Bulbophyllum beccarii
A giant Bornean Bulbophyllum and one of the largest orchids in the world. A rhizome about 5 cm thick climbs and winds around tree trunks toward the light, carrying egg-shaped pseudobulbs and upright, bowl-shaped leathery leaves up to 60 × 20 cm that catch falling debris as fertiliser. Its hanging clusters of hundreds of small yellow and red flowers smell of rotting meat to attract flies. It needs hot, humid conditions and a lot of space.
Where it grows wild
An epiphytic climber of lowland Bornean rainforest. Its rhizome wraps around trunks and climbs into brighter parts of the canopy. The upright, cupped leaves collect leaf litter, which rots down in place.
No elevations are attached to the GBIF records. It is described as a rainforest canopy plant of the lowlands and low hills.
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