Bulbophyllum rufilabrum
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Bulbophyllum rufilabrum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum
Bulbophyllum
Bulbophyllum is the largest genus in the orchid family Orchidaceae. With more than 2,000 species, it is also one of the largest genera of flowering plants, exceeded only by Astragalus...

. Its common name is 'The Fox Red Lip Bulbophyllum.' The Bulbophyllum rufilabrum flowers in October and November in the Indo-China region
Indochina
The Indochinese peninsula, is a region in Southeast Asia. It lies roughly southwest of China, and east of India. The name has its origins in the French, Indochine, as a combination of the names of "China" and "India", and was adopted when French colonizers in Vietnam began expanding their territory...

. The flower is .3 cm wide and .5 cm high. It is made up of three peddles, the outer two forming an open pod shape with a third, red peddle, in the center. The blooms form clusters on the end of the orchid's spikes (stems).
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