Bulbophyllum blumei [Lindley]J.J. Sm. 1906 SECTION Ephippium Schlechter 1913 Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl. Copyright © 2006 All rights reserved.

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Common Name Blume's Bulbophyllum [German Director of Botanical Garden In Indonesia early to mid 1800's]

Flower Size 2 1/4" [6 cm]

A small sized, hot to cool growing, unifoliate epiphytic orchid that is found in West Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, to the Philippines, Papua and New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Australia at altitudes of 50 to 800 meters in coastal forests and rainforests on trunks and large branches of trees and grows into large clumps with 3/4" to 2" [ 2 to 5 cm] between each, narrowly conical pseuobulb carrying a single, apical, elliptic leaves that blooms on a basal, erect, 6" [15 cm] long, 1 to 2 flowered inflorescence holding the flowers at leaf length and occuring in the spring to fall.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum cheiri Lindl. 1844; Bulbophyllum cuspidilingue Rchb.f 1861; Bulbphyllum epiphippium Rdl. 1921; Bulbophyllum maxillare [Lindley]Rchb.f 1861; Bulbophyllum megalanthum Griff. 1851; *Cirrhopetalum blumei Lindl. 1830; Cirrhopetalum maxillare Lindley 1843; Epiphippium ciliatum Bl. 1825; Phyllorchis blumei [Lindl.]Ktze. 1891; Phyllorchis cheiri [Lindl.]Ktze. 1891; Phyllorchis maxillaris [Lindl.]Ktze. 1891; Phyllorkis megalantha (Griff.) Kuntze 1891; Sarcopodium cheiri [Lindley]Lindley 1850; Sarcopodium megalanthum (Griff.) Lindl. 1853

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------