Bulbophyllum blepharistes Rchb.f 1872 SECTION Blepharistes [Type]

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Common Name The Fringed Bulbophyllum

Flower Size 2/5" x 1 1/5" [1 cm x 3 cm]

Found as a miniature sized, hot growing, bifoliate epiphyte in Assam, Thailand, Burma, Laos, Vietnam and Malaysia in evergreen, semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests and savana-like woodlands at elevations of sealevel to 800 meters with flattened at the bottom, ovate psuedobulbs 2" + apart on a woody rhizome with 2 apical, bilobed at the apex, elliptical leaves that has a basal, slender, 8 to 12" [20 to 30 cm] long inflorescence with an umbel of [5 to 10] successive opening flowers at the apex, held well above the leaves, occuring in the summer and fall.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum malayanum J.J. Sm. 1912; Cirrhopetalum blepharistes Hook. f. 1896; Cirrhopetalum distans Rchb.f; Cirrhopetalum longiscapum Teijsm. & Binn. 1862; Cirrhopetalum spicatum Gagnep. 1950; Phyllorchis blepharistes (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891; Phyllorchis longiscapa (Teijsm. & Binn.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95 as Cirrhopetqalum belpharistes; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; Notes on Cirrhopetalum Seidenfadden 1973; Orchid Genera of Thailand Vol VIII Bulbophyllum Thou 1990; A to Z of SE Asian Orchids O'Byrne 2001; Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfadden and Wood 1992; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001;