Bulbophyllum scabratum Rchb. f. 1864 SECTION Cirrhopetalum
Plant and flowers Photos by © Nimal Kumar
Another View Photos courtesy of Bob Fallon Copyright © , and the Dr Leslie Garay Archives
Photo courtesy of Bill Bergstrom and Bergstrom Orchids
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Common Name The Rough Bulbophyllum [refers to the surface of the sepals and petals]
Flower Size .8" [2 cm]
Found in Assam India, Bangladesh, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Thailand as a miniature sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte at elevations around 1300 to 2000 meters with crowded small, conical pseudobulbs [sulcate with age] carrying a single apical 6" [15 cm] long leaf and blooms in the spring on a basal, erect, 2 3/4" [7 cm] long inflorescence with an umbell of 3 to 6 flowers and needs to have protection from direct sunlight.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum confertum Hkr.f. 1890; Cirrhopetalum caespitosum Wall. ex Lindl. 1838; Phyllorchis conferta (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Icones Plantarum Vol 21 Hooker 1890 as B confertum drawing not; A Century of Indian Orchids Vol 5 Hooker 1895 as Cirrhopetalum caespitosum drawing fide; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as Cirrhopetalum caespitosum drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 4 1980 as Cirrhopetalum caespitosum; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002 photo fide; Notes on Cirrhopetalum Seidenfaden 1973 drawing fide; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; Orchids Of India II Biodiversity & Status of Bulbophyllum Thou Augustine & Kumar 2001 drawing/photo ok;
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