Bulbophyllum rufinum Rchb.f 1900 SECTION Anisopetalum [Hkr.] Lindl. 1846
Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl.
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Common Name The Fox-Red Bulbophyllum - In China Duan Xu Shi Dou Lan
Flower Size 3/8" [1 cm]
Found in India, eastern Himalayas, Myanamar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam in dense forests on tree trunks as a small to medium sized, unifoliate epiphyte at elevations of 150 to 1000 meters that has a prolonged dry spell from fall till spring that has an oblong pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, oblanceolate, petiolate leaf and blooms on a basal, decurved, 6 to 16" [15 to 40 cm] long, racemose inflorescence that has 2 to 3 sheaths and many erect flowers held above the leaves occuring in the fall and winter. I grow mine potted with a sandard bark mix and solite, high light, moderate humidity and warm to hot temperatures.
Synonyms Phyllorchis rufina (Rchb. f.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing, photo fide; A to Z Of SE Asian Orchids O'Byrne 2001 photo fide; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; Orchids Of India II Biodiversity & Status of Bulbophyllum Thou Augustine & Kumar 2001; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Orchid Genera in Thailand Vol VIII Bulbophyllum Thou. Seidenfaden 1990; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide
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