Bulbophyllum roseopictum J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014 SECTION Ione [Lindley] J J Verm Schuit & de Vogel 2014 TYPE for the section
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Common Name The Rose Spotted Bulbophyllum - In China Er Se Sa Bao Lan
Flower Size 1" [2.2 cm]
Found in Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand and Yunnan province of China in forests on trees and along valleys on rocks at elevations of 900 to 2700 meters as a miniature sized epiphyte and sometimes lithophyte and is grown cool to cold, shady and with regular year round watering and is best mounted on tree fern. The orchid has a branching rhizome with .6 to 1.25" [1.5 to 3.2 cm] between each obpyriform to flask shaped, apically narrowing, broad based pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, linear-oblong, obliquely emarginate, strongly keeled beneath, gradually narrowing below into the petiolate base leaf that will bloom in the summer and fall on a basal, erect, 2" [5 cm] long, thin, several [1 to 8] flowered inflorescence with tubular, subacute basal sheaths and lanceolate, acute floral bracts the nodding flowers facing in all directions and held at leaf length.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum bicolor [Lindley] Hkr.f 1890; Dipodium khasianum Griff 1851; *Ione bicolor Lindley 1853; Ione khasiana [Griff.] Lindley 1853; Sunipia bicolor (Lindl.) Lindl. 1833
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as Ione bicolor drawing fide; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as Ione bicolor; AOS Bulletin Vol 26 No 10 1957 as Ione bicolor drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1965 corrections as Ione khasiana; Botanisk Tidsskrift Bind 64 hefte 2-3 Notes on the Genus Ione Seidenfaden 1969 as Ione bicolor ; Indian Orchids Guide to Identification and Culture Vol 2 Pradhan 1979 as Sunipia bicolor drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 24 1457 - 1520 Brieger 1991 as Sunipia bicolor drawing/photo fide; Orchids of Kumaun Himalayas Pangtey, Samant and Rawat 1991 as Sunipia bicolor; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997 as Sunipia bicolor; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 as Sunipia bicolor photo fide; Beautiful Orchids of Nepal Rajbhandari & Bhattarai 2001 as Sunipia bicolor photo fide; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Seigerist 2001 as Sunipia bicolor; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002 as Ione bicolor drawing/photo fide; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 as Ione bicolor drawing fide; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Mountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 as Sunipia bicolor photo OK; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009 as Sunipia bicolor; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 as Sunipia bicolor drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 as Sunipia bicolor photos fide; Phytotaxa 166 (2): 101–113 J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel 2014; Wulfenia 22 [2015]: 137 - 188 New Orchids in the Flora of Vietnam Averyanov, Nguyen, Tich, Nguyen, Nong, Nguyen and Xuan photo fide; LANKESTERIANA 15(1): 7—50. Jeewan Singh Jalal & J. Jayanthi 2015; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 2 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo ok;
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