Bulbophyllum papulosum yellow colour form

[ntgerald]

I repost a classic red form for comparison.

[playtime8978]

Beautiful!, It looks like a stinker does it have an odour at all? I love the colour and markings.

[ntgerald]

Beautiful!, It looks like a stinker does it have an odour at all? I love the colour and markings.

form, it stinks. I mean, these guys, no matter how beautiful they are, can be very disgusting olfactorily.

I compare them to rotten seashells or other seafood left out in the sun for a week.

I was in the farm and hadn't known that B. papulosum stank. The first time I complained, my caretaker told me it might be droppings of monitor lizards, as he had seen several in the area. The second time, I was taking photos of them and came very close to the blooms. That was when I recoiled in disgust.

[playtime8978]

thank you I think I will avoid this species then my husband would kill me if I bought an orchid that smelled of rotten seafood ewwwww LOL he would also not thank me for the ones that smell of dog droppings

[walingwaling]

hi nelson,
hmmm, interesting the yellow form. i still like the red, warty and dangerous looking one.
lucky your farm is far away from home. what if my stinkers are starting to bloom?

[margo]

They both look very nice, but I think I am just going to enjoy their beauty on the pictures you posted...

[Brutal_Dreamer]

They both are really cool. I guess here is one time that I don't wish for the ability to 'sniff' the blooms through the computer. lol!

Cheers,
BD

[Ron-NY]

are you sure it is not a different species but related? I would have expected a longer spike. Does the labellum have the papillae??

[ntgerald]

Could be.

But it came with the batch of papulosums, and I consulted Jim Cootes. I guess I took the easy way out, lol.