Bulbophyllum lichenoides is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. This plant is non-poisonous.[1] It is found in New Guinea on trees in range forests at elevations around 800 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm growing epiphyte with barely noticeable, cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, patent, oblong, obtuse leaf that blooms in the late winter and early spring on an erect, short to 0.12" (3 mm) long, single flowered inflorescence.[2]
| Bulbophyllum lichenoides | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Bulbophyllum |
| Species: | B. lichenoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Bulbophyllum lichenoides | |
Schlechter states that the plant is so small and delicate as to appear to be a lichen and the flowers are the smallest in the section and are either violet red or violet brown with a dark purple lip.[3]