Bulbophyllum cumberlegei (Seidenf.) J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 SECTION Ione [Lindley] J J Verm Schuit & de Vogel 2014

TYPE Drawing by © Seidenfaden and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name Cumberlege's Bulbophyllum [Original Collector of species]

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in Thailand in forests on tree trunks at elevations around 1400 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte with well spaced, ovoid pseudobulbs carrying a single, apcial, erect, contracted below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms on an erect, slender, nodding, 2.4 to 3.2" [6 to 8 cm] long, few flowered inflorescence .

Synonyms *Ione cumberlegei Seidenf. 1969; Sunipia cumberlegei (Seidenf.) P.F.Hunt 1971

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Botanisk Tidsskrift Bind 64 hefte 2-3 Notes on the Genus Ione Seidenfaden 1969 as Ione cumberlegei drawing fide; Phytotaxa 166 (2): 101–113 J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014

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