Jakarta, May 21 -- A new species of orchid, Bulbophyllum bukitrayaense, has been discovered at the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park in West Kalimantan.

"The success of the national park's expedition team in finding this new orchid species deserves appreciation as it opens more opportunities to find other new species in Kalimantan," head of the bureau of public relations and foreign cooperation of the Forestry Ministry, Krisdianto, said.

"Therefore, further exploration is urgently needed, and hopefully, it will lead to more discoveries of new biodiversity in Kalimantan," he added in a statement on Wednesday.

The new orchid species was found on Mount Bukit Raya at an altitude of around 1,320 meters in July 2024.

The discovery was sci...