Bulbophyllum auricomum Lindl. 1830 SECTION Lemniscata Pfitz 1889
Photo by MR.TIPOL RUANGAKSORN and Exotic Bulbophyllum
Photo by © Art Vogel
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Common Name The Golden Haired Bulbophyllum - In Burma Ta-zeen-ban
Flower Size 1/5" [5 mm]
Found in Thailand, Myanmar, Sumatra and Java in lowland seasonal forests as a miniature to small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with .16 to .32" [4 to 12 mm] between each, ovoid-oblong pseudobulb carrying 2 to 3, apical, deciduous, rather thin leaves that are often not present at blooming which is on an arching, basal, to 8 3/4" [22 cm] long, racemose, many [25] flowered inflorescence occuring in the late fall and early winter and carrying fragrant flowers
Synonyms Bulbophyllum foenisecii C.S.P.Parish ex Rchb.f. 1865; Bulbophyllum tripetaloides (Roxb.) Schltr. 1914; Dendrobium tripetaloides Roxb. 1832; Phyllorchis auricoma (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as B tripetaloides; AOS Bulletin Vol 33 No 10 1964 photo fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as B tripetaloides; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 33 #3 Orchid Genera in Thailand VIII Bulbophyllum Thou Seidenfaden 1979 drawing fide; A to Z of SE Asian Orchids O'Byrne 2001 photo fide; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photo fide; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2002 photo fide; The Wild Orchids of Myanmar Nyan Tun Taunggyi 2014 photo fide
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