SECTION Brachystachyae Benth. & Hook. f. 1883

TYPE Bulbophyllum (“Bolbophyllum”) repens Wall

SYNONYMS - Cochlia Bl. 1825; Sect. Cochlia (Bl.) Benth. & Hook.f. 1883; sect. Cylindracea Pfitz. 1889; sect. Saurocephalum Schltr. 1912; sect. Globiceps Schltr. 1913; Osyricera Bl. 1825; Sect. Osyricera (Bl.) J.J. Sm. 1914; sect. Diptychanthes sensu Rchb.f. 1857;

Characterized by a typically short column foot and the attachment of the lip is often deeply imbedded in the surface formed by the base of the lateal sepals, the dense racemoise with flowers in a regular pattern or lax with flowers having the lateral sepals adpressed to the rachis and having purple coloring. The lateral sepals form a dish to bowl-shaped structure around the lip. The best defining diagnostic sign is the upper margin stellida usually with a slight to distrinct wing or tooth, 4 pollina. Remember that stelida have a vein that runs into it wings do not.

1. Bulbophyllum aithorhachis J.J.Verm 1996

2. Bulbophyllum alcicorne C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f. 1874 Burma, Malaysia and Thailand

3. Bulbophyllum anakbaruppui J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2003 Sulawesi

4. Bulbophyllum atrorubens Schltr. 1906 Sulawesi, New Guinea, Moluccas, New Caledonia, Samoa and Vanuatu

5. Bulbophyllum botryophorum Ridl. 1897 Malaysia and Sarawak Borneo

6. Bulbophyllum cochlia Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994 Java

7. Bulbophyllum coniferum Ridl. 1909 Malaysia, Java, Sumatra and Borneo

8. Bulbophyllum cylindraceum Lindl. 1830 Nepal, eastern Himalayas, Sikkim, India, Nepal, western Himalayas, Myanamar and Thailand

9. Bulbophyllum cyrtognomom J.J.Verm. & A.L.Lamb 2008

10. Bulbophyllum globiceps Schltr. 1905 New Guinea

11. Bulbophyllum gracilipes King & Pantl. 1896 Sikkim and Darjeleen

12. Bulbophyllum grotianum J.J.Verm. 2002 Sarawak Borneo

13. Bulbophyllum hastiferum Schltr. 1911 Sulawesi

14. Bulbophyllum holttumii A.D.Hawkes 1956 Thailand and Malaysia

15. Bulbophyllum illecebrum J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2003 Sulawesi

16. Bulbophyllum khasyanum Griff. 1851 Chinese Himalayas, eastern Himalayas, Assam, Thailand and Vietnam

17. Bulbophyllum kiamfeeanum J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne Sep 2008 Sulawesi

18. Bulbophyllum piliferum J.J.Sm. 1908 Papua New Guinea

19. Bulbophyllum pubiflorum Schltr. 1911 Sulawesi

20. Bulbophyllum repens Griff. 1851 Chinese Himalayas, eastern Himalayas, Assam, Myanamar, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam

21. Bulbophyllum retrorsum J.J.Verm. & A.L.Lamb 2008 Malaysia and Borneo

22. Bulbophyllum rigidum King & Pantl. 1898 eastern Himalayas, Assam India, Nepal and Sikkim

23. Bulbophyllum rubiferum J.J.Sm. 1918 Sarawak, Borneo and Java

24. Bulbophyllum salaccense Rchb.f. 1857 Malaysia, Borneo, Java and Sumatra

25. Bulbophyllum saurocephalum Rchb. f. 1886 Philippines

26. Bulbophyllum spadiciflorum Tixier 1966 Vietnam

27. Bulbophyllum stenurum J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2003 Sulawesi

28. Bulbophyllum trigonobulbum Schltr. & J.J.Sm. 1914 Sulawesi

29. Bulbophyllum xylophyllum C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f. 1874 Bhutan, Assam, India, Burma, Thailand and Vietnam