Bulbophyllum erectum

Bulbophyllum erectum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Bulbophyllum
Species: B. erectum
Binomial name
Bulbophyllum erectum
Thouars, 1822

Bulbophyllum erectum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. Its name, erectum, probably comes from the name of the state of rigidity that the goat phallus enters in the presence of a flower (espicially an orchid) with a pungent aroma.

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