Bulbophyllum undecifilum J.J.Sm. 1927 SECTION Epicranthes (Bl.) Hook.f.
Photos by © J B Comber and Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Photos by © Th. Nordhausen and Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
Common Name The Eleven Threaded Bublophyllum [refers to the petal appendages]
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in Java and Sabah and Sarawak Borneo in lower to upper montane forests at elevations of 1500 to 1700 meters as a small sized, warm to cool, pendent growing epiphyte with .4 to .8" [1 to 2 cm] between each, ovoid, slightly flattened pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, thick, ovate, dark green suffused with dull red to purplish, gradually narrowing below into the shortly petiolate base leaf that blooms in the summer through winter on a basal, 1/2" [1.25 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with tubular floral bracts and unscented flowers
Synonyms Epicranthes undecifila (J.J.Sm.) Garay & W.Kittr. 1985 publ. 1986
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Botanisk Tidsskrift Bild 70 Hft 1 Contributions to the flora of Thailand VI Seidenfaden 1975; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photos fide; Orchids of Borneo Vol 2 Vermuellen 1993 drawing/photo fide; Plants of Mt Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman & Beaman 1993; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Seigerist 2001 as Epicrianthes undecifila; Orchids of Sarawak Beaman, Wood & Beaman etal 2001; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 1 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 photo good; Bulbophyllum of Borneo Verm O Byrne and Lamb 2015 drawing/photo good
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