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Bulbophyllum pahudii
Object Details
- Description
- This orchid stinks. Pahudi's Bulbophyllum has a dark lip which drips a clear, stinking fluid.
- Pollination Syndrome
- Fly
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2015-0853A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Inflorescence is 4" long with 12 flowers held in an umbel. Flowers are 2" across and up to 4" long.
- Fragrance
- Unpleasant
- Range
- Malesia
- Habitat
- Very wet areas; 850-1200m
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- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Pahudi's Bulbophyllum
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Bulbophyllum
- Species
- pahudii
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2015-0853A
- Usage
- CC0
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