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Bulbophyllum mirum J.J. Sm. 1906 SECTION Cirrhopetalum

Another View Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

Another View Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt, plant grown by Gerardus Staal

Common Name The Enchanting Bulbophyllum

Flower Size 1 1/4" [3 cm]

This species was a member of section Cirrhopetalum in Bulbophyllum(though hardly a typical one), for that reason it has been separated to this newly formed genus. and grows at around 1000-1500 metres in Sumatra, Java, Bali and Malaysia . The shortly ovoid,acutely quadrangular, shiney olive green pseudobulbs are about 3/4" to 1.2" [1.7 to 3 cm] apart and carry a single, oval to oblong, abruptly narrowing below into the very short petiolate base leaf and blooms in the summer on a basal, 5/8" to 1.1" [1.5 to 2.6 cm] long inflorescence that always have 2-flowers, the lateral sepals 3-5 cm long. The fragrant flower is held below the pseudobulb and leaf.

Synonyms Cirrhopetalum mirum (J.J. Sm.) Schltr. 1913; Rhytionanthos mirum [J.J.Sm.] Garay, Hamer & Siegrist 1994

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 2 1984 photo fide; Orchids of Java Comber 1990 as B mirum; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001 as B mirum; Australian Orchid Review Vol 70 No 5 2005; Malesian Orchid Journal Vol 7 2011 drawing/photo fide; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide

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