Bulbophyllum stormii J.J. Sm. 1907 SECTION Macrocaulia (Bl.) Aver 1994
Plant and Flowers insitu Cameron Highlands Malaysia Photos by © David Kuehn
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Common Name Storm's Bulbophyllum
Flower Size 1 1/4" to 2 3/4" [3 to 7 cm]
A miniature, unifloliate, epiphytic species found in Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo at altitudes of 1000 to 2000 meters in wet or dry, dense or open montane forests on bare or mossy branches on understory trees or shrubs with an oblong, somewhat flattened pseudobulb that is oblique with an upturned tip, adpressed and close-set to the rhizome carrying a single, apical, elliptic, petiolate leaf which blooms in the summer and early fall on a slender, 2 3/8" to 3 3/4" [6 to 9 cm] long, erect inflorescence that has a solitary unscented flower held well above the leaves.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum araniferum Ridl. 1914; Bulbophyllum longistelidium Ridl. 1924; Bulbophyllum stormii J.J.Sm. var pengadangense J.J.Sm. 1917; Bulbophyllum tapirus J.J.Sm. 1928; Bulbophyllum triatriatum Carr 1930 misspell; Bulbophyllum tristriatum Carr 1930
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Malaya Holttum 1953; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as B tristriatum drawing fide; Orchid Genera of Thailand Vol VIII Bulbophyllum Thou. Seidedenfaden 1990; Orchdis of Borneo Vol 2 Vermuellen 1991 drawing/photo ?; Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia & Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing ok; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994 photo fide; A to Z of SE Asian Orchds O'Byrne 2001; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide
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