Baptistonia Barb. Rodr. SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Oncidinae.

This is a monotypic genus from Brazil with compressed, oblong psuedobulbs with two coriaceous leaves and an inflorescence that arises from the side of a mature psuedobulb.

  1. Baptistonia echinata Barb. Rodr.
    2.  Photo courtesy of First Ray Orchids

    This is an intermediate to warm native of Brazil that blooms in the early spring and has numerous small flowers. They do best with an open media and like to be kept humid and have frequent waterings year round.

    Synonyms Oncidium brunleesianum Rchb.f

Barbosella Schlecter SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Pleurothallidinae.

  1. Barbosella porschii (Kraenzl.) Schltr.
    2. Photo courtesy of Fluer Malcolm and her Orchid Page

    Synonyms *Restrepia porschii Kraenzl.

Barkeria Knowles & Westcott SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.

These are small epiphytes that grow with intermediate conditions, and are found in Central America and need a bright rest in winter as they drop their leaves, watering should be resumed after the new growth appears in the spring. Best grown in mounted on wood branches or tree fern slabs.

    ~Barkeria chinensis (Lindl. ex Benth.) Thien - See Barkeria obovata (C. Presl) Christenson

    ~Barkeria cyclotella Rchb.f Gard. - See Barkeria spectabilis Bateman ex Lindley

  1. Barkeria melanocaulon A. Rich. & Galeotti
    2. Photo courtesy of Nick Doe

    This minature epiphytic species is found in Mexico.

    Synonyms Epidendrum melanocaulon Rchb. f.

    ~Barkeria nonchinensis Schlecter - See B. obovata [C.Presl.]Christenson

  2. Barkeria obovata (C. Presl) Christenson
    3. Photo Courtesy of Robert Bussey

    This Central American species formerly known as Barkeria chinensis, is commonly found in hot conditions on the west coast of Mexico between 300 to 800 meters and in the rest of Central America it can be found at elevations of 240 to 3700 meters so it can be intermediate or cool as well depending on where it was collected. It is also found inland in Morelos state and Mr Bussey has found a few plants in Veracruz state near Mata Obscura growing along with Ionopsis.

    Synonyms Barkeria chinensis (Lindl. ex Benth.) Thien; Barkeria nonchinensis Schlecter; Broughtonia chinensis [Lindley]Ames; Epidendrum chinensis [Lindley] Ames; Epidendrum nonchinense Rchb.f; Epidendrum strophinx Rchb.f; Laeliopsis chinense Lindley ex Rchb.f; *Oncidium obovatum C. Presl

  3. Barkeria palmeri [Rolfe]Schlecter

    4. From Mexico to Costa Rica this intermediate epiphytic species needs to be mounted on a small branch of wood and it will bloom in the winter.

    Synonyms *Epidendrum palmeri Rolfe

  4. Barkeria schoemakeri Halb.

    5. Fraom Mexico and could be a synonym of B. palmeri

  5. Barkeria skinneri (Bateman ex Lindl.) A. Rich. & Galeotti
    6. Photo Courtesy of Dale Borders.

    Found in Mexico and Guatemala at elevations of 1100 to 1800 meters.

    Synonyms *Epidendrum skinneri Bateman ex Lindl.

  6. Barkeria spectabilis Bateman ex Lindley
    7. Photo Courtesy of Dale Borders.

    Found in Southern Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador where it grows as an epiphyte or lithophyte in dry areas on threes and bushes at elevations of 1300-3500 meters. It is an intermediate to cool grower and likes to be mounted on wood branches with moderate shade and even watering while growing and a drier winter rest after leaf drop. It flowers in the winter on apical inflorescence with short lived non-fragrant flowers that open in succession.

    Synonyms Barkeria cyclotella Rchb.f Gard.; Epidendrum lindleyanum [Batem.]Rchb.f

  7. Barkeria uniflora (La Llave & Lex.) Dressler & Halb.
    8. Photo Courtesy of Robert Bussey

    This photo has on the left Laelia Autumnalis, on the right is Barekeria uniflora and the single flower is the cross between the 2 soon to be registered as Laeliokeria Autumnflora.

Barlia Parlat SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.

There are two species in this Old world intermediate to cool growing, terrestrial genus.

    ~Barlia longibractea (Bivona) Parlatore - See Barlia robertiana (Loisel.) Greuter

  1. Barlia robertiana (Loisel.) Greuter
    2. Photo courtesy ofTh. Pain and the Orchids of France and Europe

    Found as an intermediate to cool growing terrestrial in Southern Europe, Iberia, and North Africa where it blooms in the late winter and early spring.

    Synonyms Aceras longibracteum (Bivona) Rchb. fil.; Barlia longibractea (Bivona) Parlatore; Himantoglossum longibracteum (Bivona) Schlechter; Loroglossum longibracteum (Bivona) Mori; Orchis longebracteata F.W. Schmidt; Orchis longibracteata Bivona-Bernardi; Orchis longibracteata Schur; *Orchis robertiana Loisel.

~Barombia Schlecter - See Aerangis Rchb.f SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Aerangidinae.

The single species in this genus has been moved to Aerangis

~Barombia gracillima[Kraenzel]Schlecter - See Aerangis gracillima [Kraenzel]J.Stewart & Arends

Batemannia Lindley SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae.

There are 5 species spread throughout the Amazon basin that grow as epiphytes and have clustered one-noded psuedobulbs with apical, plicate leaves, a basal inflorescence that is few to many, medium sized, showy flowers.

  1. Batemannia armillata Rchb.f
    2. Photo courtesy of of Carlos Hajek and his Peruvian Orchid Page

    An intermediate growing epiphyte from Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru found at altitudes of 300 to 700 meters that blooms in the late spring and summer.

    Synonyms Zygopetalum chloranthum Krzl.

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    ~Batemannia burtii Endr. & Rchb.f- See Huntleya meleagris Lindl.

  2. Batemannia colleyi Lindley
    3. Photo courtesy of of Carlos Hajek and his Peruvian Orchid Page

    Found in the entire Amazon basin of South America as an intermediate to warm growing epiphytic orchids occuring in lowland riverine areas at altitudes of 200 to 1000 meters where it blooms in the fall and winter.

