Bulbophyllum makoyanum

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Photographed by: Hannele Lahti
Photographed by: Hannele Lahti
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Object Details

Description

This is a small orchid which holds multiple of its red and yellow flowers together in an umbel – likely where one of its common names, “daisy orchid,” comes from.

Provenance

From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

Accession Number

2008-4006A

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Life Form

Epiphytic

Bloom Characteristics

Inflorescence is 8" long, slender, and purple with 5-12 yellow and red flowers. Flowers are 1.5" long.

Fragrance

Fragrant

Range

Singapore, Borneo (Kalimantan), Philippines

Habitat

Lowland forests; 0-300m

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Common Name

Daisy Orchid

Makoy's Cirrhopetalum

Group

[vascular plants]

Class

Equisetopsida

Subclass

Magnoliidae

Superorder

Lilianae

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Subfamily

Epidendroideae

Genus

Bulbophyllum

Species

makoyanum

Data Source

Smithsonian Gardens

Topic

Orchids

Living Collections

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax774fd15a2-b18e-440b-9b48-be79c0e53cd9

Record ID

ofeo-sg_2008-4006A