Bulbophyllum nutans

{{Short description|Species of orchid}}

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| status = CITES_A2

| status_system = CITES

| status_ref = {{cite web|url=http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml |title=Appendices I, II and III |publisher=Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna |date=2010-10-14 |accessdate=2019-12-20}}

| image = Bulbophyllum nutans.JPG

| taxon = Bulbophyllum nutans

| authority = (Thouars) Thouars (1822)

| synonyms =

  • Phyllorkis nutans {{small|Thouars 1819}}
  • Bulbophyllum andringitranum {{small|Schltr. 1924}}
  • Bulbophyllum variifolium {{small|Schltr. 1924}}
  • Bulbophyllum ambohitrense {{small|H.Perrier 1937}}
  • Bulbophyllum tsinjoarivense {{small|H.Perrier 1937}}

|}}

Bulbophyllum nutans is a species of epiphytic orchid native to Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands in the family of Orchidaceae. They form into a cluster, creating a group of green-like bulb appearance that form pseudobulbs with cotyledon-like leaves on top that usually has two leaves. The orchids form an inflorescence of white-golden like flowers that shoot out from beneath the orchid's pseudobulbs.

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