Bulbophyllum suavissimum Rolfe 1889 SECTION Pleiophyllus J.J.Sm. 1914

Plant and flower Photos courtesy of Jo Levy Copyright ©, Leslie Garay Archives

Common Name The Mild Bulbophyllum - In China Zhi Ting Shi Dou Lan

Flower Size 1/3" [8 mm]

Found in southern Yunnan province of China, Thailand and Myanamar in evergreen broadleaved forests as a miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte at elevations of 900 to 1700 meters with ovoid-oblong, lumpy pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, deciduous, thin, narrowly oblanceolate leaf and blooming in the winter on a 10" [25 cm] long, decurved, sheathed inflorescence with pendant, fragrant flowers. This plant requires high humidity and regular waterings as well as partial shade.

Synonyms Phyllorchis suavissima [Rolfe] Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95 The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; A Field Guide To The Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo fide; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Orchid Genera of Thailand Vol VIII Bulbophyllum Thou. 1992; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 2 Tanaka 2004; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide

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