Bulbophyllum cariniflorum Rchb. f. 1861 SECTION Pleiophyllus J.J. Sm. 1914

Plant and Flower Photos courtesy of Rudi Hromniak and his © and his Orchid Webpage

Common Name The Keeled Flower Bulbophyllum [Refers to the keeled lateral sepals] - In China Jian Ye Shi Dou Lan

Flower Size 1/4" [.6 cm]

Found in the Eastern Himalayas Nepal, Bhutan, India, Thailand to Vietnam and Southern China at elevations around 1100 to 2100 meters as a small sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte with 5 angled, deeply grooved, squat pseudobulbs carrying a 2 to 3, apical, elliptic, acute leaves that blooms in the summer on a basal, erect, 6" [15 cm] long, subdensely 10 to 20 flowered, deflexed inflorescence with foetid smelling flowers.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum birmense Schlechter 1910; Bulbophyllum densiflorum Rolfe 1892

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 3 1985; Orchids of Kumaun Himalayas Pangtey, Samant and Rawat 1991; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Siegerist 2001; Orchids Of India II Biodiversity & Status of Bulbophyllum Thou Augustine & Kumar 2001; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Orchid Genera in Thailand Vol VIII Bulbophyllum Thou. Seidenfaden 1990; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide;

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