New orchid species discovered in Sichuan

A new species of orchid has been discovered in Sichuan province's Wolong National Nature Reserve, according to a release by the reserve's management bureau on Saturday.

Cheng Yuehong, a senior engineer at the bureau, and a research team led by Hu Guangwan from the Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted morphological and DNA molecular analyses on Bulbophyllum wolongense, confirming it as a new plant species.

Due to its unique distribution in the region, it has been identified as a species endemic to Sichuan.