Category: Builbophyllum

This miniature, unifoliate epiphyte is found across Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Java, and the Philippines. It grows in hot to cool conditions at elevations of 100 to 1800 meters. With closely spaced cylindrical pseudobulbs and a single leathery, elliptic leaf, it blooms year-round on an erect,… Continue reading Bulbophyllum laxiflorum

This mini-miniature to miniature epiphyte is found in India, Myanmar, Thailand, and Malaysia, thriving in moist montane and seasonally dry forests. It grows in warm to cool conditions, featuring cylindro-ovate pseudobulbs with a single oblong-obovate leaf. Blooming in the fall, it produces solitary or umbelled flowers on a short, slender inflorescence emerging from a mature… Continue reading Bulbophyllum lasiochilum

This small-sized epiphyte or lithophyte is found in Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and Malaysia at elevations from sea level to 1,200 meters, thriving in moist, shady forests on trees and rocks. It has slightly flattened, cylindrical pseudobulbs spaced 4 to 6 inches apart, each bearing a single elliptical, bluntly pointed leaf. Blooming in summer, it produces… Continue reading Bulbophyllum lasianthum

This miniature-sized epiphyte is found only in Sarawak, Borneo, at elevations of 100 to 200 meters, thriving in hot, lowland conditions. It has distant, cylindrical pseudobulbs, each bearing a single, erect, leathery, elliptic leaf that narrows into a petiolate base. Blooming in late spring, it produces a spreading inflorescence 9.5 to 11 cm long, carrying… Continue reading Bulbophyllum kubahense

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This small-sized epiphyte is found in Borneo and Malaysia, thriving in hot to cool conditions. It has conical, wrinkled pseudobulbs spaced 4 to 5 cm apart, each carrying a single leaf that is widest above the middle and narrows into a 1-inch petiole. Blooming in summer and fall, it produces a short to 7 cm… Continue reading Bulbophyllum inunctum

These epiphytic orchids have a creeping rhizome that produces small, wrinkled pseudobulbs, each carrying a single persistent leaf. They bloom on a multi-flowered, racemose inflorescence with resupinate flowers. The sepals are equal in length, usually 3–5 veined, and can be smooth or ciliate. The petals have ciliate margins, while the mobile, auriculate lip is attached… Continue reading Bulbophyllum hirtulum

This small, warm to cold-growing epiphyte or lithophyte is found in Yunnan, the western Himalayas, Nepal, Sikkim, Myanmar, and Thailand at elevations of 800–2700 meters. It has long-ovoid pseudobulbs spaced 1.2–2.4 inches apart, each with a single, erect, coriaceous oblong leaf narrowing into a petiolate base. Blooming in late spring and summer, it produces a… Continue reading Bulbophyllum helanae

This miniature to small, warm to cool-growing epiphyte is found in southern Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, and Laos at elevations of 800–1700 meters. It has a creeping, branching, pendant rhizome with small ovate pseudobulbs spaced 0.4–0.8 inches apart, each carrying a single, elliptic, acute leaf with a short petiole. Blooming in summer, it produces a… Continue reading Bulbophyllum haniffii