Bulbophyllum planibulbe (Ridl.) Ridl. 1907 SECTION Desmosanthes [Bl.] J.J. Sm. 1933

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Common Name The Flat Bulb Bulbophyllum

Flower Size 1/2" [1.1 cm]

Found in Penninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Borneo as well as Sumatra in lowlands and hill forests creeping on trees at elevations around 700 meters as a miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with flattened cylindrical pseudobulbs that are adpressed to the rhizome and carrying a single apical, thick elliptic leaf that gradually narrows below and is apically bidentate which blooms on an erect, purple, 3 3/4" [9 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with 2 to 5 flowers

Originally described erroneously as a Cirrhopetalum and later moved to Bulbophyllum and the section Corymbosa.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum tenerum Ridl. 1898; *Cirrhopetalum planibulbe Ridl. 1893;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora of Malaya Vol 1 Holttum 1957; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as B tenerum; Notes on Cirrhopetalum Seidenfaden 1973; Orchid Genera in Thailand VIII Bulbophyllum Thou. Seidenfadden 1990; Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden 1992 drawing fide; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Wood Beaman & Beaman 1993; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seifgerist 2001; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide

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