Bulbophyllum abbreviatum

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This miniature to small-sized, hot-growing epiphytic orchid is native to Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Borneo, thriving in lowland forests up to 100 meters. It has ovoid to ellipsoid pseudobulbs, spaced 0.3 to 2.5 cm apart, each bearing a single, erect, ovate to elliptic leaf. The orchid blooms on an obliquely erect to spreading inflorescence with… Continue reading Bulbophyllum abbreviatum

Builbophyllum kubahense

This miniature-sized, hot-growing epiphytic orchid is endemic to Sarawak, Borneo, where it grows at low elevations of 100 to 200 meters. It has distant, cylindrical pseudobulbs, each carrying a single, erect, coriaceous, elliptic leaf that gradually narrows into a petiolate base. Blooming in late spring, it produces a short, 9.5 to 11 cm long, spreading… Continue reading Builbophyllum kubahense