Bulbophyllum reptans (Lindl.) Lindl 1829 SECTION Desmosanthes [Bl.] J.J. Sm. 1933 Photos courtesy of Rudi Hromniak and his © and his Orchid Webpage

Yellow Flower Photo by Bhutan Orchid Adventures Website

Plant and Flower Photo courtesy of MR.TIPOL RUANGAKSORN and Exotic Bulbophyllum

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Common Name The Crawling Bulbophyllum [refers to the habit of the plant and flowers] - In China Fu Sheng Shi Dou Lan

Flower Size .4" [1 cm]

Found in Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan and southeastern Xizang China, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Myanamar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam on margins of sunny montane forests or on moss covered rocks at elevations of 1000 to 2800 meters as a miniature to small sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte or occasional lithophyte with a branched, creeping rhizome with 2 to 3.6" [5 to 9 cm] between each ovoid to ovoid-conical pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, coriaceous, linear to narrowly oblong, acute, narrowing below into the petiolate base leaf leaf that blooms in the spring and fall on an erect, basal, slender, to to 4" [to 10 cm] long, few to several [3 to 6] flowered inflorescence.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum grandiflorum Griff not Blume 1851; Bulbophyllum ombrophilum Gagnep. 1950; Bulbophyllum reptans var. acuta Malhotra & Balodi 1984 publ. 1985; Bulbophyllum reptans var. subracemosa Hook.f. 1890; Phyllorchis reptans (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; *Tribrachia reptans Lindl. 1821

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; The Orchids of North-Western Himalaya Vol IX Part II Duthie 1906; Orchid Genera In Thailand Vol VIII Seidenfadden 1990; Orchids of Kumaun Himalayas Pangtey, Samant and Rawat 1991; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 14 No 4 2000; Orchids Of India II Biodiversity & Status of Bulbophyllum Thou Augustine & Kumar 2001; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Maountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo fide; 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 ok; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide;

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