    Synonyms Batemannia peruviana Rolfe; Batemannia petronia Barb Rodr.; Batemannia yauaperyensis Barb Rodr.; Lycaste colleyi [Lindley] Hort. ex Planchon; Maxillaria colleyi Bateman; Petronia regia Barb Ridr

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    ~Batemannia grandiflora [A.Rich]Rchb.f - See *Galeottia grandiflora A. Rich

    ~Batemannia meleagris [Lindley]Rchb.f - See Huntleya meleagris Lindl.

    ~Batemannia peruviana Rolfe - See Batemannia colleyi Lindley

    ~Batemannia petronia Barb Rodr. - See Batemannia colleyi Lindley

    ~Batemannia yauaperyensis Barb Rodr. - See Batemannia colleyi Lindley

~Bicchia Parl. - See Habenaria Willd. SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.

~Bicchia albida Parlatore - See Pseudorchis albida (Linne) A. & D. Löve

~Biermannia King & Pantling - See Kingidium P.F.Hunt SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Vandeae, SUBTRIBE Sarcanthinae.

~Biermannia decumbens (Griff.) T. Tang & F.T. Wang ex G. Merr. & Metcalf - See Kingidium decumbens (Griff.) P.F. Hunt

~Biermannia taenialis (Lindl.) T. Tang & F.T. Wang - See Kingidium taenialis (Lindl.) P.F. Hunt

Bifrenaria Lindley SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Bifrenariinae.

There are 11 small epiphytes or often terrestrials that have four cornered psuedobulbs with erect, coriaceous, plicate leaves that give rise to an erect racemose inflorescence from the base of an adult psuedobulb that carries up to five flowers which are often fragrant. They are intermediate plants that require shade and humid well watered conditions while growing and less after the psuedobulbs are mature.

Synonyms Colax Lindley ex Spreng.

  1. Bifrenaria atropurpurea [Lodd.]Lindley
    2. Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

    Synonyms *Maxillaria atropurpurea Lodd.

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    ~*Bifrenaria aurantiaca Lindley - See Rudolfiella aurantiaca [Lindley]Hoehne

  2. Bifrenaria aureofulva [Hooker]Lindley
    3. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

    An intermediate to warm growing epiphytic orchid from Brazil that bl;ooms in the summer.

    Synonyms Epidendrum secundum Vell.; *Maxillaria aureo-fulva Hooker; Maxillaria stenopetala Knowles & Westcott; Stenocoryne aureofulva [Hooker]Kraenzl.; Stenocoryne secunda [Vell]Hoehne

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    ~*Bifrenaria hadwenii Lindley - See Scuticaria hadwenii [Lindley]Hooker

  3. Bifrenaria harrisoniae[Hooker]Rchb.f
    4. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders.

    This is a Brazilian epiphyte that grows intermediate to warm and needs a dry winter rest after which, resume wateringas the new growth appears in the spring which also is the blooming season.

    Synonyms Colax grandiflorus Raf.; Colax harrisoniae Lindley; *Dendrobium harrisoniae Hooker;Lycaste harrisoniae {Hkr.]D.Don; Lycaste harrisoniae [Hooker] B.S. Wms.; *Maxillaria harrisoniae Lindl.; Maxillaria harrisonae [Hooker]Lindley; Maxillaria pubigera Kl.; Maxillaria spathacea Lindley; Stanhopea harrisoniae G. Don;

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    ~Bifrenaria saxicola (Schltr.) C. Schweinf. - See Rudolfiella saxicola (Schltr.) Hoehne

~Bilabrella Lindley - See Habenaria Willd. SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae.

~Blephariglottis Raf. - See Habenaria Willd. SUBFAMILY Orchidoideae, TRIBE Orchideae, SUBTRIBE Orchidinae

~Blephariglottis blephariglottis Willd. - See Habenaria blephariglottis (Willd.) Hook.

~Blephariglottis ciliaris (L.) Rydb. - See Habenaria ciliaris R.Br.

Bletia Ruiz & Pavon SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Arethuseae, SUBTRIBE Bletinae.

The members of this genus are almost always terrestrials and are spread from Florida south to Brazil growing in well draining soil with fertilizer and water heavy while growing and a tapering off to a trickle through the winter months.

Synonyms Bletiana Raf.; Crybe Lindley

    ~Bletia acuminata Rchb.f - See Laelia rubescens Lindley

    ~Bletia acutipetala W. Hook. - See Bletia purpurea[Lamb.] D.C.

    ~Bletia albida Rchb.f - See Laelia albida Batem. ex Lindl.

    ~Bletia alta Hitchc. in part - Bletia purpurea [Lamb.] D.C.

    ~Bletia anceps [Lindley] Rchb.f - See *Laelia anceps Lindley

    ~Bletia angustata Gagn. - See Spathoglottis plicata Blume

    ~Bletia angustifolia Gaud. - See Spathoglottis plicata Bl

    ~Bletia autumnalis [Lindley]Rchb.f - See Laelia autumnalis Lindley

    ~Bletia bicolor Rchb.f - See Leptotes bicolor Lindley

    ~Bletia boothiana Rchb. f. - See Laelia lobata [Lindley]Veitch

    ~Bletia casperiana Rchb.f - See Laelia purpurata Lindley & Paxt.

  1. Bletia catenulata Ruiz & Pavon
    2. Photo courtesy of of Carlos Hajek and his Peruvian Orchid Page

    This is an intermediate to warm growing terrestrial orchid that is found at altitudes of 200 to 2300 meters in Ecuador,Peru, Bolivia and Brazil and blooms in the spring and summer.

    Synonyms Bletia ecuadorensis Schltr.; Bletia rodriguesii Cogn.; Bletia sanguinea Poepp & Endl.; Bletia sherrattiana Batem. ex Lindley; Bletia watsonii Hooker; Epistephium herzogianum Kraenzl.

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    ~Bletia cebolleta [Rchb.f]Rchb.f - See *Brassavola cebolleta Rchb.f

    ~Bletia cordata (L.) Rchb. f. - See Brassavola nodosa (L.) Lindl.

    ~Bletia crispa [Lindley]Rchb.f - See Laelia crispa [Lindley]Rchb.f

    ~Bletia cucullata (L.) Rchb. f. - See Brassavola cucullata R. Br.

