Bulbophyllum orientale Seidenf. 1979 SECTION Anisopetalum [Hkr.] Lindl. 1846 Photo by © Pierre Bonnet and the Asia Orchids Website
Another Flower Color Photo courtesy of Linda & Mikael Karlbom
Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of Bob Fallon Copyright © , and the Dr Leslie Garay Archives
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Common Name The Eastern Bulbophyllum - In China Mai Sui Shi Dou Lan
Flower Size 2/5" [1 cm]
Found in Southern Yunnan China, Thailand and Vietnam in evergreen primary montane forests and in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests and savana-like woodlands as a small sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte occuring at elevations of 500 to 2300 meters with thick rhizome and closey spaced, conical to ovoid, pseudobulbs carrying a single, coriaceous to subfleshy, oblong, petiolate leaf that flowers in the late spring and summer in nature on a basal, arcuate, 1 3/5" to 5.2" [4 to 13 cm] long, densely many flowered inflorescence enveloped by basal sheaths and having many small flowers held below the leaf
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Genera in Thailand Vol VIII Bulbophyllum Thou. Seidenfaden 1990; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2001; Flora of China 25: 404–440. 2009; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos ok
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