Bulbophyllum wightii Rchb.f. 1861 SECTION Cirrhopetalum [Lindl.] Rchb.f 1861

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Common Name Wight's Bulbophyllum [English Surgeon and Botanist 1800's]

Flower Size .6" [1.5 cm]

Found in Sri Lanka at lower elevations as a medium sized, hot growing epiphyte that blooms with 2 to 3 flowers per inflorescence.

See also B pintungense as Garay and most other references feel that B pintungense is a separate species and may be butas of yet I am not sure of the exact difference, it may be that B pingtungense has a pilose margin to the lip that B wightii does not have. I need a better photo of this species to be sure.

Synonyms Cirrhopetalum grandiflorum Wight 1852; Phyllorchis wightii (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Notes on Cirrhopetalum Seidenfaden 1973 drawing fide;

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