Bulbophyllum longiflorum

[JDT]

Just got this 9 days ago at a local plant fair, the tag read Bulbophyllum elegans and had a spike, as the spike continued to grow it was obvious it was not a elegans and I was kind of glad of that. Bulbophyllum elegans is on the endangered list and the only picture I was able to find was in a list of endangered orchids in Sri Lanka. After some help from others we realized it is actually a B. longiflorum and that does not really bother me, I am also picking a yellow one up at Redland this weekend.

[78Terp]

Glad it turned out not endangered!

[JDT]

Glad it turned out not endangered!

Thanks Harvey!

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Very cool flowers! Don't mean to offend in any way Jack but don't they look a bit like cockroaches? I wonder how they are pollinated?

Thanks Chris! Have never thought of them as looking like cockroaches. They are pollinated similar to all other orchids by the bees, wasp, flies etc. I saw a program on PBS last week about Darwin's work on orchids and how they pollinate, very interesting indeed! Makes you think twice about spraying for insects because of what they do!

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Ha ha Chris at first glance....... very nice Jack you are correct with the ID is very nice clone maybe if you see another clone with bigger spots grab it.

Thanks Zain! You know I have a hard time passing on any Bulbophyllum that I see!!!!!

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Looks very nice Jack.

Thanks Sriram! Also for your impute on our discussion on this orchid!

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Well ... My first thought was pretty. Then when Chris made that statement and I looked again it made me dizzy! Cockroaches are one of my biggest fears! I'd rather have a snake in my house

Thanks Sheryl! I am not a fan of cockroaches or snakes! I hope I can put that image from Chris out of my mind when I look at some of the blooms now!

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I always thought Bulbophyllum as little shoes. But now make me imagining things!

Thanks, I have thought the same as you at times!

[Chris in Hamilton]

Thanks Harvey!

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Thanks Chris! Have never thought of them as looking like cockroaches. They are pollinated similar to all other orchids by the bees, wasp, flies etc. I saw a program on PBS last week about Darwin's work on orchids and how they pollinate, very interesting indeed! Makes you think twice about spraying for insects because of what they do!

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Thanks Zain! You know I have a hard time passing on any Bulbophyllum that I see!!!!!

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Thanks Sriram! Also for your impute on our discussion on this orchid!

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Thanks Sheryl! I am not a fan of cockroaches or snakes! I hope I can put that image from Chris out of my mind when I look at some of the blooms now!

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Thanks, I have thought the same as you at times!

Was that the one narrated by David Attenborough?

[JDT]

Was that the one narrated by David Attenborough?

Yes, "Plants Behaving Badly- Sex & Lies"

[Chris in Hamilton]

Very cool flowers! Don't mean to offend in any way Jack but don't they look a bit like cockroaches? I wonder how they are pollinated?

[Azizan]

Very cool flowers! Don't mean to offend in any way Jack but don't they look a bit like cockroaches? I wonder how they are pollinated?

I always thought Bulbophyllum as little shoes. But now make me imagining things!

[zainal abidin]

Ha ha Chris at first glance....... very nice Jack you are correct with the ID is very nice clone maybe if you see another clone with bigger spots grab it.

[ksriramkumar]

Looks very nice Jack.

[Sheryl]

Well ... My first thought was pretty. Then when Chris made that statement and I looked again it made me dizzy! Cockroaches are one of my biggest fears! I'd rather have a snake in my house