Bulbophyllum cumingii
Object Details
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- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Accession Number
- 2015-0793A
- Description
- This small orchid is named for “the prince of the gatherers,” Hugh Cuming.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- April to August
- Pollination Syndrome
- Fly
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Range
- Borneo (Sabah), Philippines
- Habitat
- Mangroves and dry forest slopes; 75-500m
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Inflorescence is 6-9" long with 8-10 flowers in an almost circular form at the apex. Flower is 1" across.
- Fragrance
- Unpleasant; fetid
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Common Name
- Cumming's Bulbophyllum
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Bulbophyllum
- Species
- cumingii
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2015-0793A