Bulbophyllum evasum
A small creeping orchid from the upland rainforests of north Queensland, with brittle rhizomes, tiny pseudobulbs hidden under bracts and short fleshy leaves. Its 3 mm pink-to-red striped bells come 10–25 at a time in summer. It needs cool-intermediate, constantly humid, shady conditions and is best grown on a mount or in a shallow pan where the rhizome can wander.
Where it grows wild
Grows on tree trunks and branches, and on rocks and mossy boulders, in rainforest. The creeping, brittle rhizome carries well-spaced pseudobulbs 5–7 mm long, each with one fleshy leaf 25–35 mm long. Flowers appear from November to March.
Literature gives 1000–1600 m, the cloud-prone upland rainforest of the ranges and tablelands. Most GBIF records agree (median 1171 m).
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