Bulbophyllum pahudii [De Vr] Rchb.f 1861
Plant and Flower Photo courtesy of Jo Levy Copyright ©, Leslie Garay Archives
Common Name Pahudi's Bulbophyllum
Flower Size 2" [5 cm]
Found in Java at elevations of 850 to 1200 meters as a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte on tree trunks or scrambling terrestrial from very wet areas that has large, oblong pseudobulbs and a single, apical, narrowing below into the v-channeled petiole of the leaf that blooms in the spring on a 4" [20 cm] long inflorescence with several [12], large, showy, malodorous flowers held in an umbel. I have this speies in 2 places here as B pahudii and according to Garay and Lindleyana Vol.17 #1/2002 the correct name should be B carinatum [C carinatum 1853] as it was named before C pahudii 1854, as this is the only reference for this name I await a new revision of Bulbophyllum to make the correct choice.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum viridescens Ridl. 1908; Cirrhopetalum capitatum [Bl.] Lindley 1843; *Cirrhopetalum carinatum Teijm & Binn. 1853; Cirrhopetalum flagelliforme Teijsm. & Binn. ex Rchb. 1861; Cirhopetalum pahudi De Vriese 1854; Epicranthes javanica Blume 1825; Ephippium capitatum Bl. 1825; Phyllorchis javanica (Blume) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905; Notes on Cirrhopetalum Seidenfadden 1973 as B pahudii; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001 as B pahudii; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995 as B pahudi; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1985 as B pahudi; Orchids of Java as b pahudii
