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Bulbophyllum lichenoides

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Bulbophyllum lichenoides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Bulbophyllum
Species:
B. lichenoides
Binomial name
Bulbophyllum lichenoides

Bulbophyllum lichenoides is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. This plant is non-poisonous.[1] It is found in New Guinea on trees in range forests at elevations around 800 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte with barely noticeable, cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, patent, oblong, obtuse leaf that blooms in the late winter and early spring on an erect, short to 0.12" (3 mm) long, single flowered inflorescence.[2]

Schlechter states that the plant is so small and delicate as to appear to be a lichen and the flowers are the smallest in the section and are either violet red or violet brown with a dark purple lip.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Tropicos". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  2. ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". wcsp.science.kew.org. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  3. ^ "IOSPE PHOTOS". www.orchidspecies.com. Retrieved 2022-05-16.