Bulbophyllum wangkaense

Found only in Thailand at elevations around 200 to 300 meters as a miniature to small sized, hot growing epiphyte with [4 cm] between each conical pseudobulb carrying a single, elliptic, minutely retuse apically leaf that blooms on an erect to arching 2 to 4" [5 to 10 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence that is sheathed in the lower half.[1]

Bulbophyllum wangkaense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Bulbophyllum
Species: Bulbophyllum wangkaense
Single bulbophyllum wangkaense pseudobulb.

Bulbophyllum wangkaense is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.

Bulbophyllum wangkaense in full bloom.

References

  1. "IOSPE PHOTOS". www.orchidspecies.com. Retrieved 2016-01-17.


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