Object Details
- Description
- This variety of the Dancing Bulbophyllum is larger than the species in all aspects. Its very hairy lip also has white to pale pink hairs rather than the dark purple of the species.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- February to May; August to December; peaks from August to October
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2015-0810A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Pendulous inflorescence is 1-33" long with few to many flowers. Flowers are .75" across and very fuzzy. However, this semi-alba variety is stated to be larger in all aspects.
- Range
- W Tropical Africa to SW Kenya and Angola
- Habitat
- Lowland forests; 750m
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- The Dancing Bulbophyllum variety
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Bulbophyllum
- Species
- saltatorium
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2015-0810A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7811aeb04-0519-45a1-b45b-7a8a9b65f7c7
