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Bulbophyllum medusae, commonly known as the Medusa orchid, is a species of epiphytic orchid with a creeping rhizome and a single leaf about 100 mm (3.9 in) long emerging from the top of each pseudobulb. The flowers are creamy yellow and arranged in clusters of about fifteen arranged in a circle at the tip of the flowering stem.
The genus name (Bulbophyllum) is derived from the Greek bolbos meaning 'bulb' and phyllon, 'a leaf', referring to the pseudobulbs on top of which the leaf grows. [ 9 ] [ 6 ] In 2014, Alec Pridgeon and others proposed merging the genus Drymoda with Bulbophyllum in the Genera Orchidacearum and the change is accepted by Plants of the World Online ...
Bulbophyllum gracillimum, commonly known as the wispy umbrella orchid, [2] is a species of epiphytic orchid. It has a creeping rhizome , widely spaced, olive green pseudobulbs , each with a single thick, leathery, fleshy leaf and between six and ten purplish red flowers spreading in a semicircular umbel .
Bulbophyllum baileyi, commonly known as the fruit fly orchid, [2] is a species of epiphytic or lithophytic orchid that is native to Queensland and New Guinea. It has coarse, creeping rhizomes , curved, yellowish pseudobulbs with a single thick, fleshy leaf, and a single cream-coloured flower with yellow, red or purple spots.
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Phaius tankervilleae var. australis, also known as the common swamp orchid, [2] southern swamp-orchid, swamp lily or island swamp-orchid, [3] is a species of orchid endemic to eastern Australia. It is an evergreen , terrestrial herb with large, crowded pseudobulbs , large pleated leaves and flowers that are reddish brown on the inside and white ...
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In botany, a pseudobulb is a storage organ found in many epiphytic and terrestrial sympodial orchids.It is derived from a thickening of the part of a stem between leaf nodes and may be composed of just one internode or several, termed heteroblastic and homoblastic respectively.