Bulbophyllum hirtulum

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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

Bulbophyllum helanae

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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

Bulbophyllum haniffii

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

Bulbophyllum gusdorfii ‘Sunset’

This miniature, hot-growing epiphyte is found in Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, and the Philippines. It has small, ovoid, multi-angled pseudobulbs spaced 0.25–0.5 inches apart, each carrying a single, oblong, fleshy, glossy leaf with a long petiole. Blooming from a basal, purple-spotted, 9 cm inflorescence, it produces up to eight flowers. Best grown mounted on tree fern,… Continue reading Bulbophyllum gusdorfii ‘Sunset’

Bulbophyllum graveolens

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This very large, hot to warm-growing epiphyte is found in New Guinea’s rainforests at elevations of 100–600 meters. It has ovoid to elliptic pseudobulbs, each carrying a single, erect, elliptic leaf with a short petiole. Blooming in late winter and early spring, it produces a slender, 23 cm inflorescence that arches downward, bearing an umbel… Continue reading Bulbophyllum graveolens

Bulbophyllum gracillimum

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This miniature, hot-growing epiphyte is found from Thailand to Australia and the Pacific islands at elevations up to 150 meters. It has small, clustered ovoid pseudobulbs, each with a single elliptic leaf. Blooming from spring to summer, it produces a tall, 15–30 cm purple, wiry inflorescence with 6–10 fragrant flowers held above the leaf.

Bulbophyllum frostii ‘vietnam’

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This mini-miniature, cool-growing epiphyte is found in Yunnan, China, and Vietnam at elevations of 1450–1500 meters. It has clustered, multi-angled, olive-green pseudobulbs spaced 3 cm apart, each carrying a single, fleshy, broadly oblong-elliptic to ovate leaf. Blooming in spring, it produces a short, 2 cm long basal inflorescence with a small umbel of fragrant flowers.

Bulbophyllum forestii

This small, cool to cold growing epiphyte is found in southern Yunnan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and India at around 2000 meters. It has garlic clove-like pseudobulbs with a single, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, petiolate leaf. Blooming in spring, it produces a basal, 8 cm long, umbellate inflorescence with several flowers held at mid-leaf.

Bulbophyllum flavofimbriatum

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This miniature to small, hot to warm growing epiphyte is found in Borneo’s lower montane and podosol forests at 800 to 1500 meters. It has elliptic, compressed pseudobulbs with a single, thick, ovate, dark green, petiolate leaf. Blooming in spring and fall, it produces a short, 1 cm long, single-flowered inflorescence with tubular floral bracts.… Continue reading Bulbophyllum flavofimbriatum

Bulbophyllum fibrosum

This miniature, hot to warm growing epiphyte is found in Malaysia, Borneo, and Sumatra in swamp forests on mature mangrove trees at elevations up to 1000 meters. It has slender, cylindrical pseudobulbs spaced 1.6 to 3.1 inches apart, ringed with stiff bristles, and carries a single, gradually tapered leaf with a short petiole. Blooming from… Continue reading Bulbophyllum fibrosum