Bulbophyllum
globuliforme
The
species Bulbophyllum
globuliforme is an
epiphyte
and grows in subtropical
rainforest
in
Australia's northeast
in a variety of habitats including warm temperate rainforest, dry rainforest and
wet sclerophyll forests.
One of the smallest orchid
species known, the tiny pseudobulbs are about the size of a pinhead and each has
a tiny reduced thread-like leaf at the apex. It can form quite extensive mats
on tree trunks. Flowering occurs during spring mainly (September to November).
Flowers are cream, rarely flushed with red, and are carried on a solitary stem
in the axils of stem bracts. A very similar species is the closely related B.
minutissimum.
