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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Bulbophyllum arfakianum

Bulbophyllum arfakianum ABG 20050050
Bulbophyllum arfakianum ABG 20050050
Bulbophyllum arfakianum ABG 20050050
Bulbophyllum arfakianum ABG 20050050
Bulbophyllum arfakianum ABG 20050050
Bulbophyllum arfakianum ABG 20050050
Bulbophyllum arfakianum unfurled its flowers for the first time last week, and I was felled on the instant. There isn't a single vantage point from which the flower doesn't look ravishing. Bulbophyllum arfakianum is native to West Papua, Indonesia. The specific epithet, arfakianum, references the Arfak Mountains, an outstandingly rich region of biological diversity on the Bird's Head Peninsula. Bulbophyllum arfakianum grows as an epiphyte in lowland forest at 50 to 400 meters elevation.

Bulbophyllum arfakianum ABG 20050050
How many other flowers can you think of that look as fantastic from the back as the front?


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