Bulbophyllum gymnopus Hook.f. 1890 SECTION Altisceptrum J.J.Sm. 1914
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Common Name The Naked Bulbophyllum - In China Xian Ban Shi Dou Lan
Flower Size .4" [1 cm]
Found in the Eastern Himalayas, Assam, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanamar and Thailand at elevations of 600 to 2000 meters as a miniature sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte in evergreen forests and lithophyte on the rocks below with 5" between each ellipsoid, smooth pseudobulbs carrying a sinlge apical, lanceolate acute leaf that blooms in the winter on a 5 to 6 " [12.5 cm to 15 cm] long, several to many flowered inflorescence with unpleasingly scented flowers that are evenly spaced from near the base of the inflorescence to the apex.
Synonyms Drymoda gymnopus (Hook.f.) Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994; Monomeria gymnopus (Hook.f.) Aver. 1994; Phyllorchis gymnopus (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Icones Plantarum Vol 21 Hooker 1890 drawing fide; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin VOl 27 No 1 1958 drawing; Orchid Genera In Thailand Vol VIII Bulbophyllum Thou 1990; Orchids Of India II Biodiversity & Status of Bulbophyllum Thou Augustine & Kumar 2001 as Drymoda gymnopus; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Siegerist 2001 as Drymoda gymnopus; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 as Drymoda gymnopus; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photo ok;
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