Bulbophyllum chimaera

Bulbophyllum chimaera is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.

It was identified by Schltr. in 1913. The species grows within montane forests at an approximate elevation 1000 m on tree trunks devoid of moss, in Papua and New Guinea.

The genus Bulbophyllum contains around 2000 species distributed across the warmer continents. It was first described by Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars