Lamjung, Oct. 12 -- A total of 224 orchid species have been recorded within the Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP) region, according to the project's headquarters in Pokhara.

Among them, 182 species have been identified in the Bhujung Conservation Office area in Lamjung district alone.

The latest addition to the list is a new orchid species, Bulbophyllum bisetum Lindl., discovered this year (2025) in the same region, bringing the total to 224.

Pramod Raj Regmi, conservation officer and head of the Bhujung office, said that the new species was found during an exploration conducted by senior natural resource conservation assistant Basudev Neupane and assistant scientist Bigyan GC. The orchid was located on a tree at an altitude o...