Bulbophyllum auricomum Lindl. 1830 SECTION Pleiophyllus J.J.Sm. 1914 Photo courtesy of MR.TIPOL RUANGAKSORN and Exotic Bulbophyllum

Another inflorescence Photo by © Art Vogel

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Common Name The Golden Haired Bulbophyllum - In Burma Ta-zeen-ban

Flower Size 1/5" [5 mm]

Found in Thailand, Burma, Sumatra and Java in lowland seasonal forests as a miniature to small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with 3.8 to 3/4" spaced, ovoid-oblong pseudobulbs carrying 2 to 3, apical, deciduous, rather thin leaves that are often not present at blooming which is on an arching, basal, to 8 3/4" [22 cm] long, racemose, many [25] flowered inflorescence occuring in the late fall and early winter and has fragrant flowers

Synonyms Bulbophyllum foenisecii C.S.P.Parish ex Rchb.f. 1865; Bulbophyllum tripetaloides (Roxb.) Schltr. 1914; Dendrobium tripetaloides Roxb. 1832; Phyllorchis auricoma (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95; AOS Bulletin Vol 33 No 10 1964 photo; A to Z of SE Asian Orchids O'Byrne 2001 photo fide; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; Orchid Genera in Thailand VIII Bulbophyllum Thou. Seidenfadden 1990; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photo fide; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2002 photo fide

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