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.
- Bulbophyllum ablepharon Schltr. 1923 - Papua New Guinea
- *Bulbophyllum acutilobum J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2008 Sulawesi
- Bulbophyllum adenoblepharon Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum amblyanthum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- *Bulbophyllum auritum J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2008 Sulawesi
- Bulbophyllum bicaudatum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum bisepalum Schltr. 1905 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum blepharocardium Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum cadetioides Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum cerambyx J.J.Sm. 1915 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum chalcochloron J.J.Verm. 2008 Papua New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum chlorolirion J.J.Verm. 2008 Papua New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum ciliolatum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum citrellum Ridl. 1916 New Guinea
- *Bulbophyllum consimile J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2008 Sulawesi
- XXXXXBulbophyllum crassulifolium (A. Cunn.) Rupp 1937 Australia from SE New South Wales to SE Queensland
- Bulbophyllum cryptanthoides J.J.Sm. 1912 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum culex Ridl. 1916 western New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum decumbens Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- *Bulbophyllum decurrentilobum J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2003 Sulawesi
- Bulbophyllum dichaeoides Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum dichilus Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- *Bulbophyllum dischidiifolium J.J.Sm. 1909 Borneo, Sulawesi and New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum dryadum Schltr. 1913New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum eciliatum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum elegantius Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum endotrachys Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum fibristectum J.J.Verm. 2008 Papua New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum finisterrae Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum flexuosum Schlechter 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum fuscatum Schlechter 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum gautierense J.J.Sm. 1912 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum glabrum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum heteroblepharon Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum hexurum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum ignobile J.J.Sm. 1934 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum inauditum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum incumbens Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum inversum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum kenejianum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum lamingtonense D.L.Jones 1993 Australia
- Bulbophyllum leptoflorum P.O'Byrne & P.T.Ong 2014 penninsular Malaysia
- Bulbophyllum lichenoides Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum lineariflorum J.J.Sm. 1911 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum linearilabium J.J.Sm. 1912 Moluccas and New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum lophoglottis (Guillaumin) N.Halle 1977 New Caledonia
- Bulbophyllum loxophyllum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum maboroense Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum macphersonii Rupp 1934 Queensland, Australia
- Bulbophyllum masarangicum Schltr. 1911 Sulawesi
- Bulbophyllum masonii (Senghas) J.J.Wood 1986 Papua New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum mattesii Sieder & Kiehn 2009 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum microblepharon Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum microdendron Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum microthamnus Schltr. 1923 - Papua New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum minutibulbum W.Kittr. 1984 publ. 1985 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum montanum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum myolaense Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1995 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum myrtillus Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum navicula Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum nigrilabium Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- *Bulbophyllum nummularioides Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum obyrnei Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1995 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum odontostigma J.J.Verm. 2008 Irian Jaya New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum oligochaete Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum oncopus J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2008 Sulawesi
- Bulbophyllum orohense J.J.Sm. 1915 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum pachyacris J.J.Sm. 1908 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum papuaense X.H.Jin 2020 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum perexiguum Ridl. 1916 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum plumula Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum polyblepharon Schltr. 1905 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum pseudoserrulatum J.J.Sm. 1912 - New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum ptilotes Schltr. 1913New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum ptychostigma J.J.Verm. 2008 Papua New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum punamense Schltr. 1913 New Ireland, New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum quadrifalciculatum J.J.Sm. 1929 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum quadrisubulatum J.J.Sm. 1929 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum quinquelobum Schltr.1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum rarum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum recurviflorum J.J.Sm. 1903 Moluccas
- *Bulbophyllum renipetalum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea and Sulawesi
- Bulbophyllum rhopaloblepharon Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum saccolabioides J.J.Sm. 1929 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum scopula Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum serrulatifolium J.J.Sm. 1929 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum serrulatum Schltr. 1905 New Guinea
XXXX Bulbophyllum sp.32 New Guinea
XXXX Bulbophyllum sp.33 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum stemonochilum J.J.Verm. 2008 Irian Jaya New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum stenochilum Schltr.1913New Guinea and Solomon Islands
- Bulbophyllum tentaculiferum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum torquatum J.J.Sm. 1929 western New Guinea
- *!Bulbophyllum tortuosum Lindl. [Bl.] 1830 eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Borneo, Java and Sumatra
- Bulbophyllum trachybracteum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum uncinatum J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2003 Sulawesi
- Bulbophyllum unguilabium Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum unicaudatum Schltr.1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum uroglossum Schltr. 1921 - Papua New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum vaccinioides Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum verruculatum Schltr. 1913 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum vexillarium Ridl. 1916 New Guinea
- Bulbophyllum xanthornis Schuit. & de Vogel 2002 New Guinea
- 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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