Bulbophyllum medusae

[boytjie]

First bloom for me, for this one. I took a series of shots over the course of two weeks. This is Bulbophyllum medusae in bud and then in bloom. Kinda weird (borderline creepy, actually) to watch the thing unfurling and untangling itself from inside the sheath! It's very alien-looking. Odd smell, too; not unpleasant exactly, like a lot of other Bulbos, but... different.