Bulbophyllum apodum Hook.f. 1890 SECTION Aphanobulbon Schlechter

Plant and Flowers Photos courtesy of Peter O'Byrne, Jaap Vermeulen, André Schuiteman and Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website

Common Name or Meaning The No Foot Bulbophyllum [refers to the almost absent pseudobulbs]

Flower Size 1/8" [3mm]

Found in the eastern Himalayas, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawei and the Philippines in primary lowland forests and coastal shrub vegetation at elevations of sea level to 900 meters as a small sized, hot growing epiphyte with 3/4 to 1.2" [2 to 3 cm] between each, medium green, discoid pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, rather thick, elliptic, acute, abruptly narrowing below into the elongate, conduplicate petiolate base leaf that blooms in the fall, winter and spring on a basal, erect, laxly many [40] flowered, 5.6" [14 cm] long inflorescence enveloped below by 6 loose, tubular bracts and linear-lanceolate, acute, whitish floral bracts carrying sometimes fragrant flowers.,

This species and B ebulbum are said to be conspecific by Goaverts of Kew, I leave them separate until better reference material becomes available. If this is so then B apodum will take precedence as it was published earlier.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum ebulbum King & Pantl. 1895; Bulbophyllum saccatum Kraenzl. 1904; Bulbophyllum vaginulosum Carr 1930; Bulbophyllum vidalii Tixier 1966; Phyllorchis apoda (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing fide; Orchid Genera in Thailand Vol VIII Seidenfaden 1979 [1990]; Orchids of Borneo Vol 2 Vermuellen 1991; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Wood & Seidenfaden 1992; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002