Bulbophyllum farreri (W.W.Sm.) Seidenf. 1973 publ. 1974SECTION Umbellatae Bentham 1883 Photo by Karl Senghas © and Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Site

Common Name Farrer's Bulbophyllum [English Plant Collector in southern China 1800's] - In China Ma Li Po Juan Ban Lan

Flower Size .2" [5 mm]

Found in Yunnan province of China, Vietnam and Myanamar in broad leaved forests at elevations around 1000 meters as a small sized, warm growing epiphyte with a creeping rhizome that has clustered, ovoid-globose pseudobulb carrying a single, subsessile, thickly leathery, obtuse and emarginate apically leaf that blooms in the spring on a basal, spreading, 2.8"" [7 cm] long, 5 to 9 flowered, umbellate inflorescence with lanceolate floral bracts.

CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determination so please use with caution

Synonyms Bulbophyllum malipoense Z.J.Liu, S.C.Chen & S.P.Lei 2008; Bulbophyllum malipoense Z.J.Liu, L.J.Chen & W.H.Rao 2010; *Cirrhopetalum farreri W.W.Sm. 1921

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009;

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