    ~Bletia digbiyana [Lindley]Rchb.f - See Rhyncholaelia digbiyana [Lindley]Schlecter

    ~Bletia domingensis Rchb.f - See Laeliopsis domingensis [Lindley]Lindley

    ~Bletia ecuadorensis Schltr. - See Bletia catenulata Ruiz & Pavon

    ~Bletia flabellata Rchb.f - See Laelia xanthina Lindley

    ~Bletia gebina [Lindley]Rchb.f - See Bletilla striata [Thunb]Rchb.f

    ~Bletia glauca [Lindley]Rchb.f - See Rhyncholaelia glauca [Lindley]Schlecter

    ~*Bletia graminifolia D. Don - See Arundina graninifolia [D. Don]Hochr.

    ~Bletia grandis (Lindl. & Paxton) Rchb. f. - See Laelia grandis Lindl. & Paxton

    ~Bletia havanensis A. Rich. - See B. purpurea [Lam.]D.C.

    ~Bletia humboldtii Rchb.f - Schomburgkia humboldtii [Rchb.f]Rchb.f

    ~Bletia hyacinthina R. Br. - See Bletilla striata [Thunb.]Rchb.f

    ~Bletia incarvillei R. Br. - See Phaius tankervillae [Ait.]Blume

    ~Bletia japonica Schlecter - See Eleorchis japonica [A. Gray]Maekawa

    ~Bletia lindeni Rchb. f. - See Cattleyopsis lindenii [Lindley] Cogn.

    ~Bletia lobata Rchb.f - See Laelia lobata [Lindley]Veitch

    ~Bletia longipes [Rchb.f]Rchb.f - See Laelia longipes Rchb.f

    ~Bletia lundii Rchb. f. & Warm. - See Laelia lundii Rchb. f.

    ~Bletia nodosa Rchb.f - See Brassavola nodosa [L.]Lindley

    ~Bletia pallida Lodd. - See Bletia purpurea [Lamb.] D.C.

    ~Bletia peduncularis (Lindl.) Rchb. f. - See L. rubescens Lindley

    ~Bletia perrinii Rchb.f - See Laelia perrinii [Lindley]Bateman

    ~Bletia pottsii S. Wats - See Bletia purpurea [Lamb.] D.C.

    ~Bletia praestans (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. - See *Laelia praestans Rchb. f.

    ~Bletia pumila [Hooker]Rchb.f - See Laelia pumila [Hooker]Rchb.f

    ~Bletia pumilio Rchb.f - See Homalopetalum pumilio [Rchb.f]Schlecter

  2. Bletia purpurea [Lamb.] D.C.
    3. Photo courtesy of Robert Weyman Bussey.

    This species is found from Florida south to Brazil where they are intermediate to warm growing terrestrials or on rocks in dry woods and fields, or at the base of tree trunks or in swamps up to 2000 meters in elevation that bloom in the spring and early summer.

    Synonyms Bletia acutipetala W. Hook.; Bletia alta Hitchc. in part; Bletia havanensis A. Rich.; Bletia pallida Lodd.; Bletia pottsii S. Wats; Bletia tuberosa Ames; Bletia verecunda [Salisb.] R.Br.; Cymbidium floridum Salisb.; Cymbidium verecundum Sw.; Limodorum floridum Salisb.; *Limodoroum purpureum Lam.; Limodorum trifidum Michx.; Limodorum tuberosum L. inpart; Limodorum verecundum Salisb.; Regnellia purpurea Barb. Rodr.; Thiebautia nervosa Colla

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    ~Bletia rhopalorhachis Rchb.f - See Brassavola nodosa [L.]Lindley

    ~Bletia rigida Rchb.f - See Tetramicra canaliculata [Aubl.]Urb.

    ~Bletia rodriguesii Cogn. - See Bletia catenulata Ruiz & Pavon

    ~Bletia rubescens Rchb.f - See Laelia rubescens Lindley

    ~Bletia rupestris (Lindl.) Rchb. f. - See L. crispata [Thunb.]Garay

    ~Bletia sanguinea Poepp & Endl. - See Bletia catenulata Ruiz & Pavon

    ~Bletia sherrattiana Batem. ex Lindley - See Bletia catenulata Ruiz & Pavon

    ~Bletia striata [Thunb] Druce - See Blettila striata [Thunb.]Rchb.f

    ~Bletia tankervilleae R. Br. - See Phaius tankervillae [Ait.]Blume

    ~Bletia thomsoniana Rchb. f. - See Myrmecophila brysiana (Lem.) G.C. Kenn.

    ~Bletia tibicinis Rchb.f - See Myrmecophilia tibicinis [Bateman]Rolfe

    ~Bletia tuberculata Rchbf - See Brassavola tuberculata Hkr.

    ~Bletia tuberculosum [Thouars]Sprengel - See Phaius tuberculosus [Thou.] Blume

    ~Bletia tuberosa Ames - See B. purpurea [Lam.]D.C.

    ~Bletia undulata [Lindley]Rchb.f - See Schomburgkia undulata Lindley

    ~Bletia venosa Rchb.f - See Brassavola nodosa [L.]Lindley

    ~Bletia verecunda [Salisb.] R.Br. - See Bletia purpurea [Lamb.] D.C.

    ~Bletia violacea (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. - See L. rubescens Lindley

    ~Bletia watsonii Hooker - See Bletia catenulata Ruiz & Pavon

    ~Bletia xanthina - See Laelia xanthina Lindley

~Bletiana Raf. - See Bletia Ruiz & Pavon SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Arethuseae, SUBTRIBE Bletinae.

Bletilla Rchb.f SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Arethuseae, SUBTRIBE Bletinae

Nine species make up this genus which occurs in Eastern Asia, Taiwan and adjacent islands, as a terrestrial, with plicate leaves and a distinct corm at the base of the stem. The flowers are showy and are on a terminal, racemose, few flowered inflorescence.

    ~Blettila hyacinthina Rchb.f - See Bletilla striata [Thumb.]Rchb.f.

