Bulbophyllum ornatissimum (Rchb. f.) J.J. Sm. 1912 SECTION Cirrhopetalum Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

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Common Name The Ornate Bulbophyllum

Flower Size 4" [10 cm]

Found in India, Assam and the eastern Himalayas as a small sized, warm to hot growing epiphyte with ovoid pseudobulbs and a single, apical, linear-oblong, obtuse leaf that carries 1 to 3, apical, fragrant flowers in an umbel on each erect, 6" [15 cm] long inflorescence which arise from the base of the mature psuedobulb occuring in the winter.

Synonyms *Cirrhopetalum ornatissimum Rchb. f. 1882; Mastigion ornatissimum (Rchb. f.) Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994; Phyllorchis ornatissimum [Rchb.f] Ktze. 1891;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 31 No 8 1962 photo; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 photo not; Die Orchideen #1 1-4 tafel 1&2 Rudolph Schlechter 1971 as Cirrhopetalum ornatissimum photo ok; Bulbophyllum The Incomplete Guide From A to Why Thoms 2009 photo/drawing fide

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