Bulbophyllum binnendijkii J.J. Sm. 1906 SECTION Pahudia Schlechter 1911
Plant and Flower Photo courtesy of Jo Levy Copyright ©, Leslie Garay Archives
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Common Name Binnendijk's Bulbophyllum [Dutch Botanist in Indonesia late 1800's]
Flower Size 4" [10 cm]
Found in Java and Borneo in moss foprests at elevations around 1000 to 1400 meters on rotting logs and in areas rich in humus with large laterally compressed, cylindric pseudobulbs that carry a single, apical, oblong, bluntly tapered, petiolate, large leaf that blooms in the spring on a 6 to 8" [15 to 20 cm] long, several [8 to 12] flowered inflorescence that holds the fetid smelling flowers beneath the leaf.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum ericssonii Kraenzl. 1893; Cirrhopetalum leopardinum Teijsm. & Binn. 1862
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1987; Orchids of Java Comber 1990
