SECTION Monanthes [Bl] Avery. 1994

Type: Bulbophyllum tortuosum [Bl.] Lindl. 1830

SYNONYMS - Blepharochilum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002; Canacorchis Guillaumin 1964; Diphyes Bl 1825; SECTION Polyblepharon Schltr. 1912; SECTION Hybochilus Schlechter 1912;

Single flowered inflorescence with resupinate flowers, tubular floral bracts, the pedicel basal node level with the attachment of the floral bract, the sepals usually nearly equal, usually 3 veined, margins glabrous to ciliate, with a free dorsal sepal, laterals free to connate along their lower margins. Single veined petals have entire to erose, glabrous to ciliate. The mobile lip is on a thin ligament and is undivided, auriculate to trilobed. There are 2 or 4 pollina.

There are about 150 species in this section confined to India, China, Indochina, to Australia and the Pacific in forests at elevations up to 3000 meters

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.

  1. Bulbophyllum ablepharon Schltr. 1923 - Papua New Guinea

  2. *Bulbophyllum acutilobum J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2008 Sulawesi

  3. Bulbophyllum adenoblepharon Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  4. Bulbophyllum amblyanthum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

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

  6. Bulbophyllum bicaudatum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  7. Bulbophyllum bisepalum Schltr. 1905 New Guinea

  8. Bulbophyllum blepharocardium Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  9. Bulbophyllum cadetioides Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  10. Bulbophyllum cerambyx J.J.Sm. 1915 New Guinea

  11. Bulbophyllum chalcochloron J.J.Verm. 2008 Papua New Guinea

  12. Bulbophyllum chlorolirion J.J.Verm. 2008 Papua New Guinea

  13. Bulbophyllum ciliolatum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  14. Bulbophyllum citrellum Ridl. 1916 New Guinea

  15. *Bulbophyllum consimile J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2008 Sulawesi

  16. XXXXXBulbophyllum crassulifolium (A. Cunn.) Rupp 1937 Australia from SE New South Wales to SE Queensland

  17. Bulbophyllum cryptanthoides J.J.Sm. 1912 New Guinea

  18. Bulbophyllum culex Ridl. 1916 western New Guinea

  19. Bulbophyllum decumbens Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  20. *Bulbophyllum decurrentilobum J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2003 Sulawesi

  21. Bulbophyllum dichaeoides Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  22. Bulbophyllum dichilus Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  23. *Bulbophyllum dischidiifolium J.J.Sm. 1909 Borneo, Sulawesi and New Guinea

  24. Bulbophyllum dryadum Schltr. 1913New Guinea

  25. Bulbophyllum eciliatum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  26. Bulbophyllum elegantius Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  27. Bulbophyllum endotrachys Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  28. Bulbophyllum fibristectum J.J.Verm. 2008 Papua New Guinea

  29. Bulbophyllum finisterrae Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  30. Bulbophyllum flexuosum Schlechter 1913 New Guinea

  31. Bulbophyllum fuscatum Schlechter 1913 New Guinea

  32. Bulbophyllum gautierense J.J.Sm. 1912 New Guinea

  33. Bulbophyllum glabrum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  34. Bulbophyllum heteroblepharon Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  35. Bulbophyllum hexurum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  36. Bulbophyllum ignobile J.J.Sm. 1934 New Guinea

  37. Bulbophyllum inauditum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  38. Bulbophyllum incumbens Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  39. Bulbophyllum inversum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  40. Bulbophyllum kenejianum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  41. Bulbophyllum lamingtonense D.L.Jones 1993 Australia

  42. Bulbophyllum leptoflorum P.O'Byrne & P.T.Ong 2014 penninsular Malaysia

  43. Bulbophyllum lichenoides Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  44. Bulbophyllum lineariflorum J.J.Sm. 1911 New Guinea

  45. Bulbophyllum linearilabium J.J.Sm. 1912 Moluccas and New Guinea

  46. Bulbophyllum lophoglottis (Guillaumin) N.Halle 1977 New Caledonia

  47. Bulbophyllum loxophyllum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  48. Bulbophyllum maboroense Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  49. Bulbophyllum macphersonii Rupp 1934 Queensland, Australia

