Bulbophyllum trilineatum
speciesBulbophyllum trilineatum

Bulbophyllum rutenbergianum
speciesBulbophyllum rutenbergianum

Bulbophyllum sicyobulbon
speciesBulbophyllum sicyobulbon

Bulbophyllum liparidioides
speciesBulbophyllum liparidioides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 883653.