Bulbophyllum cylindraceum Lindl. 1830 SECTION Brachystachyae Benth. & Hook. f. 1883

Inflorescence Photo by © John Varigos

Part shadeCoolFall

Common Name The Cylindrical Bulbophyllum [refers to the inflorescence] - In China Da Bao Shi Dou Lan

Flower Size .3" [8mm]

Found in Yunnan province of China, Nepal, eastern Himalayas, Sikkim, India, Nepal, western Himalayas, Myanamar and Thailand in forests on trees and rocks at elevations of 1400 to 2400 meters as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte with a creeping, stout rhizome with .2 to .25" [5 to 7 mm] between each very small pseduobulb and carrying a rigid, erect, elliptic-oblong to obovate-lanceoalte, fleshy to leathery, obtuse to apiculate, gradually narrwoing below into the elongate, petiolate base leaf. The basal, pendant? or erect then arching?, densely many flowered inflorescence can be up to 36" [45 cm] long and has a basal sheath.

CAUTION I cannot verify this determination. All references seem to be contradictory in if the inflorescence is pendent, erect or erect-arching. The lip in the photos is very rounded and all drawings show it as pointier. I need better references.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum cylindraceum var. khasianum Hook.f. 1890; Bulbophyllum imbricatum Griff. 1851; Phyllorkis cylindracea (Wall. ex Lindl.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; Orchids Of India II Biodiversity & Status of Bulbophyllum Thou Augustine & Kumar 2001 drawing/photo ok; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Maountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo ?; Thirty Two New Species of Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae)from Sulawesi J.J. VERMEULEN 1 AND P. O’BYRNE Gard. Bulletin Singapore 60 (1): 73-153 2008; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing hmm; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photo ok

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