Bulbophyllum pectinatum Finet 1897 SECTION Leopardinae Bentham 1883
Plant and FlowerPhoto by © Linda & Mikael Karlbom, Sweden
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Common Name The Comb-Like Bulbophyllum [Refers to the Comb-Like Rim Of the Lip] - In China Chang Zu Shi Dou Lan
Flower Size 2" [5 cm]
This mini-miniature sized, hot to cool growing, unifoliate epiphyte occurs on wooded slopes at elevations of 1000 to 2500 meters in Sounthern China, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, India, Taiwan and Burma with ovoid pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, elliptic, petiolate below leaf that blooms in the later spring and summer on a stout, 2 3/8" [6 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence that arises at the base of a newly developed pseudobulb and holds the flower at leaf height. This species grows in hot to cool temperatures, partial shade and ample moisture and can be in a pot, basket or mounted on a slab of tree fern.
Very similar to B transarisanensis and may be conspecific with but I have left them separate. There are differences in the angle of the lateral lobes of the comb-like lip and in the amount and length of the hairs.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; Orchids Of India II Biodiversity & Status of Bulbophyllum Thou Augustine & Kumar 2001; Orchid Genera of 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; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids Of Thailand Vaddhanphuti 2001 photo fide; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Maountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo fide; 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; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide;
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