Bulbophyllum siamense

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This small, hot to warm-growing epiphyte is found from Assam to Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Peninsular Malaysia, and Indonesia. It is related to B. lobbii but differs with shorter, thicker sepals and straighter, non-twisted petals. Blooming in spring and summer, it produces a single, fragrant flower on each inflorescence. It thrives in similar conditions to… Continue reading Bulbophyllum siamense

Bulbophyllum setuliferum

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This miniature, cool-growing epiphyte is found in Thailand, Vietnam, and China’s Yunnan province at elevations of 1100 to 1400 meters. It has depressed pyramidal pseudobulbs spaced 1.5 to 2.5 cm apart, each bearing a single elliptic, subacute leaf. Blooming in spring and early summer, it produces an erect to spreading inflorescence, 14 to 22 cm… Continue reading Bulbophyllum setuliferum

Bulbophyllum scaphiforme

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This miniature, cool-growing epiphyte is found in Thailand, Vietnam, and China’s Yunnan province at elevations of 1100 to 1400 meters. It has depressed pyramidal pseudobulbs spaced 1.5 to 2.5 cm apart, each bearing a single elliptic, subacute leaf. Blooming in spring and early summer, it produces an erect to spreading inflorescence, 14 to 22 cm… Continue reading Bulbophyllum scaphiforme

Bulbophyllum rogosum

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This miniature to small warm-growing epiphyte is found in Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo at elevations of 1000 to 1700 meters. It has narrowly conical, slightly compressed pseudobulbs spaced about 2 cm apart along the rhizome, each carrying a single, elliptic, acute leaf that narrows into a petiole. Blooming in the fall, it produces a short,… Continue reading Bulbophyllum rogosum

Bulbophyllum retusiusculum

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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

Bulbophyllum reticulatum

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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

Bulbophyllum restrepia

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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

Bulbophyllum repens

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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

Bulbophyllum refractum

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

Bulbophyllum purpurascens

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