Bulbophyllum polystictum

[JeanLux]

Here is a lovely large flower of another plant that I got recently from Michel Paul! Jean

here with one of my in-house pollinators:

 

[goldenrose]

:clap:I like the side views, gives a different perspective!

 

[likespaphs]

oh no! is that a long-tailed mealybug just in front of the pollinator? (those pollinators, maybe just their young, eat aphids but i dunno about mealies...)

 

[JeanLux]

oh no! is that a long-tailed mealybug just in front of the pollinator? (those pollinators, maybe just their young, eat aphids but i dunno about mealies...)

You are right!! I had to evacuate 2 of them! Fortunately, these ones are visible!!! Jean

 

[Ron-NY]

lol, many times I don't see bugs until after I take a close-up.
Very nice species, I like the reflexion of the petals

 

[paphjoint]

Excellent !!

 

[biothanasis]

Perfect!!! Is it in the same agg. with lobbii?? They look very much alike...

 

[Rick]

That's a hover fly, not a carrion fly. The group are frequently the pollinators of Paph species because their larvae eat aphids, so the females are looking for pests to lay their eggs next too. I don't know if the adults also attack pest species, but I think the males can be pollen robbers.

 

[SlipperFan]

I like the spotting on the backside -- makes the flower interesting from all angles.

 

[Yoyo_Jo]

Neat bloom! Great photo too - so much detail!

Joanne

 

[JeanLux]

Perfect!!! Is it in the same agg. with lobbii?? They look very much alike...

information on the web sometimes brings polystictum as synonym for lobbii, but mostly as sep. species! Jean