Bulbophyllum ceratostylis J.J.Sm.1904 SECTION Stachysanthes (Bl.) J.J. Verm. & P. O’Byrne 2008

Photo by Peter O'Byrne and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name or Meaning The Horned Column Bulbophyllum

Flower Size .2" [5 cm]

Found in Sabah Borneo and Sumatra in hill and lower montane forests and kerangas on small branches and twigs at elevations of 900 to 1700 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with thickened, different sized, terete leaves that blooms on a basal, short, single flowered inflorescence with boxing glove shaped flowers that may or may not open well.

Very similar to B pugilanthum but differs in the smaller flowers and different lip.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum eximium Ames & C.Schweinf. 1920; Bulbophyllum tenompokense J.J.Sm. 1934; Diphyes tenompokensis (J.J.Sm.) Szlach. & Rutk. 2008

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Borneo Vol 2 Vermeulen 1991 drawing/ photo fide; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Wood Beaman & Beaman 1993; Plants of Mt Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman & Beaman 1993 as B tenompokense; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo J J Wood & P J Cribb 1994; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo J J Wood & P J Cribb 1994 as B tenompokense; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 1 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 photo/drawing fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011; Bulbophyllum of Borneo J J Verm, P O'Byrne and Lamb 2015 photos/drawing fide;

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