*SECTION Lepidorhiza Schlechter 1911
TYPE: Bulbophyllum amplebracteatum Teijsm. & Binn. 1862
According the J J Vermeullen 2015; Epiphytes with creeping rhizomes with verrucate roots giving rise to usually distinct pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, persistent leaf that blooms on a usually elongate, racemose, successively single, 2 to many flowered inflorescence with distichously arranged, resupinate flowers with the basal node of the pedicel usually above the attachment of the usually proximally tubular floral bracts. The sepals are 5 to 13 veined, the dorsal is free, the laterals are 1 to 1.7 times as long as the dorsal sepal and are often twisted at their base so that the upper margins turn inward and are either free or adherent along their upper margins. The petals are usually 3 to 12 veined, and the undivided, subtrilobed or auriculate, moblie lip is on a thin ligament. The stigma of the column is often proximally protruding and the stelida often have a tooth along the upper and or lower margins. The anterior surface of the anther is not concave and the anterior margin is not to hardly drawn out. There are 4 pollina.
There are 28 species in this section from forests up to 1900 meters within Borneo, Sualwesi, the Philippines, Moluccas, New Guinea, and the western Pacific Islands.
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.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bulbophyllum of Sulawesi Verm & O'Byrne 2011; Genera Orchidacearum Vol 6 Epidendroideae Pt 3 Pridgeon, Cribb Chase & Ramussen 2014;
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