Cirrhopetalum auratum Lindley 1840 SECTION Recurvae Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994
Plant and Flowers Photos courtesy of Manorot Tangsaveepha Copyright ©, and the Butterfly and Orchids Photo Gallery
Another Color Variety Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding
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Common Name The Golden Cirrhopetalum
Flower Size 1 1/2" [3.75 cm]
An umbel type orchid that blooms in early spring through the summer on a lateral to erect, slender, basal, to 6" [15 cm] long, purplish inflorescence that carries a solitary umbel of drooping, shoe-shaped flowers occuring in Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra and the Philippines at elevations around 100 to 1200 meters growing on mangrove trees with a creeping rhizome with 1/4 to 3/4" [1 to 2 cm] between each clustered ovoid, grooved, dark olive pseudobulb carrying a single, apical purplish leaf with a blunt apex and the base narrowing into a petiole. A hot to warm growing species that needs partial shade, high humidity and good air circulation.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum auratum (Lindl.) Ridl. 1861; Bulbophyllum borneense (Schltr.) J.J. Sm. 1907; Bulbophyllum campanulatum [Rolfe]Rolfe 1909; Cirrhopetalum borneense Schltr. 1906; Cirrhopetalum campanulatum Rolfe 1910; Cirrhopetalum candelabrum Lindley ex Moore 1854; Phyllorchis aurata (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as B campanulatum drawing, photo fide; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Notes on Cirrhopetalum Seidenfadden 1973; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; A to z Of SE Asian Orchids O'Byrne 2001; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and SIngapore Seidenfaden & Woods 1992; Orchids of Malaya Holttum Vol 1 Orchids 1957; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2001; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2002; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003
Cirrhopetalum auratum Lindley 1840 var alba
An albino version of the previous species.
Cirrhopetalum auratum Lindley 1840 var Orange
Lip Detail Photo courtesy of Khairimhd
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