  1. Bletilla striata var alba[Thumb.]Rchb.f
    2. Photo courtesy of Allen Black.

    This species is found in Japan, China and Okinawa, as a terrestrial with subterranean rounded and compressed psuedobulbs with an erect stem that bears several oblong-lanceolate, plicate flexible leaves and a lax terminal 8" inflorescence with several fragrant flowers that open in succession in the late spring and summer and grows intermediate to cool and requires a winter rest.

    Synonyms Bletia gebina [Lindley]Rchb.f; Bletia hyacinthina R. Br.; Bletia striata [Thunb] Druce; Blettila hyacinthina Rchb.f; Cymbidium hyacinthinum [Thunb.] Swartz; Epidendrum tuberosum Lour.; *Limodorum striatum Thunb

  2. Bletilla striata lavender form [Thumb.]Rchb.f.
    3. Photo courtesy of Allen Black.

    A Color variation of the above species.

~Bolbidium Lindley - See Dendrobium Sw. SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Dendrobiinae.

~Bolbophyllaria Rchb.f - See Bulbophylum Thouars SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Bulbophyllinae.

~Bolbophyllum Spreng. - See Bulbophylum Thouars SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Bulbophyllinae.

Bollea Rchb.f SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Maxillarieae, SUBTRIBE Zygopetalinae

There are six species in Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador that grow as epiphytes without psuedobulbs. They have short stems that have distichous, imbricate, long, narrowly ligulate, erect leaves with a arcuate or pendant, single flowered, inflorescence.

  1. Bollea coelestis Rchb.f
    2. Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

    A Colombian epiphytic cool growing orchid that blooms in the summer.

    Synonyms Bollea pulvinaris Rchb.f; Zygopetalum coeleste [Rchb.f]Rchb.f

  2. Bollea hirtzii Walvogel
    3. Photo courtesy of of Carlos Hajek and his Peruvian Orchid Page

    Found in Ecuador and Peru at 1200-1500 meters

    ~Bollea pulvinaris Rchb.f - See Bollea coelestis Rchb.f`

    ~Bollea wendlandiana Rchb.f - See Cochleanthes aromatica [Rchb.f] Schultes & Garay

Brachtia Rchb.f. SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Oncidieae

This is a small genus of 6 species that is found in the Andes from Venezuela to Ecuador and grows cool to cold as a small epiphyte with stout ascending rhizomes covered with papery sheaths, compressed, narrowly oblong-ovate with 1-2 fleshy leaves.

  1. Brachtia andina Rchb.f.
    2.  Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

    A cool growing high Andean epiphyte found at altitudes of 1200 to 2800 meters.

    Synonyms Brachtia verruculifera Schlecter

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    ~Brachtia verruculifera Schlecter - See Brachtia andina Rchb.f

Brassavola R. Brown SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.

Seventeen species spread throughout the tropical lowland Americas are most heavily fragrant at night and have a citrus smell. They have a single apical subterete leaf on a pencil like psuedobulb and flower as a rule in spring and summer. They are allied with the Cattleyas and are used extensively in hybridizing. They are the "B" in BLC on many orchids that are commonly grown.

    ~Brassavola appendiculata A. Rich. - See B. cucullata [L.] R. Br.

  1. Brassavola cebolleta Rchb.f
    2. Photo courtesy of of Carlos Hajek and his Peruvian Orchid Page

    A warm growing epiphytic species found in Paraguay and Brazil that blooms in the summer.

    Synonyms Brassavola chacoensis Kraenzel; Brassavola ovaliformis C. Schweinf.

    ~Brassavola chacoensis Kraenzel - See Brassavola cebolleta Rchb.f

  2. Brassavola cordata Lindley

    3. From the Carribean and surrounding lands, a spring to summer bloomer that smells of citrus only at night. Grows best mounted on wood and likes some shade.

    Synonyms Brassavola subulifloia Rolfe

  3. Brassavola cucullata [L.] R.Br.

    4. One to two flowered plant that smells somewhat skunky at night, grows best mounted on wood and comes from the West Indies, Central and northern South America where it is a warm to intermediate epiphyte up to 1800 meters that blooms from summer till autumn.

    Synonyms Bletia cucullata (L.) Rchb. f.; Brassavola appendiculata A. Rich.; Brassavola cucullata [L.]R.Br. var elegans Schlecter; Brassavola cuspidata Hooker; Brassavola odorattissima Regel; Cymbidium cucullatum Sw.; *Epidendrum cucullatum L.

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    ~Brassavola cucullata [L.]R.Br. var elegans Schlecter - See Brassavola cucullata [L.] R.Br.

    ~Brassavola cuspidata Hooker - See Brassavola cucullata [Lindley]R. Br.

    ~*Brassavola digbyana Lindley- See Ryncholaelia digbyana Schlecter

  4. Brassavola flagellaris Barb. Rodr.
    5. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

    A Brazilian warm growing orchid that blooms in the spring and early summer.

    ~Brassavola fragrans Lemaire - See Brassavola tuberculata Hooker

    ~Brassavola gibbsiana Wms. - See Brassavola tuberculata Hooker

    ~Brassavola grandiflora Lindley - See B. nodosa [l] Lindley

    ~*Brassavola glauca Lindley - See Rhyncholaelia glauca [Lindley]Schlecter

  5. Brassavola nodosa [L.]Lindley

    6. I collected this plant in Honda, Colombia in July of 1995 and mounted it on wood and it's first bloom opened 6/7/97. It has a nice citrus fragrance at night and the flowers are close to 4" across and occur in the spring and summer but are possible at any time. They are from Mexico to Venezuela and to Brazil from sea level to about 500 meters and can be quite salt tolerant. I have found them growing on the roots of mangroves in Cozumel, Mexico and from the island of Jamaica.

    Synonyms Bletia cordata (L.) Rchb. f.; Bletia nodosa Rchb.f ; Bletia rhopalorhachis Rchb.f; Bletia venosa Rchb.f; Brassavola grandiflora Lindley; Brassavola nodosa [L.]Lindley var rhopalorrhachis [Rchb.f]Schlecter; Brassavola rhopalorrhachis Rchb.f ; Brassavola scaposa Schlecter; Brassavola venosa Lindley; Cymbidium nodosa Sw.; *Epidendrum nodosum L.

