Bulbophyllum Trigonosepalum + Echinolabium

[david68]

Originally Posted by help

does your echinolabium smell like rotting meat? i saw one at an OS meeting that looked very similar, maybe more yellow. but yours is the only one i have seen since with the same shape. i could only smell it if i put my nose really close, i even had to smell it twice, just because it smelled so bad i wasnt even sure it could come from something so beautiful!

Indeed B. Echinolabium doesn't smell very good but not rotting meat it's ... different
On the other side B. Trigonosepalum fragrant is very pleasant.

[miketg]

you know, I had a trigonosepalum with the varietal name of "doggie doo", and oh was that appropriate, but oh so much fun to get those who don't know....