Bulbophyllum wendlandianum [Kraenzl]Dammer 1912 SECTION Cirrhopetaloides Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994 Photo by Jay Pfahl
Plant and Flower Photo courtesy of Camp-Lota-Noise Orchids
Flower Closeup Photos courtesy of Bob Fallon Copyright © , and the Dr Leslie Garay Archives
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Common Name Wendland's Bulbophyllum [German Orchid Gardener- collected in Mexico 1800's]
Flower Size 6" long [9 to 15 cm]
Found in northern Myanamar and Thailand on trees and rocks in forests margins as a small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte or lithophyte at elevatons of 200 to 1500 meters that has oblong pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, elliptic-oblong to lanceolate, coriaceous leaf and blooming with up to 6 flowers occuring in the spring, on a 6" [15 cm] long, stout inflorescence which arises from a newly forming pseudobulb and holds an umbel of a few to many fragrant flowers at the apex of the pseudobulb. A hot to cool growing orchid that needs an open medium, patial shade and frequent watering and fertilizer.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum colletii Auct. non Kng. & Pntlg. 1961; Cirrhopetalum collettii Hemsl. 1896; Cirrhopetalum collettianum Hemsl. ex Collett & Hemsl. 1890; Cirrhopetalum fastuosum Rchb.f 1883; Cirrhopetalum proliferum hort. 1896; *Cirrhopetalum wendlandianum Kraenzl. 1900; Phyllorchis collettii (Hemsl.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae Vol 3 Reichenbach 1892 drawing fide; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 7 1958 drawing as Cirrhopetalum colletii; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as B collettii drawing; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as B collettii; Notes on Cirrhopetalum Seidenfaden 1973 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 52 No 2 1983 photo; Die Orchideen Band 3 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas # 40 Bulbophyllinae 1983 as Cirrhopetalum fascinator photo fide; Orchid Genera of Thailand Vol VIII Bulbophyllum Thou. Seidenfaden 1990; AOS Bulletin Vol 61 No 9 1992 photo; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; AOS Bulletin Vol 70 No 10 2001 photo; Bulbophyllums and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2001; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids Of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 68 No 2 2003 photo; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 2 Tanaka 2004; Flora's Orchids Nash & La Croix 2005; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide;
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