Bulbophyllum roxburghii (Lindl.) Rchb. f. 1864 SECTION Cirrhopetalum Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding

Plant and Flower Photo courtesy of David Bealer

Common Name Roxburgh's Bulbophyllum [Director of Calcutta Botanic Garden early 1800's]

Flower Size 3/4" [2 cm]

Found in Assam India, Sikkim and the Eastern Himalayas in tropical valleys at elevations around 300 meters as a medium sized, hot growing epiphytic species with .6 to 1.2" [1.5 to 3 cm] between each subglobose pseudobulbs enveloped basally by fibrous sheaths and carrying a single, apical, coriaceous, linear-oblong, obtuse, obliquely emarginate, sessile t oshortly petiolate base leaf and blooms in the spring through summer on an erect, basal, to 8" [20 cm] long, slender, bracteate, 5 to 12 flowered inflorescence that exceeds the heigth of the leaves and has an apical umbel of flowers. Best grown in baskets or pots and given hot temperatures and partial shade, good air movement, and moderate water and fertilizer.

Synonyms Aerides radiatum Roxb ex Lindley 1830; Cirrhopetalum roxburghii Lindl. 1830; Phyllorchis roxburghii (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Plantarum Vol 21 Hooker 1891 as Cirrhopetalum roxburgii drawing ok; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 4 1980 as Cirrhopetalum roxburgii; Orchids Of India II Biodiversity & Status of Bulbophyllum Thou Augustine & Kumar 2001 as Cirrhopetalum roxburghii; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 as Cirrhopetalum roxburgii; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 11 2008 photo

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