Bulbophyllum dayanum Rchb. f. 1865 SECTION Leopardinae Bentham 1883 Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Plant and Flowers Photo courtesy of Bill Bergstrom and Berstrom Orchids

Flower Closeup Photo courtesy of David Morris and Clackamas Orchids Home Page

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Common Name Day's Bulbophyllum [English Orchid Enthusiast 1800's]

Flower Size 1 1/2" [2 to 3 cm]

Found in India, Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests and savana-like woodlands at elevations of sealevel to 700 to 1300 meters as a miniature sized, cool to hot growing, unifoliate epihyte of wet, shadier, cooler areas with a creeping rhizome, globose to ovoid, channeled pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, oblong, coriaceous leaf that is deep green above and purple below that blooms in the spring and summer on a basal, very short, 2 to 5 flowered inflorescence with semi-nodding, foul smelling flowers held below the leaves next to the rhizome. This plant needs water lots of it as well as deep shade, in a wood basket with bark and covered with sphagnum moss.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum dyphoniae Tixier 1968; Bulbophyllum hispidum Ridl. 1897 ; Phyllorchis dayana (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1867 as Bolbophyllum dayanum drawing fide; Refugium Botanicum Reichenbach 1872 drawing fide; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing fide; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2001; Orchid Genera in Thailand Vol VIII Bulbophyllum Thou. Seidenfaden 1990; Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfadden and Wood 1992 drawing/photo fide; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Miniature Orchids McQueen 1992; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Flora's Orchids; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo fide; Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb & Laurent 1992; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide;

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