Bulbophyllum weberi

Bulbophyllum weberi is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. As stated in the book The Orchids of the Philippines, synonyms of Bulbophyllum weberi include Bulbophyllum baucoenese, Cirrhopetlumalum baucoense, and Cirrhopetalum weberi. It is endemic to the Philippines. The common name of Bulbophylum weberi is Weber's bulbophyllum because of its discovery by C.M. Weber, the man that took the type specimens. Ames named it Bulbophyllum weberi in The Philippine Journal of Sciences in 1912. Dr. Karl Senghas assigned it to the genus Cirrhopetalum in Schlecter's Orchidean in 1983. (Cootes, Banks,& Titmuss., 2001., pg. 56) This orchid is yellow in color and has dark red and brown spots. It grows upright and sympodial. It usually has around ten blooms. The petals are triangular and it grows on the base of tree trunks at elevations of about 1500 meters. (Cootes, J., Banks. P.D., & Titmuss, D.2001., pg. 56) Dorsal sepal of B. weberi was entirely yellow with purplish blotches, also on long ......read more on Wikipedia.