SECTION Brachystachyae Benth. & Hook. f. 1883

TYPE = Bulbophyllum repens Griff. 1851

SYNONYMS - Cochlia Bl. 1825; Sect. Cochlia (Bl.) Benth. & Hook.f. 1883; sect. Cylindracea Pfitz. 1889; sect. Saurocephalum Schltr. 1912; sect. Globiceps Schltr. 1913; Osyricera Bl. 1825; Sect. Osyricera (Bl.) J.J. Sm. 1914; sect. Diptychanthes sensu Rchb.f. 1857;

Characterized by the creeping rhizomes giving rise to minute pseudobulbs in comparison to the size of the plant, carrying sa single apical, persistent leaf and blooms on a contracted or elongate, lax to dense, many flowered inflorescence carrying resupinate flowers with the pedicel has its basal node level witht he floral bract attachment, a typically short column foot and the thin attachment of the free, mobile lip is often deeply imbedded in the surface formed by the base of the lateral sepals, the dense racemose inflorescence with flowers in a regular pattern or lax with flowers having the lateral sepals adpressed to the rachis and having purple coloring. The lateral sepals form a dish to bowl-shaped structure around the lip. The best defining diagnostic sign is the upper margin stellida usually with a slight to distinct wing or tooth, 4 pollina. Remember that stelida have a vein that runs into it wings do not.

There are about 43 species in this section from montane forests at elevations under 2200 meters in Indi, Sri Lanka to China, southwards to Java and eastwards to the western Pacific.

Entries below with an asterix are listed in publications by J J Vermeullen and so are more likely correct than ones without. Species with a question mark in front, seem to me to not conform and so please use with caution.

1. Bulbophyllum alcicorne C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f. 1874 Myanmar, Malaysia and Thailand

2. Bulbophyllum apiferum Carr 1930 Thailand and Malaysia

3. *Bulbophyllum atrorubens Schltr. 1906 Sulawesi, New Guinea, Moluccas, New Caledonia, Samoa and Vanuatu

4. *Bulbophyllum bicarinatum J.J.Verm. & A.L.Lamb 2013 Borneo

5. *Bulbophyllum botryophorum Ridl. 1897 Malaysia and Sarawak Borneo

6. Bulbophyllum caecilii J.J.Sm. 1927 Sumatra

7. Bulbophyllum calliferum J.J.Verm. & A.L.Lamb 2013 Borneo

8. Bulbophyllum conchiferum Rchb.f.1861 India

9. *Bulbophyllum coniferum Ridl. 1909 Malaysia, Java, Sumatra and Borneo

10. Bulbophyllum cornu-cervi King 1895 Sikkim, eastern Himalayas

11. Bulbophyllum cylindraceum Lindl. 1830 Nepal, eastern Himalayas, Sikkim, India, Nepal, western Himalayas, Myanmar and Thailand

12. *Bulbophyllum cyrtognomom J.J.Verm. & A.L.Lamb 2008 Sabah Borneo

13. Bulbophyllum divergens J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2011 Borneo, New Guinea and Sulawesi

14. Bulbophyllum dolichodon J.J.Verm., P.O'Byrne & A.L.Lamb 2015 Borneo

15. Bulbophyllum fissibrachium J.J.Sm. 1927 Sumatra

16. * Bulbophyllum fragosum J.J.Verm. & A.L.Lamb 2013 Borneo

17. Bulbophyllum globiceps Schltr. 1905 New Guinea

18. Bulbophyllum heldiorum J.J.Verm. 1991 Borneo

19. Bulbophyllum holttumii A.D.Hawkes 1956 Thailand and Malaysia

20. * Bulbophyllum hyposiphon J.J.Verm. & A.L.Lamb 2013 Borneo

21. *Bulbophyllum hyption J.J.Verm., P.O'Byrne & A.L.Lamb 2015 Borneo

22. Bulbophyllum kemulense J.J.Sm. 1931 - Borneo

23. Bulbophyllum khasyanum Griff. 1851 Chinese Himalayas, eastern Himalayas, Assam, Thailand and Vietnam

24. Bulbophyllum kittredgei (Garay, Hamer & Siegerist) J.J.Verm. 1996 Philippines

25. Bulbophyllum moroides J.J.Sm. 1917 Sumatra

26. Bulbophyllum naviculiforme P.O'Byrne & P.T.Ong 2014 penninsular Malaysia

27. *Bulbophyllum osyricera Schltr. 1911 Java and Sabah Borneo

28. Bulbophyllum osyriceroides J.J.Sm. 1920 Java and Sumatra

29. Bulbophyllum petiolare Thwaites 1861 Sri Lanka

30. Bulbophyllum piluliferum King & Pantl. 1895 Sikkim

31. Bulbophyllum prasinoglossum Cabactulan, Cootes, M.Leon & R.B.Pimentel 2018 Philippines

32. Bulbophyllum pseudoconiferum W.Suarez & Cootes 2009 Philippines

33. Bulbophyllum pubiflorum Schltr. 1911 Sulawesi

34. Bulbophyllum purpureum Thwaites 1861 Sri Lanka

35. *!Bulbophyllum repens Griff. 1851 Chinese Himalayas, eastern Himalayas, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam

36. *Bulbophyllum retrorsum J.J.Verm. & A.L.Lamb 2008 Malaysia and Borneo

37. Bulbophyllum rigidum King & Pantl. 1898 eastern Himalayas, Assam India, Nepal and Sikkim

38. *Bulbophyllum rubiferum J.J.Sm. 1918 Sarawak, Borneo and Java

39. *Bulbophyllum salaccense Rchb.f. 1857 Malaysia, Borneo, Java and Sumatra

40. Bulbophyllum sp.85

41. *Bulbophyllum submarmoratum J.J.Sm. 1918 Java and Borneo

42. *Bulbophyllum trifolium Ridl. 1897 penninsular Malaysia and, Sabah and Sarawak Borneo

43. Bulbophyllum ustulatum Aver. 2018 Vietnam

44. Bulbophyllum vinicolor Cabactulan, Cootes, Aurigue, R.B.Pimentel & M.Leon 2018 Philippines

45. Bulbophyllum xylophyllum C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f. 1874 Bhutan, Assam, India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam