Category: Builbophyllum

This mini-miniature to miniature epiphytic or occasional lithophytic orchid is found in China, Nepal, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia at elevations of 500 to 3000 meters. It has a creeping, branching rhizome with slender, narrowly ovate-conical pseudobulbs and a single, leathery, linear-oblong leaf. Blooming in summer and fall, it produces a slender, up to 14… Continue reading Bulbophyllum retusiusculum

This hot-growing lithophytic orchid is found in Borneo’s lowland hill forests on limestone. It has oblong to ovoid pseudobulbs spaced far apart along the rhizome and carries a single, reticulated, lined leaf. Blooming in summer and fall, it produces a short, two-flowered inflorescence with large sheathing bracts. The flowers are fleshy and fragrant, adapted to… Continue reading Bulbophyllum reticulatum

This miniature epiphyte is found in Singapore, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, the Moluccas, and New Guinea, growing in tropical lowlands on mangroves or riverside trees at elevations up to 1600 meters. It has small, ovate, curved pseudobulbs spaced 1 cm apart, each bearing a single elliptic, obtuse leaf that narrows into a short petiole. Blooming from… Continue reading Bulbophyllum restrepia

This miniature epiphyte is found in the Chinese and eastern Himalayas, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam at elevations of 300 to 1600 meters. It thrives in dense forests on tree trunks, growing in hot to cool conditions. It has close-set, small, subovoid pseudobulbs with a single, erect, coriaceous leaf. Blooming in spring, it produces… Continue reading Bulbophyllum repens

This bifoliate epiphyte is found in the eastern Himalayas, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Java, and Sumatra at elevations from sea level to 1420 meters in dry lowland forests and savanna-like woodlands. It has conic pseudobulbs with two apical, lanceolate, deciduous leaves. Blooming in summer, it produces a long, pendant, up to 40 cm inflorescence with… Continue reading Bulbophyllum refractum

This mini-miniature epiphyte is found in Thailand, Myanmar, Java, Borneo, and Sumatra at elevations of 900 to 1700 meters in lowland and montane forests, often overhanging water. It has small, ridged, shiny pseudobulbs spaced 1 cm apart, each carrying a single tough, leathery, elliptic, deciduous leaf. Blooming in spring, summer, and fall, it produces a… Continue reading Bulbophyllum purpurascens

This mini-miniature epiphyte is found in Vietnam, India, Laos, and China at elevations of 500 to 1650 meters in evergreen and mixed forests. It has a creeping, branching rhizome with close-set, dark green, ribbed pseudobulbs, each carrying a single, flexible, thinly leathery, narrowly ovate leaf with a purple-suffused underside. Blooming in spring and summer, it… Continue reading Bulbophyllum psychoon

This section differs from Section Ephippium by having erose to denticulate petal margins, while the median sepal margins range from entire to erose. The resupinate flowers grow in a subumbellate raceme, with 1 to 4 flowers per inflorescence. The dorsal sepal has 3 to 17 veins, and the lateral sepals, which are 3 to 16… Continue reading Bulbophyllum plumatum

This small-sized epiphytic orchid from Sumatra grows in warm to cool conditions. It has closely set, conic-ovoid pseudobulbs, each bearing a single, erect, thick, oblong-elliptic leaf with a sessile base. Blooming in late fall, it produces an erect, 6 to 8 cm long inflorescence, including a 4.5 cm peduncle. The flowers, arranged in an apical… Continue reading Bulbophyllum pleurothallidanthum