Bulbophyllum lamingtonense
Introduction '''''Bulbophyllum lamingtonense''''', commonly known as the '''cream rope orchid''', is a species of epiphytic or lithophytic orchid with well-spaced pseudobulbs and brown bracts arranged along the stems. Each pseudobulb has a single, fleshy, channelled leaf and a single cream-coloured or white flower with yellow tips. It grows on trees and rocks near cliffs and the edge of rainforest near the eastern border between New South Wales and Queensland.
Description ''Bulbophyllum lamingtonense'' is an epiphytic or lithophytic herb with stems  long and covered with brown bracts. The pseudobulbs are  long, about  wide and spaced  apart along the stems. Each pseudobulb has a thick, fleshy, narrow oblong to lance-shaped leaf  long and  wide with a channelled upper surface. A single cream-coloured or white flower  long and  wide is borne on a flowering stem  long. The sepals and petals are fleshy, the sepals  long, about  wide and the petals about  long and  wide. The labellum is brown, about  long and wide with a sharp bend near the middle. Flowering occurs from March to August.
Taxonomy and naming ''Bulbophyllum lamingtonense'' was first formally described in 1993 by David Jones who published the description in ''Phytologia'' from a specimen collected in the Lamington National Park. The specific epithet (''lamingtonense'') refers to the type location.
Distribution and habitat The cream rope orchid grows on trees and rocks near the edge of rainforest or on cliffs in the McPherson and Border Ranges.
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