Bulbophyllum ovalifolium [Bl] Lindl. 1830 SECTION Macrocaulia (Bl.) Aver 1994Type for the section
Photo by © Eric Hunt
Photo By Andy's Orchids, Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved
Plant and Flower in situ Cameron Highlands Malaysia
Photo by David Kuehn
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Common Name The Oval-Leafed Bulbophyllum - In China Luan Ye Shi Dou Lan
Flower Size 1/2" to 3/4" [1.25 cm to 2]
Found in the Chinese Himalayas, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, lesser Sunda Islands and Sulawesi in montane forests at elevations of 900 to 2500 meters as a miniature sized, cold to warm growing epiphyte with a creeping, many branched, mat forming rhizome giving rise to close set, chain-like, oblong, ovoid to globose, somewhat laterally flattened, nearly prostrate to oblique pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, thinly leathery, oval, oblong to elliptic, obtuse, petiolate base leaf that blooms in spring through fall on a 1 1/2" to 2 1/2"[3.75 to 6 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence holding the flower above the leaf
The flower has a lot of variations through its range.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum amblyoglossum Schltr. 1911; Bulbophyllum ariel Ridl. 1917; Bulbophyllum diploncos Schltr. 1911; Bulbophyllum ovatilabellum Seidenf. 1979; Bulbophyllum parvulum Lindl. 1830; Bulbophyllum pusillum (Blume) Rchb.f. 1857; Bulbophyllum tinea Ridl. 1909; Bulbophyllum xylocarpi J.J.Sm. 1927; Diphyes hirsuta Blume 1825; *Diphyes ovalifolia Bl. 1825; Diphyes pusilla Blume 1825; Phyllorkis ovalifolia [Bl] Kuntze 1891; Phyllorkis parvula (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891
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; Orchids of Malaya Vol 1 Holttum 1957; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1961 Kerr 420 #45 Fig c - e pg 385 as B sp drawing fide; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 33 #3 Orchid Genera in Thailand VIII Bulbophyllum Thou Seidenfaden 1979 as B ovatilabellum drawing ok; 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; Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfadden and Wood 1992 drawing fide; Orchids of Malaya Segerback 1992 photo fide; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Wood Beaman & Beaman 1993; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; A to Z Of SE Asian Orchids O'Byrne 2001 photo fide; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Mountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2008 photo good; Wild Orchids of the Cameron Highlands REACH 2009 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 as B ovalilabellum sic photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 7 2011 drawing/photo fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing/photo fide; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide; Bulbophyllum of Sulawesi Verm. & O’Byrne 2011 Drawing/photo fide; A Compendium of Miniature Orchid Species Gerritsen and Parsons 2013 photo fide; Malesian rchid Journal Vol 13 O'Byrne & Ong 2014 drawing fide; Bulbophyllum of Borneo J J Verm, P O'Byrne and Lamb 2015 photos/drawing hmm; LANKESTERIANA 20(1): 31–36. 2020 photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide;
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