  50. Bulbophyllum masarangicum Schltr. 1911 Sulawesi

  51. Bulbophyllum masonii (Senghas) J.J.Wood 1986 Papua New Guinea

  52. Bulbophyllum mattesii Sieder & Kiehn 2009 New Guinea

  53. Bulbophyllum microblepharon Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  54. Bulbophyllum microdendron Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  55. Bulbophyllum microthamnus Schltr. 1923 - Papua New Guinea

  56. Bulbophyllum minutibulbum W.Kittr. 1984 publ. 1985 New Guinea

  57. Bulbophyllum montanum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  58. Bulbophyllum myolaense Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1995 New Guinea

  59. Bulbophyllum myrtillus Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  60. Bulbophyllum navicula Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  61. Bulbophyllum nigrilabium Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  62. *Bulbophyllum nummularioides Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  63. Bulbophyllum obyrnei Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1995 New Guinea

  64. Bulbophyllum odontostigma J.J.Verm. 2008 Irian Jaya New Guinea

  65. Bulbophyllum oligochaete Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  66. Bulbophyllum oncopus J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2008 Sulawesi

  67. Bulbophyllum orohense J.J.Sm. 1915 New Guinea

  68. Bulbophyllum pachyacris J.J.Sm. 1908 New Guinea

  69. Bulbophyllum papuaense X.H.Jin 2020 New Guinea

  70. Bulbophyllum perexiguum Ridl. 1916 New Guinea

  71. Bulbophyllum plumula Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  72. Bulbophyllum polyblepharon Schltr. 1905 New Guinea

  73. Bulbophyllum pseudoserrulatum J.J.Sm. 1912 - New Guinea

  74. Bulbophyllum ptilotes Schltr. 1913New Guinea

  75. Bulbophyllum ptychostigma J.J.Verm. 2008 Papua New Guinea

  76. Bulbophyllum punamense Schltr. 1913 New Ireland, New Guinea

  77. Bulbophyllum quadrifalciculatum J.J.Sm. 1929 New Guinea

  78. Bulbophyllum quadrisubulatum J.J.Sm. 1929 New Guinea

  79. Bulbophyllum quinquelobum Schltr.1913 New Guinea

  80. Bulbophyllum rarum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  81. Bulbophyllum recurviflorum J.J.Sm. 1903 Moluccas

  82. *Bulbophyllum renipetalum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea and Sulawesi

  83. Bulbophyllum rhopaloblepharon Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  84. Bulbophyllum saccolabioides J.J.Sm. 1929 New Guinea

  85. Bulbophyllum scopula Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  86. Bulbophyllum serrulatifolium J.J.Sm. 1929 New Guinea

  87. Bulbophyllum serrulatum Schltr. 1905 New Guinea

    XXXX Bulbophyllum sp.32 New Guinea

    XXXX Bulbophyllum sp.33 New Guinea

  88. Bulbophyllum stemonochilum J.J.Verm. 2008 Irian Jaya New Guinea

  89. Bulbophyllum stenochilum Schltr.1913New Guinea and Solomon Islands

  90. Bulbophyllum tentaculiferum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  91. Bulbophyllum torquatum J.J.Sm. 1929 western New Guinea

  92. *!Bulbophyllum tortuosum Lindl. [Bl.] 1830 eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Borneo, Java and Sumatra

  93. Bulbophyllum trachybracteum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  94. Bulbophyllum uncinatum J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2003 Sulawesi

  95. Bulbophyllum unguilabium Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  96. Bulbophyllum unicaudatum Schltr.1913 New Guinea

  97. Bulbophyllum uroglossum Schltr. 1921 - Papua New Guinea

  98. Bulbophyllum vaccinioides Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  99. Bulbophyllum verruculatum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

  100. Bulbophyllum vexillarium Ridl. 1916 New Guinea

  101. Bulbophyllum xanthornis Schuit. & de Vogel 2002 New Guinea

  102. Bulbophyllum xanthotes Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; New species of Bulbophyllum from eastern Malesia (Orchidaceae) Nordic Journal of Botany 26: 129195, 2008 Vermuellen; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 6 Epidendroideae Pt 3 Pridgeon, Cribb Chase & Ramussen 2014; Bulbophyllum of Borneo J J Verm, P O'Byrne and Lamb 2015 photos/drawing fide;

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