The BBC reported the discovery of the first ever night-blooming orchid. It is named Bulbophyllum nocturnum and was discovered in Papua New Guinea. The bloom period lasts for only one night . Although its pollinator is not known, scientists believe it is possibly a nocturnal fly. The Bulbophyllum genus has about 200o species and is the largest of all genera in the orchid family. Read more at the BBC News Botanists discover remarkable night-flowering orchid.
Posted by: Sandy Steinman | November 22, 2011
First Night-flowering Orchid Discovered
Posted in Wildflowers and Other Plants | Tags: Bulbophyllum, Night-blooming Orchid, Night-flowering Orchid, orchid, Orchidaceae, Papua New Guinea
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By: The One Thousand and One Faces of Bulbophyllum | ✿❀ Queensland Orchid Society ❀✿ on June 15, 2014
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By: Unusually Beautiful Bulbophyllums Shared in the Queensland Orchid Society Facebook Page | ✿❀ Queensland Orchid Society ❀✿ on May 27, 2014
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How strange. In such a gigantic, diverse and cosmopolitan family; a family that includes underground saprophytes! They only just now found a night blooming species? How very strange.
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By: Rusty Scalf on November 22, 2011
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