Bulbophyllum aeolium Ames 1914 SECTION Beccariana Pfitz. 1889
Photos by © David Kuehn
Common Name The Variable Colored Bulbophyllum
Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]
Found in the penninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines in tall forests at elevations of 100 to 1800 meters as a small to medium sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial or epiphyte with 1.6 to 10" [4 to 25 cm] between each distinct, obovoid to ellipsoid, rarely cylindrical, flattened pseudobulb carrying a single elliptic to obovate, petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring on an erect to patent, 1.2 to 14.4" [3 to 36 cm] long, 1 to 10 flowered inflorescence carrying coconut scented flowers
Synonyms Bulbophyllum aeolium subs padansense J J Verm, P O'Byrne and Lamb 2015
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Complete Writings on Philippine Orchids Vol 1 Quisumbing 1981; Orchidiana Philppiana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Wild Orchids of the Cameron Highlands REACH 2009 photo fide; Philippine Native Orchid Species Cootes 2011 photo fide; Bulbophyllum of Borneo J J Verm, P O'Byrne and Lamb 2015 photos fide;
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