Bulbophyllum maximum
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Object Details
- Description
- This is a small orchid which does not at first glance look like it belongs in the orchid family at all. Rather than having big, showy flowers, the Largest Bulbophyllum has long, bumpy inflorescences that look a bit like flattened snakes. When it is time for the orchid to bloom, each bump opens one after the other to reveal a tiny, perfect orchid flower.
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2015-0798A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Erect inflorescence is 20" (51 cm) long with 50 successively opening flowers. Flower is .25" (.6 cm) across or less.
- Fragrance
- Musky
- Range
- Tropical Africa
- Habitat
- Woodlands, riverine forests; 1970-6870ft (600-2100m)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- On Display
- National Portrait Gallery, Kogod Courtyard
- Common Name
- The Largest Bubophyllum
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Bulbophyllum
- Species
- maximum
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2015-0798A
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax73d8eee5d-3379-4182-adf5-efa58cb9f6de
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