Bulbophyllum dayanum

Bulbophyllum dayanum Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. 1865: 434 (1865).

Distribution: Burma, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.

Epiphyte with sinister looking flowers found in damp shady forest. Psuedobulbs up to 8cm apart, 2.5cm long, leaf up to 20cm long x 5cm wide. Scape 1.5cm long; up to 8 flowers 3.5cm long in a close group, deep red. Lateral sepals partly joined together along their lower edges. Sepals and petals with coarse curved hairs along their edges. Lip tongue-shaped, warty, with two tooth like processes near the base.
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