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Bulbophyllum singaporeanum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. This species has leaves that are about 30 cm long and 4 cm wide, glossy green on top and slightly purple below. The inflorescence bears a cluster of small flowers. They are a pale purplish-green, with dark purple spotsand a magenta coloured lip. They emit an unpleasant odour of rotting fish or the smell of anchovies which leads to believe that they are pollinated by flies. The first specimen was collected in Singapore in 1889 and they are native to Borneo and Malaysia.
Bulbophyllum abbreviatum · Bulbophyllum abbrevilabium · Bulbophyllum aberrans · Bulbophyllum ablepharon · Bulbophyllum absconditum · Bulbophyllum acanthoglossum · Bulbophyllum acropogon · Bulbophyllum acuminatum · Bulbophyllum acutibracteatum · Bulbophyllum acutiflorum · Bulbophyllum acutilingue · Bulbophyllum acutispicatum
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bulbophyllum singaporeanum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
