Bulbophyllum

/ˌbʌlboʊˈfɪləm/ noun

A large genus of tropical orchids with small pseudobulbs and typically small, unusual flowers.

From Greek 'bulbos' (bulb) and 'phyllon' (leaf), describing how these orchids' leaves emerge from bulb-like structures called pseudobulbs.

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