Bulbophyllum johnsonii
Introduction '''''Bulbophyllum johnsonii''''', commonly known as the '''yellow snake orchid''', is a species of epiphytic or lithophytic orchid that has a thin, creeping rhizome with flattened pseudobulbs, each with a single tough, dark green leaf and a single bright yellow to orange flower on a thread-like stalk. It grows on trees, shrubs and rocks in and near rainforest in tropical North Queensland.
Description ''Bulbophyllum johnsonii'' is an epiphytic or lithophytic herb that has thin, creeping rhizomes pressed against the surface on which it grows and flattened dark green, reddish or purple pseudobulbs  long and  wide. Each pseudobulb has a tough, dark green, egg-shaped leaf  long and  wide. A single resupinate, red, brown, green or yellowish flower  long and  wide is borne on a thread-like flowering stem  long. The dorsal sepal is  long,  wide and forms a hood over the column. The lateral sepals are  long and  wide and spread widely apart from each other. The petals are  long, about  wide with a dark blotch on the tip. The labellum is  long, about  wide with a red base and a yellow tip. Flowering occurs sporadically throughout the year.
Taxonomy and naming ''Bulbophyllum johnsonii'' was first formally described in 1950 by Trevor Edgar Hunt who published the description in ''Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland'' from a specimen collected at Hambledon by "A. E. Johnson". The specific epithet (''johnsonii'') honours the collector of the type specimen.
Distribution and habitat The yellow snake orchid usually grows on trees, shrubs and rocks in rainforest and open forest, at higher altitudes between the Cedar Bay National Park and the Paluma Range National Park.
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