Bulbophyllum picturatum [Lodd.] Rchb.f 1861 SECTION Cirrhopetalum [Lindley] Rchb.f 1861 Photo by Eric Hunt, plant grown by Hanging Gardens

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Common Name The Striking Bulbophyllum

Flower Size 2 1/2" [2.5 to 5 cm]

A small sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte found on deciduous trees or on the ground below them in bright light from Assam to Burma and Thailand to Vietnam in primary montane forests at altitudes of 900 to 1550 meters with ovoid, angular, dark green pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, linear-oblong, obtuse, leaf that blooms in the spring on a basal, ascending, 5 to 10" [12 to 25 cm] long, slender, bracteate inflorescence that arises from an older pseudobulb and has 5 to 10 umbellate, fragrant, hirsute flowers. Does well on treefern or cork mounts in moderate bright light with cool to warm temperatures and water while growing and a lessening as growth matures.

Synonyms Bulbophyllum eberhardtii [ Gagnep.] Seidenfadden 1992; Bulbophyllum eberhardtii [Gagnep]Pham-Hoang 1972; Cirrhopetalum eberhardtii Gagnep. 1931; *Cirrhopetalum picturatum Lodd. 1840; Phyllorchis picturata (Lodd.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/95; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1912/1985; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as Bulbophyllum picturatum drawing; Notes on Cirrhopetalum Seidenfadden 1973 drawing ok; Orchids of Malaya Holttum 1953; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1967 as B picturatum; AOS Bulletin Vol 52 No 4 1983 photo; Manual Of Orchids Stewart 1995; Bulbophyllum and Their Allies Seigerist 2001; A Field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo fide; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 2 Tanaka 2004; Flora of China 25: 404–440. 2009

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