Bulbophyllum boonjee
Introduction '''''Bulbophyllum boonjee''''' commonly known as the '''maroon strand orchid''',  is a species of epiphytic orchid that is endemic to tropical North Queensland. It has crowded, flattened pseudobulbs, stiff, pale green leaves and up to four small, bell-shaped maroon flowers with darker stripes.
Description ''Bulbophyllum boonjee'' is an epiphytic herb with crowded, flattened, pale green pseudobulbs  long and  wide. Each pseudobulb has a single stiff, pale green leaf,  long and  wide. Between two and four bell-shaped maroon flowers with darker stripes,  long and  wide are arranged on a thread-like flowering stem  long. The dorsal sepal is  long and  wide, the lateral sepals a similar length but twice as wide. The petals are  long and  wide. The labellum is about  long and less than  wide, and curved with small lumps on the upper surface. Flowering occurs between September and February.
Taxonomy and naming ''Bulbophyllum boonjee'' was first formally described in 1984 by Bruce Gray and David Jones and published ''The Orchadian''.
Distribution and habitat The maroon strand orchid grows on thin branches of rainforest trees on the Atherton Tableland and Mount Lewis in Queensland.
Conservation This orchid is classed as "vulnerable" under the Queensland Government ''Nature Conservation Act 1992''.
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