Bulbophyllum polliculosum Seidenf. 1973 SECTION Brachyantha Rchb.f 1861
Plant and Flower in situ Thailand
Photo by © Chaiwat Tang and The Trekking Thai Forum Website
Another Flower Color and plant
Photos by © Egon Krogsgaard
Common Name The ? Bulbophyllum
Flower Size .32" [8mm]
Found in Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam as a mini-miniature sized epiphyte with white, flattened discoid, rugose pseudobulbs carrying deciduous leaves that blooms in the spring on a basal, short, to .4" [1 cm] long, 2 flowered inflorescence
Synonyms Cirrhopetalum polliculosum (Seidenf.) Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitnand 1961 pg 359 fig 268 *Tidsskrift bd 68 hft 1 Contributions to the Orchid Flora of Thailand V Seidedenfaden 1973 drawing fide; Notes on Cirrhopetalum Seidenfadden 1973 drawing fide; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 33 #3 Orchid Genera in Thailand VIII Bulbophyllum Thou Seidenfaden 1979 drawing fide; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 as Cirrhopetalum polliculosum photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #5 2019 photo fide; The Orchid Review Vol 1278 No 1330 June 2020 photo fide;
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