Bulbophyllum reticulatum Bateman 1866 SECTION Beccariana Pfitz. 1889
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Common Name The Net-Like Veined Bulbophyllum
Flower Size 3" Across [7.5 cm]
Found in Borneo in hill forests on limestone in lowlands as a hot growing, unifoliate, lithophytic species with oblong to ovoid psuedobulbs that are spaced far apart on the rhizome, reticulated, lined leaves that blooms in the summer and fall on a short, 2 flowered inflorescence with large sheathing bracts that bears fleshy, fragrant flowers.
It grows in humus spread over limestone where it has a scrambling growth habit and will flower but it often also grows for long distances and may go up a tree but will seldom if ever flower.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum carinatum Cogn. 1895; Bulbophyllum katherinae A.D. Hawkes 1956
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; AOS Bulletin Vol 63 No 11 1994 photo fide; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; A to Z of SE ASian Orchids O'Byrne 2001 photo fide; Orchids of Sarawak Beaman, Wood & Beaman etal 2001 photo good; Bulbophyllum: the incomplete Guide From A to why? Bill Thoms 2009 as B katherinae photo fide; Bulbophyllum: the incomplete Guide From A to why? Bill Thoms 2009 photo fide; Bulbophyllum of Borneo J J Verm, P O'Byrne and Lamb 2015 photo/drawing fide
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