Bulbophyllum uniflorum [Bl.]Hassk. 1844 SECTION Beccariana Pfitz. 1889
Flower with lip in triggered position
Photos by © Timothy Choltco
Photo by © Art Vogel
Plant and Flowers in situ Cameron Highlands Malaysia
Plant and Flowers in situ Cameron Highlands Malaysia
Photos by David Kuehn
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Common Name The Single Flowered Bulbophyllum
Flower Size 1.4" Long [3.5 cm]
Found in Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Philippines in hill and lower montane forests or dense riverine forests at elevations of 600 to 1800 meters as a small to medium sized, hot growing, unifoliate epiphyte and ocassional terrestrial with a creeping rhizome giving rise to distinct, .8 to 8" [2 to 20 cm] between each, slender, erect, terete and slightly flattened, cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, oblong, elliptic to obovate, leathery, acute to acuminate, petiolate base leaf that blooms in the spring and summer on an erect to patent, 5" [12.5 cm] long inflorescence with conspicuous sheaths, giving rise to a single [if more than one then you probably have what was known as B sociale], foul smelling - sometimes pleasant, fleshy, flowers that do not open fully.
SynonymsBulbophyllum galbinum Ridl. 1896; Bulbophyllum hewittii Ridl. 1909; Bulbophyllum reinwardtii (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1864; Bulbophyllum sociale Rolfe 1918; Bulbophyllum variabile Ridl 1903; Cirrhopetalum compressum Lindl. 1843; Dendrobium grandiflorum Reinw. ex Lindl. 1853; *Ephippium uniflorum Blume 1825; Phyllorchis reinwardtii (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891; Phyllorchis uniflora (Griff.) Kuntze 1891; Sarcopodium reinwardtii Lindl. 1853;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 drawing fide; Orchidaceae Of German New Guinea Schlechter 1913; Orchids of Malaysia Holttum 1953; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Notes on Cirrhopetalum Seidenfaden 1973; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984 as B aeolium; Orchid Digest Vol 49 No 2 1985 photo fide; Orchid Genera in Thailand VIII Bulbophyllum Thou. Seidenfadden 1990; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photos fide; Orchids of Borneo Vol 2 Vermuellen 1991 drawing/photo ok; Orchids of Malaya Segerback 1992 photo fide; Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Wood Beaman & Beaman 1993 photo ok?; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001 photo fide; Orchids of Sarawak Beeman & Wood 2001 photo fide; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; Wild Orchids of the Cameron Highlands REACH 2009 photo fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 1 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 photo fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide; Bulbophyllum of Sulawesi Vermeullen & O'Byrne 2011 drawing/photo fide; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 13 O'Byrne & Ong 2014 photo fide;
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