Bulbophyllum blumei [Lindley]J.J. Sm. 1906 SECTION Stenochilus J.J. Sm. 1914 Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl. Copyright © 2006 All rights reserved.
Super detail of lip showing glaborous sides of the lip Photo by Copyright © The French Orchid Society Nord website
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Common Name Blume's Bulbophyllum [German Director of Botanical Garden In Indonesia early to mid 1800's]
Flower Size 2 1/4" [6 cm]
A small sized, hot to cool growing, unifoliate epiphytic orchid that is found in West Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, to the Philippines, Papua and New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Australia at altitudes of 50 to 800 meters in coastal forests and rainforests on trunks and large branches of trees and grows into large clumps with 3/4" to 2" [ 2 to 5 cm] between each, narrowly conical pseuobulb carrying a single, apical, elliptic leaves that blooms on a basal, erect, 6" [15 cm] long, 1 to 2 flowered inflorescence holding the flowers at leaf length and occuring in the spring to fall.
This species and B masdevalliceum are quite similar in most all respects but in details with the glabrous lip in this species. Compare with this photo of B masdevaliceum
Super detail showing hirsute lip sides Photo by Rich Ashby Copyright ©, and his Flickr Photo Website
Synonyms Bulbophyllum cuspidilingue Rchb.f 1861; Bulbphyllum epiphippium Rdl. 1921; Bulbophyllum maxillare [Lindley]Rchb.f 1861; *Cirrhopetalum blumei Lindl. 1830; Cirrhopetalum maxillare Lindley 1843; Epiphippium ciliatum Bl. 1825; Phyllorchis blumei [Lindl.]Ktze. 1891; Phyllorchis maxillaris [Lindl.]Ktze. 1891;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 drawing fide; Orchids of Malaya Holtum 1953; Notes on Cirrhopetalum Seidenfadden 1973; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1982; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 photo fide; The Orchids of the Solomon Islands and Bougainville Lewis & Cribb 1991 photo fide; Orchids of Borneo Vol 2 Vermeullen 1991 drawing/photo fide; Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfadden and Wood 1992 drawing fide; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchids of Papua New Guinea Millar 1999; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001 as B cuspidlingue; AOS Bulletin Vol 71 No 7 2002 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 71 No 12 2002 photo;A to Z of SE Asian Orchids O'Byrne 2001 photo fide; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001 ;
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