Bulbophyllum proboscideum (Gagnep.) Seidenf. & Smitinand 1961 SECTION Cirrhopetaloides Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994
Orchids of Northeast India Vol 1 2016 Bulbophyllum_proboscideum-a new record to India
TYPE Drawing by © Seidenfaden and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The Nosed Bublophyllum
Flower Size .3" [7.5 mm]
Found in Thailand and Laos as a miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with 1.2" [3 cm] between each conical pseudobulb carrying a single apical, erect, ovate leaf that blooms on an erect, 2" [5 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms *Cirrhopetalum proboscideum Gagnep. 1931; Mastigion proboscideum (Gagnep.) Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1961; Botanisk Tidsskrift Bind 66 Hefte 4 Contributions to the Orchid Flora of Thailand III Seidenfaden 1971 drawing fide; Notes on Cirrhopetalum Seidenfaden 1973 Drawing fide; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 33 #3 Orchid Genera in Thailand VIII Bulbophyllum Thou Seidenfaden 1979 drawing fide; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Seigerist 2001 as Mastigion proboscidium; Bulbophyllum: the incomplete Guide From A to why? Bill Thoms 2009 drawing fide; Orchids of Northeast India Vol 1 2016 Bulbophyllum_proboscideum-a new record to India A N Rao
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