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    ~Brassavola nodosa [L.]Lindley var rhopalorrhachis [Rchb.f]Schlecter - See B. nodosa [L.]Lindley

    ~Brassavola odorattissima Regel - See B. cucullata [L.]R.Br.

    ~Brassavola ovaliformis C. Schweinf. - See Brassavola cebolleta Rchb.f

    ~Brassavola perrinii Lindley - See B. tuberculata Hooker

    ~*Brassavola pumilio Rchb.f - See Homalopetalum pumilio [Rchb.f]Schlecter

    ~Brassavola rhopalorrhachis Rchb.f - See Brassavola nodosa [L]Lindley

    ~Brassavola scaposa Schlecter - See Brassavola nodosa [L.]Lindley

    ~Brassavola subulifloia Rolfe - See B. cordata Lindley

  6. Brassavola tuberculata Hooker
    7. Photo courtesy of David Janvrin.

    This species is commonly sold as Brassavola perrinii but it has been changed to tuberculata Hooker. Found in Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia from the cool mountains to the hot lower savannahs it prefers an intermediate to warm environment with bright light and high humidity and blooms in the spring. Water regularly while in growth and give a slightly drier winter. They do well mounted on tree fern or cork and in nature is found as an epiphyte or lithophyte in varied habitats.

    Synonyms Bletia tuberculata Rchbf; Brassavola fragrans Lemaire; Brassavola gibbsiana Wms.; Brassavola perrinii Lindley; Tulexis bicolor Raf.

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    ~Brassavola venosa Lindley - See Brassavola nodosa [L]Lindley

Brassia R. Br. SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Oncidieae

There are 25 species of Brassia spread throughout tropical America. The genus was described by Robert Brown in 1813 using Brassia maculata as the type species. They are commonly called 'The Spider Orchid' because of the flowers unique shape. They do well mounted on tree fern or potted with a well draining medium.

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    ~Brassia antherotes Rchb. f. - See Brassia arcuigera Rchb.f

  1. Brassia arcuigera Rchb.f
    2. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

    This species is found from Costa Rica to Ecuador at altitudes of 200 to 1000 meters.

    Synonyms Brassia antherotes Rchb. f.; Brassia rhizomatosa Garay & Dunst.

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    ~Brassia aristata Lindley - See B. verrucosa Lindley

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  2. Brassia aurorae D.E.Benn.
    3. Photo courtesy of of Carlos Hajek and his Peruvian Orchid Page

  3. Brassia bidens Lindley

    4. Collected in northern Peru but found north to Venezuela as well at altitudes of 300 to 1200 meters it is a more miniature plant than other Brassia that I am aware and the flowers are only about 3 1/2" across which is quite small for this genus.

    Synonyms Oncidium bidens (Lindl.) Rchb. f.

  4. Brassia brachiata Lindley
    5. Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

    This species hails from Guatemala and Mexico and is considered synonomous with B. verrucosa.

    ~Brassia clowesia Lindley - See Miltonia clowesia Lindley

    ~Brassia coryandra C. Morr. - See Brassia verrucosa Lindley

    ~Brassia forgetiana Hort. - See B. lanceana Lindley

    ~Brassia guttata Lindley - See B. maculata R. Br.

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  5. Brassia lanceana Lindley
    6. Photo courtesy of of Carlos Hajek and his Peruvian Orchid Page

    Found in Venezuela and the Guianas and south to Peru at elevations of 150 to 1200 meters, this epiphytic intermediate to warm growing orchid blooms in the fall.

    Synonyms Brassia forgetiana Hort.; Brassia lanceana var. viridiflora Hook.; Brassia macrostachya Lindley ; Brassia pumila Lindley; Oncidium suavolens Rchb.f

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    ~Brassia lanceana var. viridiflora Hook. - See Brassia bidens Lindley

    ~*Brassia lawrenceana Lindley var. longissima Rchb.f - See B. longissima [Rchb.f]Nash

    ~Brassia longiloba DC - See B. verrucosa Lindley

  6. Brassia longissima [Rchb.f]Nash

    7. Very similar to B. lawrenceana Lindley and is also similar to B. arcuigera Rchb.f, and is found in Peru north to Costa Rica, I grow mine on tree fern in bright sundappled light and regular year round watering gives a spring blooming and it is a warm to intermediate grower.

    Synonyms *Brassia lawrenceana Lindley var. longissima Rchb.f

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    ~Brassia macrostachya Lindley - See B. lanceana Lindley

  7. Brassia maculata R. Brown
    8. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

    Is an epiphyte that is also commonly found growing in deitrus over rocks and as an epiphyte at lower altitudes in Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, Cuba and Jamaica and it blooms in April to June. They do well in baskets or pots with a open mix that provides good drainage.

    Synonyms Brassia guttata Lindley; Brassia wraye Skinner; Oncidium brassia Rchb.f

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    ~Brassia odontogossoides Klotsch & Karst. - See B. verrucosa Lindley

    ~Brassia ophioglossoides Klotzsch & Karst. - See B. verrucosa Lindley

    ~Brassia pumila Lindley - See B. lanceana Lindley

    ~Brassia rhizomatosa Garay & Dunst. - See Brassia arcuigera Rchb.f

  8. Brassia verrucosa Lindley
    9. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

    This species is an epiphyte of open humid forests from altitudes of 900 to 2400 meters that range into Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras. It is distinguished from the other Brassia by the green warts on the base of the lip. They flower in the late spring through the early autumn and are slightly fragrant and need regular waterings and fertilizer year round.

    Synonyms Brassia aristata Lindley; Brassia coryandra C. Morr.; Brassia longiloba DC; Brassia odontogossoides Klotsch & Karst.; Brassia ophioglossoides Klotzsch & Karst.; Oncidium brachiatum Rchb.f; Oncidium venustum

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    ~Brassia wraye Skinner - See B. maculata R. Br.

Broughtonia R. Brown SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Laeliinae.

A genus of 5 species, most in the Caribbean. It is typified with flattened ovoid closely packed psuedobulbs with 2 apical stiff leaves. The inflorescence arises from the apex of the psuedobulb and the flowers open sequentially over months. They like warm even conditions with bright light. They are allied to the Cattleya and are used often in breeding, such as the intergeneric cross Cattletonia. I find they are happiest mounted on tree branches and they can be affected easily by scale so occasional spraying with orthene 2 is called for.

