Bulbophyllum ovalifolium

This miniature orchid is found in the Chinese Himalayas, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands, and Sulawesi, growing in montane forests at 900 to 2500 meters. It thrives as a cold to warm-growing epiphyte with a creeping, mat-forming rhizome that produces closely set, chain-like, ovoid to globose, slightly flattened pseudobulbs. Each pseudobulb has… Continue reading Bulbophyllum ovalifolium

Bulbophyllum nigrescens

This miniature orchid is found in Thailand, Yunnan (China), and Vietnam, growing as a warm to cool epiphyte or lithophyte on tree trunks at 400 to 1500 meters. It has squat, ovoid to low-conical, wrinkled pseudobulbs spaced 0.6 to 2.5 cm apart, each carrying a single linear to lanceolate leaf. Blooming in late winter to… Continue reading Bulbophyllum nigrescens

Bulbophyllum mirum

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This mini-miniature to miniature epiphytic orchid is found in Sabah Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Flores, Bali, and Peninsular Malaysia at elevations of 1000 to 1600 meters. It grows in cool conditions on mossy branches and trunks, with a slow-creeping, branching rhizome. Its shiny olive-green, acutely quadrangular pseudobulbs are spaced about 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart, each… Continue reading Bulbophyllum mirum

Bulbophyllum microtepalum

This miniature epiphytic orchid is found in Myanmar and Thailand at around 200 meters elevation in hot climates. It has smooth, conical to ovoid pseudobulbs, each bearing a single, thick, lanceolate leaf with a short petiole. Blooming from a basal, 2-inch (5 cm) long erect inflorescence, it produces a densely packed cluster of small flowers… Continue reading Bulbophyllum microtepalum

Bulbophyllum microglossum

This small epiphytic orchid is found in Thailand, Malaysia, and Borneo at elevations of 900 to 2200 meters in lower montane forests. It has conical pseudobulbs spaced 2.4 to 7 inches (6 to 17.5 cm) apart along a woody rhizome, with stiff basal hairs. Each pseudobulb carries a single, stiff, elliptic leaf. Blooming in summer,… Continue reading Bulbophyllum microglossum

Bulbophyllum microchillnum

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This miniature epiphytic orchid is found in Malaysia, Singapore, and Borneo at elevations up to 1000 meters in lowland and lower montane forests. It grows on the lower trunks and branches of trees, forming ovoid, slightly flattened, olive-green pseudobulbs with a single, thick, dark green elliptic leaf. Blooming on an 8 to 12-inch (20 to… Continue reading Bulbophyllum microchillnum

Bulbophyllum membranifolium

This small epiphytic or occasionally terrestrial orchid is found in Perak (Malaysia), Sabah, Sarawak, Sumatra, and the Philippines at elevations of 800 to 2300 meters. It grows in swampy, lowland, and montane forests in humus and moss cushions. The plant has ovoid, somewhat flattened pseudobulbs with a single, thick, ovate to elliptic green leaf. Blooming… Continue reading Bulbophyllum membranifolium

Bulbophyllum membranaceum

This mini-miniature epiphytic orchid is found in Malaysia, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Papua New Guinea, and several Pacific islands, growing in lowland forests up to 450 meters. It thrives in hot conditions and has small, conical-ovate pseudobulbs spaced 0.2 to 2 inches (5 mm to 5 cm) apart. Each pseudobulb carries a single, apical, broadly… Continue reading Bulbophyllum membranaceum

Bulbophyllum medusae

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This small epiphytic orchid is found in Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, the Lesser Sunda Islands, and Sumatra in lowland forests up to 400 meters. It thrives in hot conditions, growing on tree trunks and branches. The plant has pseudobulbs with a single, apical leaf. Blooming in fall and winter, it produces an erect, bract-covered inflorescence up… Continue reading Bulbophyllum medusae

Bulbophyllum mastersianum

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This small epiphytic orchid is found in the Moluccas and Borneo at around 500 meters in warm, humid hill forests. It has clustered, ovoid, slightly angled pseudobulbs with a single, erect to suberect, oblong, leathery leaf. Blooming in spring, it produces a basal, up to 12-inch (30 cm) long, curved or sub-erect inflorescence that bears… Continue reading Bulbophyllum mastersianum