Category: Builbophyllum

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This small, warm-growing epiphyte is found in Sulawesi’s montane forests at 1200 meters. It has a hanging rhizome with pseudobulbs spaced 1 to 2.2 cm apart, each bearing a single, erect, elliptic to ovate leaf with a shortly petiolate base. Blooming from fall through spring, it produces a single fragrant flower on a short, 2… Continue reading Bulbophyllum xanthomelanon

This miniature to small epiphyte or lithophyte is found in Yunnan, northern Myanmar, and Thailand at elevations of 200 to 2000 meters. It has a creeping, branching rhizome with yellow-green, glossy, angular pseudobulbs spaced 4 cm apart, each carrying a single thick, leathery, rugose leaf. Blooming in spring, it produces a stout, rigid inflorescence 7… Continue reading Bulbophyllum wendelianum

This medium-sized, hot-growing epiphyte is found in the Malaysian Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Moluccas, Sulawesi, and New Guinea at around 760 meters in elevation. It has widely spaced, furrowed, terete pseudobulbs covered by sheaths, each bearing a single tough, leathery leaf. Blooming in summer, it produces a long, many-flowered inflorescence with 6 to 8 foul-smelling… Continue reading Bulbophyllum virescens

This warm-growing epiphyte is found in Peninsular Malaysia at elevations of 600 to 1000 meters. It thrives in humid forest environments, attaching itself to trees for support. Though specific details about its pseudobulbs, leaves, and flowers are not provided, it likely follows the growth patterns of similar epiphytic orchids, with seasonal blooming and adaptations for… Continue reading Bulbophyllum variable

This miniature-sized epiphyte is found in Thailand, Malaysia, Java, and Borneo, thriving in mangrove, lowland, and swamp forests at elevations up to 600 meters. It has yellow, ovoid pseudobulbs spaced 2 inches apart, each bearing a single, oblong, leathery leaf with a bilobed tip. Blooming in late winter and again in summer or fall, it… Continue reading Bulbophyllum vaginatum

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This small-sized epiphyte is found in the eastern Himalayas, Southeast Asia, and parts of Indonesia, growing in primary ridge and hill forests at elevations of 200 to 2000 meters. It has narrowly ovoid pseudobulbs clustered along the rhizome, each carrying a single, linear, acute leaf with a grooved petiolate base. Blooming in spring, it produces… Continue reading Bulbophyllum tortuosum