    ~Broughtonia chinensis [Lindley]Ames - See Barkeri obovata [C. Presl]Christenson

    ~Broughtonia coccinea Lindley - See Broughtonia Sanguinea [SW]R. Br.

    ~Broughtonia domingensis [Lindley]Rolfe - See Laeliopsis domingensis [Lindley]Lindley

    ~Broughtonia grandiflora [HBK]Sprengel - See Maxillaria grandiflora [HBK] Lindley

    ~Broughtonia lilacina Henfr. - See Cattleopsis lindenii [Lindley]Cogn.

    ~Broughtonia linearis Wall. - See Coelogyne fimbriata Lindley

  1. Broughtonia negrilensis Arditti

    2. From Jamaica, a warm growing epiphyte and occasional terrestrial below orchid bearing trees on rocks and leaf detrius, are best mounted on cork or wood as they need to dry out completely between waterings, blooms in the late fall or early winter.

  2. Broughtonia negrilensis 'Diana' HCC/AOS
    3. Photo courtesy of Robert Weyman Bussey

  3. Broughtonia sanguinea [Sw.]R.Br.

    4. Found in Jamaica and Cuba it blooms on an apical, branching inflorescence that if left alone will produce new non-fragrant flower clusters from spring through late summer and likes a wood mount. Used in breeding for it's shape, and colors, crossed with others for petal substance.

    Synonyms Broughtonia coccinea Lindley; Dendrobium sanguineum Swartz; *Epidendrum sanguineum Sw.

  4. Broughtonia sanguinea alba [Sw.]R.Br.

    5. Same as above but is a white form.

~Bryobium Lindley - See Eria Lindley SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Epidendreae, SUBTRIBE Eriinae.

NEW Bulbophyllum Thouars SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Dendrobieae, SUBTRIBE Bulbophyllinae.

The largest genus of orchids with over 1200 species it is also the most geographically diverse. It is found in all tropical areas on earth and is quite diverse in its flower morphology as well. The flowers have the foot of the column which is hinged attached to the labellum so the flower has a moving part which bobs, weaves, jiggles or jumps in the slightest breeze. They are sympodial psuedobulbs with one - two leaves, closely or far spaced on the rhizome. Most bulbos like wooden slat baskets with some treefern and sphagnum as potting media.

Synonyms Anisopetalum Hkr.; Bolbophyllaria Rchb.f; Bolbophyllum Spreng.; Cochlia Bl.

  1. Bulbophyllum affine Lindley

    2. This miniature plant comes from the Indian Himalayas thru Laos and China and is an intermediate grower from altitudes of 800-1300 meters that thrives in teak baskets with tree fern and wood chips blooms in the summer.

    Synonyms Phyllorchis affinis (Lindl.) Kuntze; Sarcopodium affine (Lindl.) Lindl. & Paxton

  2. Bulbophyllum ambrosia [Hance] Schlecter
    3. Photo courtesy of Ichiro "Haru" Ohsaka and his Bulbophyllum Page

    - S. China - Flowers in Winter - Fragrant - tree fern or cork mount

    Synonyms *Eria ambrosia Hance

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    ~Bulbophyllum amplum Rchb.f - See Epigenieum amplum [Lindley]Summerh.

  3. Bulbophyllum barbigerum Lindley

    4. I've been told that in the 1700's this plant was put forward as a missing link between plant and animal, moves, wiggles, jerks and bobs. Looks as if it could talk. It comes from central west Africa is found at altitudes under 200 meters as an warm growing epiphyte that blooms in the early summer.

    Synonyms Phyllorchis barbigera (Lindl.) Kuntze

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  4. Bulbophyllum baucoense Ames
    5. Photo courtesy of Camp-Lota-Noise Orchids

    This is a Philippine species.

    ~*Bulbophyllum bicolor Lindley - See Ione bicolor [Lindl.) Lindl.

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  5. Bulbophyllum biflorum Teijsm. & Binn.
    6. Photo courtesy of Camp-Lota-Noise Orchids

    An intermediate growing epiphyte from the Malaysian peninsula, Sumatra and Java that blooms in the summer.

    Synonyms Bulbophyllum geminatum Carr

  6. Bulbophyllum bittnerianum Schlecter
    7. Photo courtesy of Ichiro "Haru" Ohsaka

    This warm growing species is from Thailand where it blooms in the spring to early summer.

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  7. Bulbophyllum blepharistes Rchb.f
    8. Photo courtesy of Camp-Lota-Noise Orchids

    A Burmese species.

    Synonyms Phyllorchis blepharistes (Rchb. f.) Kuntze

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  8. Bulbophyllum bootanense Parish & Rchb. f.
    9. Photo courtesy of Camp-Lota-Noise Orchids

    Synonyms Cirrhopetalum bootanense Griff.; Phyllorchis bootanensis (Griff.) Kuntze

  9. Bulbophyllum bracteatum F.M.Bailey
    10. Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

    This is an Australian species.

    ~Bulbophyllum breviscapum [Rolfe] Ridley - See Bulbophyllum lasiochilum Parrish & Rchb.f

    ~Bulbophyllum burfordiense Rolfe - See Hyalosema grandiflorum [Bl.]Rolfe

    ~Bulbophyllum campanulatum [Rolfe]Rolfe - See Cirrhopetalum auratum Ridley

  10. Bulbophyllum caudatum 'Trident' CHM/AOS Lindley
    11. Photo and award winning plant grown by Wilford Neptune

    Found in Nepal and Sikkim it is an intermediate grower and does best mounted on tree fern.

    Synonyms Phyllorchis caudata (Lindl.) Kuntze

  11. Bulbophyllum corolliferum J.J.Smith
    12. Photo courtesy of Ichiro "Haru" Ohsaka

    This warm growing species is from Borneo, Thailand and the Malaysian peninsula, where it blooms in the winter.

    Synonyms Bulbophyllum curtisi J.J.Sm not Ridley; Cirrhopetalum curtisii Hkr.f

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  12. Bulbophyllum cupreum Lindley
    13. Photo courtesy of Camp-Lota-Noise Orchids

    This is a spring blooming intermediate to warm epiphyte that occurs in Burma.

