Bulbophyllum coriaceum Ridl. ex Stapf 1894 SECTION Stachysanthes (Bl.) J.J. Verm. & P. O’Byrne 2008

Plant and Flowers Photos by © Peter O'Byrne and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria

Common Name The Leathery Bulbophyllum [refers to the thick leaves]

Flower Size

Found in Sabah and Sarawak Borneo in hill, lower and upper montane forests at elevations of 600 to 3500 meters as a small sized, cold growing epiphyte or lithophyte with a creeping rhizome with 2.4" [6 cm] between each, small, globose pseduobulb carrying a single apical, erect, elliptic, acute, gradually narrowing below intothe petiolate base leaf that blooms on a basal, 4" [10 cm] long, many flowered inflorescence carrying sweetly fragrant flowers.

This species, B unguiculatum and B apodum are all very similar and all could be the same variable species.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum kinabaluense Rolfe 1914; Bulbophyllum venustum Ames & C.Schweinf. 1920

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 1 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing fide photo ok; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011;

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