Bulbophyllum cornutum [Blume]Rchb.f 1861 SECTION Leopardinae Bentham 1883 Photo courtesy of Peter Maxwell

Common Name or Meaning The Horned Bulbophyllum

Flower Size 1 1/4" [3 cm]

Found in Borneo, Java and the Philippines in hill and lower montane forests at elevations of 900 to 1700 meters and higher as a small sized, warm growing epiphyte with pseudobulbs enveloped in long stiff bristles and carry a single apical, thick leaf and flowers in the summer in Borneo on a basal, 1 1/4 to 2 3/4" [3 to 7 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum concavum Ames & C.Schweinf. 1920 ; Bulbophyllum wenzelii Ames 1913; *Ephippium cornutum Blume 1825; Phyllorchis cornuta [Blume] Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Bonplandia Rchb.f 1857 as Ephippium cornutum; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905; Die Orchideen Von Java Figuren Atlas J.J.Smith 1908 drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959; Notes on Cirrhopetalum Seidenfadden 1973; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 3 1985 as Bulbophyllum helenae; Orchid Genera of Thiland Vol VIII Bulbophyllum Thou. Seidenfadden 1990; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 ; Orchids of Borneo Vol 2 Vermuellen 1991 drawing/photo fide; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Wood Beaman & Beaman 1993; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; Australian Orchid Review Vol 70 No 2 2005; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing/photo fide;

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