SECTION Epicranthes (Bl.) Hook.f. 1883

TYPE = Epicranthes javanica Blume = Bulbophyllum epicranthes (Blume) Hook. f. 1890

Characterized by a pendulous rhizome, growing end curved upwards, small adpressed pseudobulbs carrying carrying, single, small, elliptic, fleshy leaves appearing alternate and blooms from chaffy bracts at the base of the pseudobulbs either singly on very short stalks. The pedicel has the basal node above the attachment of the floral bracts. The flowers have sepals that are almost equal, widely spreading, greenish to yellowish with red flush or markings. The petals have a broad base and the bases are split into two diverging lobes almost to the base and each lobe carries from 3 to 34 narrow appendages, often dark grey in color, on delicate stalks, stiffly stalked or more or less joined together and there is one appendage that often arises from between the sinus of the two lobes. The lip is narrow and almost straight, fleshy, red or green and in at least part covered by glistening vesicles which secrete small drops of nectar.

There are 40 species in this section from montane forests up to 3300 meters in elevation in China, Myanmar to Java, Borneo and eastward to New Guinea and New Caledonia.

Entries below with an asterix are listed in publications by J J Vermeullen and so are more likely correct than ones without. Species with a question mark in front, seem to me to not conform and so please use with caution.

Synonyms SECTION Polyrhopalon Schlechter 1913

1. Bulbophyllum abbrevilabium Carr 1932 Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam

2. Bulbophyllum adangense Seidenf. 1979 Thailand

3. Bulbophyllum aquinoi (Cootes, M.Leon & Naive) J.M.H.Shaw 2017 Philippines

4. *Bulbophyllum brachyrhopalon J J Verm, O'Byrne and Lamb 2015 - Sabah Borneo

5. *Bulbophyllum brachytriche J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2008 Sulawesi

6. Bulbophyllum charishampeliae (Cabactulan, M.Leon, Cootes & R.B.Pimentel) R.Rice 2019 Philippines

7. Bulbophyllum cheiropetalum Ridl.1926 Penninsular Malaysia, Borneo, New Caledonia and Sumatra

8. Bulbophyllum chlororhopalon Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

9. Bulbophyllum cimicinum J.J.Verm.1982 Bismark Archipelago

10. Bulbophyllum conchophyllum J.J.Sm. 1912 New Guinea

11. Bulbophyllum corrugatum J.J.Verm. 2008 Bismark Archipelago

12. * Bulbophyllum cyanotriche J.J.Verm. 1996 Sabah Borneo

13. Bulbophyllum davidii (Cootes & Boos) J.M.H.Shaw 2017 the Philippines

14. Bulbophyllum decarhopalon Schltr.1913 New Guinea

15. *Bulbophyllum decatriche J.J.Verm. 1991 New Guinea

16. Bulbophyllum dijkstalianum J.J.Verm., de Vogel & A.Vogel 2010 Papua New Guinea

17. *!Bulbophyllum epicranthes Hook.f. 1890 - Myanmar Java, Sumatra, Borneo and the Moluccas

18. *Bulbophyllum flavofimbriatum J.J.Sm. 1931 Borneo

19. Bulbophyllum glebodactylum (W.Suarez & Cootes) Sieder & Kiehn 2010 publ. 2011 - Philippines

20. *Bulbophyllum goniopterum J J Verm, Obyrne and Lamb 2015 - Sarawak Borneo

21. Bulbophyllum haniffii Carr 1932 Burma, Thailand, Malaysia and Laos

22. Bulbophyllum heterorhopalon Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

23. Bulbophyllum hexarhopalon Schltr. 1906 Bismarck Islands, New Guinea, Fiji and New Caledonia

24. Bulbophyllum hirudiniferum J.J.Verm. 1982 Papua New Guinea

25. Bulbophyllum jimcootesii (Cabactulan, M.Leon & R.B.Pimentel) R.Rice 2019 Philippines

26. Bulbophyllum johannulii J.J.Verm. 1982 Bismark Archipelago

27. *Bulbophyllum liorhopalon J J Verm. & Lamb 2013 Sarawak Borneo

28. Bulbophyllum macneiceae Schuit. & de Vogel 2005 Papua New Guinea

29. Bulbophyllum macrorhopalon Schltr.1913 New Guinea

30. Bulbophyllum mobilifilum Carr 1929 Malaysia

31. Bulbophyllum nanobulbon Seidenfaden 1973 publ. 1974

    Malaysia

32. Bulbophyllum neilkonradii (Cabactulan, Cootes, M.Leon & R.B.Pimentel) R.Rice 2019 Philippines

33. Bulbophyllum nocturnum J.J.Verm., de Vogel, Schuit. & A.Vogel 2011 Papua New Guinea

34. Bulbophyllum novemfilum P.O'Byrne & P.T.Ong 2014 penninsular Malaysia

35. Bulbophyllum octorhopalon Seidenf. 1975 penninsular Malaysia

36. Bulbophyllum papillosofilum Carr 1929 Penninsular Malaysia

37. Bulbophyllum phymatum J.J.Verm. 1982 Papua New Guinea

38. Bulbophyllum porphyrotriche J.J.Verm. 1991 - Sabah Borneo

39. Bulbophyllum psilorhopalon Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

40. Bulbophyllum rigidifilum J.J.Sm. 1920 Western Sumatra

41. Bulbophyllum schuitemanii J.J.Verm., 2008 Papua New Guinea

42. Bulbophyllum sp

43. Bulbophyllum sp. 47 New Guinea

44. Bulbophyllum sp. 56 New Guinea

45. Bulbophyllum sp. 72

46. *Bulbophyllum spodotriche J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2008 Sulawesi

47. Bulbophyllum stenomeris J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2008 Sulawesi

48. Bulbophyllum stenorhopalon Schltr. 1921 Papua New Guinea

49. *Bulbophyllum cf streptotriche J.J.Verm. 1991 Borneo

50. Bulbophyllum tarantula Schuit. & de Vogel 2005 Papua New Guinea

51. Bulbophyllum tindemansianum J.J.Verm., de Vogel & A.Vogel 2010 Bismark Archipelago

52. Bulbophyllum tinekeae Schuit. & de Vogel 2005 Papua New Guinea

53. Bulbophyllum trirhopalon Schltr.1913 New Guinea

54. *Bulbophyllum undecifilum J.J.Sm. 1927 Borneo Java

55. *Bulbophyllum upupops Verm, O'Byrne & Lamb 2015 Sarawak Borneo

56. *Bulbophyllum vesiculosum J.J.Sm. 1917 Penninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Sabah Borneo and Sulawesi

57. *Bulbophyllum xanthomelanon J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2008 Sulawesi