    Synonyms Phyllorchis cuprea (Lindl.) Kuntze

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    ~Bulbophyllum curtisi J.J.Sm not Ridley - See B. coroliferum J.J.Sm.

  13. Bulbophyllum drymoglossum Maxim.
    14. Photo courtesy of Ichiro "Haru" Ohsaka

    This species is from Japan.

  14. Bulbophyllum elisae F. Mueller
    15. Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

    An Australian species.

    Synonyms Phyllorchis elisae (F. Muell.) Kuntze

  15. Bulbophyllum exiguum F. Mueller
    16. Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

    An Australian species.

    Synonyms Dendrobium exiguum F. Muell.; Dendrobium pygmaeum A. Cunn.; Phyllorchis exigua (F. Muell.) Kuntze

  16. Bulbophyllum falcatum [Lindley]Rchb.f

    17. Mini flowers on the side of a pea pod, needs to be magnified to truly enjoy, blooms in winter till spring and comes from central to west Africa where it is a warm growing epiphyte at altitudes below 100 meters.

    Synonyms Bulbophyllum leptorhachis Schlecter; Megaclinium endotrachys Kraenzel; *Megaclinium falcatum Lindley ;Phyllorchis falcata (Lindl.) Kuntze

    ~Bulbophyllum fascinator [Rolfe]Rolfe - See Cirrhopetalum fascinator Rolfe

  17. Bulbophyllum fritillariflorum J.J.Smith
    18. Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

    ~Bulbophyllum geminatum Carr - See B. biflorum Teijsm. & Binn

  18. Bulbophyllum globuliforme Nichols
    19. Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

    Found in Queensland Australia.

  19. Bulbophyllum gracillimum [Rolfe]Rolfe

    20. I love this one also, picture doesn't do it justice and it has purple eyes in the flower that move in the slightest wind, is a intermediate to warm growing epiphyte that blooms in winter and comes from Thailand south and east thru the Pacific islands.

    Synonyms Bulbophyllum psittacoides J.J. Sm.; *Cirrhopetalum gracillimum Rolfe ; Cirrhopetalum psittacoides Ridley

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  20. ~*Bulbophyllum grandiflorum Griff. - See Hyalosema grandiflorum [Griff.]Rolfe
    21. Photo courtesy of Camp-Lota-Noise Orchids

    A warm growing epiphyte found in Sumatra, the Celebes, the Moluccas, and New Guinea that blooms in the fall. This species is alsp known as Hyalosema [Schlecter] Rolfe.

  21. Bulbophyllum guttulatum [Hooker]Balakr.

    22. New for me, bloomed once in August 96, plant is mounted on buttonwood seems to be fine.

    Synonyms *Cirrhopetalum guttulatum Hook. f.; Phyllorchis guttulata (Hook. f.) Kuntze

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    ~Bulbophyllum henshallii Lindley - See B. lobbii Lindley

  22. Bulbophyllum hirundinis (Gagnep.) Seidenf. - See *Cirrhopetalum hirundinis Gagnep.
    23. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

  23. Bulbophyllum hookeri [Duthie]J.J.Sm.
    24. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

  24. Bulbophyllum inconspicuum Maxim.
    25. Photo courtesy of Ichiro "Haru" Ohsaka

    This is a Japanese species.

  25. Bulbophyllum johnsonii P.F.Hunt
    26. Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

    This is a species from Queensland Australia.

  26. Bulbopyllum lasiochilum Parish & Rchb.f
    27. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

    A Burmese species.

    Synonyms Bulbophyllum breviscapum [Rolfe] Ridley

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    ~Bulbophyllum leptorhachis Schlecter - See Bulbophyllum falcatum [Lindley]Rchb.f

  27. Bulbophyllum leysianum Burb.
    28. Photo courtesy of Ichiro "Haru" Ohsaka

    This species is from Borneo.

    ~Bulbophyllum lichenastrum Fitz. - See Dendrobium prenticei [ F. Muell.]Nicholls

    ~*Bulbophyllum lichenastrum F. Mueller - See Dendrobium lichenastrum [F. Muell.]Clements

  28. Bulbophyllum lobbii 'Kathy's Gold'AM/AOS Lindley

    29. This species is from Borneo,Indonesia and Malaysia has an erect inflorescence that arises from a node on the rhizome and has a large fragrant single flower on each psuedobulb in the summer. They are warm growing and do best mounted or in a pot with well draining medium and regular water and fertilizer but have caution, as the new psuedobulbs develop, is when fungus will occur from overwatering.

    Synonyms Bulbophyllum lobbii Lindley var siamense Rchb.f; Bulbophyllum siamense Rchb.f; Phyllorchis lobbii (Lindl.) Kuntze; Sarcopodium lobbii Lindley; Sarcopodium lobbii Lindley var henshallii Henfr.; Sestochilos uniflorus Breda

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    ~Bulbophyllum lobbii Lindley var siamense Rchb.f - See Bulbophyllum lobbii Lindley

  29. Bulbophyllum macraei (Lindl.) Rchb. f.
    30. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

    Synonyms *Cirrhopetalum macraei Lindl.

  30. Bulbophylum macranthum Lindley

    31. One of my favorites, blooms in June, is from Thailand south to Papua New Guinea at altitudes up to 1200 meters.

    Synonyms Phyllorchis macrantha (Lindl.) Kuntze; *Sarcopodium macranthum Lindley

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    ~Bulbophyllum makoyanum [Rchb.f]Ridley - See Cirrhopetalum makoyanum Rchb.f

    ~Bulbophyllum mastersianum [Rolfe]J.J.Sm. - See Cirrhopetalum mastersianum Rolfe

    ~Bulbophyllum medusae [Lindley]Rchb.f - See Cirrhopetalum medusae Lindley

    ~*Bulbophyllum nasutum Rchb. f. - See Trias nasuta (Rchb. f.) Stapf

  31. Bulbophyllum nematopodum F. Muell.
    32. Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

    An Australian species.

