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Thread: Bulbophyllum retusiusculum ???

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  1. August 23rd, 2012, 03:20 AM #1
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    Default Bulbophyllum retusiusculum ???

    This spike just have 3 flower, one more spike coming.
    For most of Bulb...species I always confuse about the ID (difficult to find right ID also)



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  2. August 23rd, 2012, 06:52 AM #2
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    Love the colour. Can't help with the ID.
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    Not sure on the identification, but it really is an electric bulbophyllum orchid. it!

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    yes, its Bulbophyllum retusiusculum. nice color this one.
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    I was once told that it is an old joke amongst botanists in Thailand, that they have 1500 orchid species and 25000 bulbophyllums... meaning a very great number of them, anyway. Hardly surprising that they are difficult to identify.
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