`SECTION Brachyantha Rchb.f 1861

Synonyms SECTION Globiceps Schltr. 1913; SECTION Umbellatae Bentham 1883

TYPE species = Bulbophyllum umbellatum Lindley 1830

Characterized by the epiphytic nature with creeping rhizomes giving rise to pseudobulbs with a single persistent leaf that blooms on a usually 2 to many flowered, subumbellate, racemose inflorescence carrying resupinate flowers with the pedicel's basal node above the floral bract attachment. The dorsal sepal is free and it is usually 3 to 5 veined, the laterals are similar but they are usually 2 to 6 times as long and are usually twisted near the base so the upper margins turn inward and are free or adherent along their upper margins. The petals are 3 to 5 veined. The mobile, undivided lip is on a thin ligament and the column has the stigma proximally not protruding and the column foot is with or without lateral lobes near the apex. The stelida are approximately 1/2 the length of the column or shorter with or without a tooth along the upper and or lower margin. The anterior suface of the anther is concave and the anterior margin is drawn out into a rounded beak or not. There are 4 pollina.

There are more or less 26 species in this section occuring in montane forests at elevations up to 2200 meters from India to Japan, the Philippines and 1 species in New Guinea.

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 acutiflorum A.Rich. 1841 eastern Himalayas and Arunachal Pradesh India

2. Bulbophyllum aureum (Hook. f.) J.J. Sm. 1912 India

3. Bulbophyllum bomiense Z.H.Tsi 1978 Tibet

4. Bulbophyllum caudatum Lindley 1829 southeastern Xizang province of China, northeastern India, Nepal and Sikkim

5. Bulbophyllum delitescens Hance 1876 China, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Thailand and India

6. Bulbophyllum elatum (Hook.f.) J.J.Sm. 1912 Assam India, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Vietnam

7. Bulbophyllum elegantulum (Rolfe) J.J.Sm. 1912 southern India

8. Bulbophyllum farreri (W.W.Sm.) Seidenf. 1973 publ. 1974 Yunnan province of China, Vietnam and Myanmar

9. Bulbophyllum fibratum (Gagnep.) T.B.Nguyen & D.H.Duong 1984 southern Vietnam

10. Bulbophyllum fordii (Rolfe) J.J.Sm. 1912 China

11. Bulbophyllum funingense Z.H.Tsi & H.C.Chen 1981 southeastern Yunnan China

12. *Bulbophyllum guttulatum [Hooker]Balakr. 1970 western Himalayas, Assam, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar and Vietnam

13. Bulbophyllum japonicum [Makino] Makino 1910 Japan, China and Taiwan

14. Bulbophyllum kaitiense Rchb.f. 1861 India

15. Bulbopyllum lasiochilum Parish & Rchb.f 1874 India, Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia

16. *!Bulbophyllum macraei (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1861 India, Ceylon, Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam

17. Bulbophyllum muscicola Rchb.f. 1872 Nepal and Assam

18. Bulbophyllum mysorense J.J. Sm. 1912 India

19. Bulbophyllum polliculosum Seidenf. 1973 Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam

20. Bulbophyllum pumilio (Parish & Rchb. f.) Parish & Rchb. f. 1874 Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam

21. Bulbophyllum putaoensis Q.Liu 2017 Myanmar

22. Bulbophyllum reflexipetalum J.D.Ya, Y.J.Guo & C.Liu 2019 Xizang China

23. *Bulbophyllum retusiusculum Rchb. f. 1869 China, Nepal, eastern Himalayas, Assam India, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, and Taiwan

24. Bulbophyllum retusum H. Jiang, D.P. Ye & J.D. Ya 2021 Yunnan province of China

25. Bulbophyllum rolfei (Kuntze) Seidenf. 1979 India, Assam, Bhutan, Nepal, eastern Himalayas and Yunnan China

26. Bulbophyllum salweenense X.H.Jin 2015 Yunnan China

27. Bulbophyllum seidenfadenii A.D.Kerr 1973 Yunnan China and Laos

28. Bulbophyllum socordine J.J.Verm. & Cootes 2008 the Philippines

29. Bulbophyllum sphaericum Z.H.Tsi & H.Li 1981 Sichuan and Yunnan province of China

30. Bulbophyllum spathulatum (Rolfe ex E. Cooper) Seidenf. 1970 Assam, eastern Himalayas, Sikkim, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam

31. Bulbophyllum thaiorum J.J.Smith 1912 Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam

32. Bulbophyllum thydoi Vuong, Q.T.Truong, J.Ponert & J.J.Verm. 2019 Vietnam

33. Bulbophyllum tianguii K.Y.Lang & D.Luo 2007 Guangxi China

34. Bulbophyllum tigridum Hance 1883 China, Hong Kong and Taiwan

35. *!Bulbophyllum umbellatum Lindley 1830 western Himalayas, eastern Himalayas, Assam, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Southern China

36. Bulbophyllum unciniferum Seidenf. 1973 southern Yunnan China and northern Thailand

37. *Bulbophyllum violaceolabellum Seidenf. 1981 Yunnan China and Laos