  32. Bulbophyllum newportii Rolfe
    33. Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

    Synonyms Sarcochilis luniferus Benth. ex Hooker

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    ~*Bulbophyllum oblongum Rchb.f - See Trias oblonga Lindley

    ~Bulbophyllum occidentale Spreng - See Encyclia polybulbon [Sw.]Dressler

  33. Bulbophyllum odoratissimum [Sm.]Lindley
    34. Photo courtesy of Ichiro "Haru" Ohsaka and his Bulbophyllum page

    Synonyms Phyllorchis odoratissima (Lindl.) Kuntze; *Stelis odoratissima Sm.; Tribrachia odoratissima (Sm.) Lindl.

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  34. Bulbophyllum orthoglossum Krzl.
    35. Photo courtesy of Camp-Lota-Noise Orchids
  35. Bulbophyllum patens King
    36.  Photo courtesy of Ichiro "Haru" Ohsaka and his Bulbophyllum page

    This species is from India.

    Synonyms Phyllorchis patens (King) Kuntze

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    ~*Bulbophyllum pictum Parrish & Rchb.f - See Trias picta [Parrish & Rchb.f] Bnth.

    ~Bulbophyllum picturatum [Lodd.] Rchb.f - See Cirrhopetalum picturatum Lindley

    ~*Bulbophyllum prenticei F. Mueller - See Dendrobium prenticei [F. Mueller] Nichols

    ~Bulbophyllum psittacoides J.J. Sm. - See B. gracillimum [Rolfe]Rolfe

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  36. Bulbophyllum pulchellum Ridley
    37. Photo courtesy of Camp-Lota-Noise Orchids

    A species of penisular Malaysia.

    Synonyms Katherinea pulchella (Ridl.) A.D. Hawkes; Sarcopodium pulchellum Ridl.

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  37. Bulbophyllum purpurascens Teijsm & Binn
    38. Photo courtesy of Camp-Lota-Noise Orchids

    A species of the island of Java.

    Synonyms Phyllorchis purpurascens (Teijsm. & Binn.) Kuntze

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  38. Bulbophyllum rhombifolium (Carr) Masam.
    39. Photo courtesy of Camp-Lota-Noise Orchids

    This is a Malaysian and Bornean species.

    Synonyms *Cirrhopetalum rhombifolium Carr

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  39. Bulbophyllum roxburghii (Lindl.) Rchb. f.
    40. Photo courtesy of Camp-Lota-Noise Orchids

    Synonyms *Cirrhopetalum roxburghii Lindl.; Phyllorchis roxburghii (Lindl.) Kuntze

  40. Bulbophyllum rufinum Rchb.f
    41. Photo courtesy of Ichiro "Haru" Ohsaka and his Bulbophyllum page

    Synonyms Phyllorchis rufina (Rchb. f.) Kuntze

  41. Bulbophyllum sarcophyllum J.J. Sm.
    42. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

    Synonyms Cirrhopetalum sarcophyllum King & Pantl.

  42. Bulbophyllum schillerianum Rchb. f..
    43. Photo courtesy ofGreg and Kerri Steenbeeke and their Orkology Kreations Website

    An Australian species.

    Synonyms Dendrobium shepherdii Mueller var platyphyllum Muell.

  43. Bulbophyllum sessile J.J.Sm.
    44. Photo courtesy of Ichiro "Haru" Ohsaka and his Bulbophyllum page

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    ~Bulbophyllum siamense Rchb.f - See B. lobbii Lindley

  44. Bulbophyllum sicyobulbon Parish & Rchb. f.
    45. Photo courtesy of Camp-Lota-Noise Orchids A species found in Burma.

    Synonyms Phyllorchis sicyobulbon (Parish & Rchb. f.) Kuntze

  45. Bulbophyllum spathulatum [Rolfe ex Cooper]Seidenfadden
  46. Bulbophyllum species
    47. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

  47. Bulbophyllum sp. New Guinea
    48. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

    This species was collected at 6500' elevation in Tep Tep, Madang Province, New Guinea.

    ~*Bulbophyllum taylori F. Meuller - See Cadetia taylori [F. Mueller]Schlecter

  48. Bulbophyllum transarisanensis Hayata
    49. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

  49. Bulbophyllum tremulum Wight

    50. Similar to Bulbophylum barbigerum except that the inflorence is shorter. As it's name implies it's lip moves in the slightest breeze. Blooms for 2-3 days in the summer,larger plants with many bulbs will last longer, yet all in all, short but sweet.

    Synonyms Phyllorchis tremula (Wight) Kuntze

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  50. Bulbophyllum trichocephalum (Schltr.) T. Tang & F.T. WangLI> Photo courtesy of Tropical Orchid Farm

    Synonyms*Cirrhopetalum trichocephalum Schltr.

  51. Bulbophyllum tricornoides Seidenf.
    52. Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

    This is a Thai species.

  52. Bulbophyllum vaginatum [Lindley]Rchb.f

    53. Malaysia to Borneo is this miniature's range and it likes wood slat basket culture.

    Synonyms *Cirrhopetalum vaginatum Lindl.; Phyllorchis vaginata (Lindl.) Kuntze

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  53. Bulbophyllum weddelii [Lindley]Rchb.f
    54. Photo courtesy of Camp-Lota-Noise Orchids

    A Brazilian intermediate to warm growing epiphyte that blooms in the spring and summer.

    Synonyms *Didactyle weddelii Lindley; Phyllorchis weddellii (Rchb. f.) Kuntze; Xiphizusa weddelii Rchb. f.

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  54. Bulbophyllum wendlandianum [Kraenzl]Dammer
    55. Photo courtesy of Camp-Lota-Noise Orchids

    Synonyms *Cirrhopetalum wendlandianum Kraenzl.

  55. Bulbophylum wendlandianum 'abe' [Kraenzl]Dammer

    56. This plant comes from Northern Burma and is an intermediate grower.

~Burlingtonia Lindley - See Rodriguezia R & P SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Oncidieae

This genus has been thrown out and it's members moved to Rodriguezia.

~Burlingtonia batemannii [Poepp. & Endl.] Cogn. - See Rodriguezia batemannii Poepp. & Endl.

~Burlingtonia leeana (Rchb. f.) B.S. Williams - See Rodriguezia leeana Rchb. f.

~Burlingtonia rubescens Lindley - See Rodriguezia batemannii Poepp. & Endl.