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Bulbophyllum globuliforme

Genus: Bulbophyllum


Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Liliopsida
Order:Orchidales
Family:Orchidaceae
Genus:Bulbophyllum
Species:globuliforme
Binomial name
Bulbophyllum globuliforme
The species Bulbophyllum globuliforme is an epiphyte and grows in subtropical rainforest in Australia's northeast in a variety of habitats including warm temperate rainforest, dry rainforest and wet sclerophyll forests.

One of the smallest orchid species known, the tiny pseudobulbs are about the size of a pinhead and each has a tiny reduced thread-like leaf at the apex. It can form quite extensive mats on tree trunks. Flowering occurs during spring mainly (September to November). Flowers are cream, rarely flushed with red, and are carried on a solitary stem in the axils of stem bracts. A very similar species is the closely related B. minutissimum.