Bulbophyllum affine Lindley 1833 SECTION Sestochilus [Breda]Benth & Hkr.f 1883 Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

Well grown Plant with flowers Photo courtesy of Dale Borders

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Common Name The Similar Bulbophyllum

Flower Size 1 1/5" [3 cm]

This miniature plant comes from the western Himalayas, Assam, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanamar, Thailand, Laos, southern China, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Ryukyus Islands in evergreen lowland forests at elevations of 600 to 1800 meters and is a small sized, cool to warm growing, unifoliate epiphyte with 2.4 to 2.8" [6 to 7 cm] between each thin, slightly basally thickened, elongate psuedobulbs carrying a single, apical, narrowly oblong, obtuse, narrowing below into the conduplicate petiolate base leaf and blooms on a basal, slender, to 2 3/4" [7 cm] long, solitary flowered inflorescence that is shorter than the leaves, occuring from altitudes of 800-2000 meters that thrives in teak baskets with tree fern and wood chips blooms in the spring and summer.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum kusukuensis Hayata 1914; Phyllorchis affinis (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Sarcopodium affine (Lindl.) Lindl. & Paxton 1850

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Genera in Thailand VIII Bulbophyllum Thou. Seidenfadden 1990; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2001; Bulbophyllums and their Allies Siegerist 2001; Beautiful Orchids of Nepal Rajbhandari & Bhattarai 2001; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002;