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Epicranthes
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 Oceans. Orchids in this genus have thread-like or fibrous roots that creep over the surface of trees or rocks or hang from branches. The stem is divided into a rhizome and a pseudobulb, a feature that distinguished this genus from Dendrobium. There is usually only a single leaf at the top of the pseudobulb and from one to many flowers are arranged along an unbranched flowering stem that arises from the base of the pseudobulb. Several attempts have been made to separate Bulbophyllum into smaller genera, but most have not been accepted by the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.
30 branches of this group, most-observed first
Bulbophyllum hexarhopalon
speciesBulbophyllum hexarhopalon
Bulbophyllum cimicinum
speciesBulbophyllum cimicinum
Bulbophyllum haniffii
speciesBulbophyllum haniffii
Bulbophyllum abbrevilabium
speciesBulbophyllum abbrevilabium
Bulbophyllum wiratnoi
speciesBulbophyllum wiratnoi
Bulbophyllum macrorhopalon
speciesBulbophyllum macrorhopalon
Bulbophyllum conchophyllum
speciesBulbophyllum conchophyllum
Bulbophyllum cheiropetalum
speciesBulbophyllum cheiropetalum
Bulbophyllum tinekeae
speciesBulbophyllum tinekeae
Bulbophyllum decarhopalon
speciesBulbophyllum decarhopalon
Bulbophyllum nocturnum
speciesBulbophyllum nocturnum
Bulbophyllum tindemansianum
speciesBulbophyllum tindemansianum
Bulbophyllum sagemuelleri
speciesBulbophyllum sagemuelleri
Bulbophyllum mobilifilum
speciesBulbophyllum mobilifilum
Bulbophyllum novemfilum
speciesBulbophyllum novemfilum
Bulbophyllum streptotriche
speciesBulbophyllum streptotriche
Bulbophyllum corrugatum
speciesBulbophyllum corrugatum
Bulbophyllum phymatum
speciesBulbophyllum phymatum
Bulbophyllum tarantula
speciesBulbophyllum tarantula
Bulbophyllum trirhopalon
speciesBulbophyllum trirhopalon
Bulbophyllum hirudiniferum
speciesBulbophyllum hirudiniferum
Bulbophyllum schuitemanii
speciesBulbophyllum schuitemanii
Bulbophyllum psilorhopalon
speciesBulbophyllum psilorhopalon
Bulbophyllum adangense
speciesBulbophyllum adangense
Bulbophyllum cyanotriche
speciesBulbophyllum cyanotriche
Bulbophyllum decatriche
speciesBulbophyllum decatriche
Bulbophyllum chlororhopalon
speciesBulbophyllum chlororhopalon
Bulbophyllum vesiculosum
speciesBulbophyllum vesiculosum
Bulbophyllum undecifilum
speciesBulbophyllum undecifilum
Bulbophyllum octorhopalon
speciesBulbophyllum octorhopalon
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 883666.