Bulbophyllum chimaera

Bulbophyllum chimaera is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.

Bulbophyllum chimaera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Bulbophyllum
Species:	B. chimaera
Binomial name
Bulbophyllum chimaera Schltr.

It was identified by Schltr. in 1913. The species grows within montane forests at an approximate elevation 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) on tree trunks devoid of moss, in Papua and New Guinea.^[1]

The genus Bulbophyllum contains around 2000 species distributed across the warmer continents. It was first described by Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars^[2]