Bulbophyllum singaporeanum Schltr. 1911 SECTION Sestochilus [Breda]Benth & Hkr.f 1883
Plant and Flowers Photo courtesy of Nik Fahmi and his Vortex Orchid Page
Common Name The Singapore Bulbophyllum
Flower Size
Found from the lowlands of Singapore and Johore Malaysia and also in Borneo as a small to medium sized, hot growing epiphyte with a thick sheath covered rhizome giving rise to 4" spaced, slightly flattened, cylindrical psuedobulbs carrrying a single apical, narrowly linear, acute, basally conduplicate leaf that blooms in the fall on a very short, basal, several to many flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb and carrying very foul smelling, wide open flowers
Synonyms Bulbophyllum densiflorum Ridl. 1897
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Woods 1992 drawing fide; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994;
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