Bulbophyllum lobbii Lindley 1847 SECTION Sestochilus [Breda]Benth & Hkr.f 1883
TYPE for the SECTION
Photo by © Eric Hunt
Plant and Flower in situ Cameron Highlands Malaysia
Photos by © David Kuehn.
Photo by Jay Pfahl
Photo by David Morris
Photo by Zainal Abidin Bin Othman
Singapore cultivation
Northern cultivation
Common Name Lobb's Bulbophyllum
Flower Size 3-4" Across [7.5 to 10 cm]
Found in Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines at altitudes of 200 to 2000 meters in lowland and montane forests on trunks and main branches of trees as an unifoliate, small to medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphytic species is from and has well spaced pseudobulbs with a persistent sheath that split into yellow fibers and carries a single, apical, leathery leaf that blooms in the summer on an erect, to 6" [15 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence that arises from a node on the rhizome. The large, fragrant, single flower arising on each new pseudobulb is held at mid leaf.
This species is a hot to cool growing orchid and will do best mounted or in a pot with a well draining medium and regular water and fertilizer but have caution. As the new pseudobulbs develop, fungus can easily occur from overwatering.
Synonyms Bullbophyllum claptonense Rolfe 1905; Bullbophyllum henshallii Lindley 1852; Bulbophyllum lobbii Lindley var henshallii [Lindley]Henfrey 1852; Bulbophyllum lobbii Lindley var siamense Rchb.f 1882; Bulbophyllum siamense Rchb.f 1867; Phyllorchis lobbii (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Sarcobodium lobbii (Lindl.) Beer 1854; Sarcopodium lobbii Lindley 1850; Sarcopodium lobbii Lindley var henshallii Henfr. 1850; Sestochilos uniflorum Breda 1827/29
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Bonplandia Rchb.f 1854 Sarcopodium lobbii; Refugium Botanicum Reichenbach 1872; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 drawing fide; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 photo fide; Orchids of Malaya Holtum 1953; AOS bulletin Vol 27 No 1 1958 drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1961 drawing/photo fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1965 corrections; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 photo fide; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 33 #3 Orchid Genera in Thailand VIII Bulbophyllum Thou Seidenfaden 1979 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 50 No 9 1981 photo fide; The Complete Writings on Philippine Orchids Vol 1 Quisumbing 1981 drawing/photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 52 No 9 1983 photo fide; Die Orchideen lieferung 13 753 - 816 1983 photo fide; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Teo 1985; Orchid Digest Vol 49 No 2 1985 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 56 No 12 1987 photo fide; Simon & Schuster's Guide to Orchids 1988; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photo fide; Orchids Travel By Air A Pictoral Safari Mulder, Mulder-Roelfsema and Schuiteman 1990 photo fide; Orchids of Borneo Vol 2 Vermeullen 1991 drawing/photo fide; An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1992 photo fide; The Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb, Laurent 1992 photo fide; Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfadden and Wood 1992 drawing/photo fide; Thai Orchid Species Rakpaibulsombat 1992 photo fide; Orchids of Malaya Segerback 1992 photo good; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Wood Beaman & Beaman 1993; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Orchids of Nagaland Deorani & Naithani 1995 drawing good; Orchid Digest Vol 59 No 4 1995 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 69 No 10 2000 photo fide; A to Z of SE ASian Orchids O'Byrne 2001; Orchids Of India II Biodiversity & Status of Bulbophyllum Thou Augustine & Kumar 2001; Orchids of Sarawak Beeman & Wood Beaman etal 2001; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001 photo fide; The Orchids of the Philippines Cootes 2001 photo fide; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2001; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001 photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 67 No 2 2002 photo; Australian Orchid Review Vol 68 No 5 2003 photo; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 3 2004; Australian Orchid Review Vol 70 No 3 2005; Australian Orchid Review Vol 71 No 5 2006 photo; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 12 2008 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 73 #2 2009 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 73 #3 2009 photo fide; Wild Orchids of the Cameron Highlands REACH 2009 photo fide; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide; Bulbophyllum: the incomplete Guide From A to why? Bill Thoms 2009 photo fide; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 7 2011 drawing/photo fide; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 8 2011 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #9 2011 photo fide;
The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 1 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing/photo fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 photo fide; Philippine Native Orchid Species Cootes 2011 photo fide; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide; A Guide to the Orchids of Kinabalu Wood 2013 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 78 #1 2014 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 83 #6 2014 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 83 #8 2014 photo fide; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 13 O'Byrne & Ong 2014 photo fide; A Guide to the Orchids of Myanmar Kurzweil and Lwin 2014 photo fide; Bulbophyllum of Borneo J J Verm, P O'Byrne and Lamb 2015 photos/drawing fide;
Bulbophyllum lobbii var colossus Lindley 1847
Photos courtesy of Jo Levy Copyright ©, Leslie Garay Archives
A large flowered variety of the previous species
Bulbophyllum lobbii Lindley 1847 Red Variety
Photo courtesy of Tan Eng Tiek
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
