Bulbophyllum skeatianum Ridl. 1915 SECTION Cirrhopetalum
Inflorescence Photos by © David Kuehn
Another Flower Photos courtesy of Bob Fallon Copyright ©, and the Dr Leslie Garay Archives
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Common Name The ? Bulbophyllum
Flower Size 5/8" [1.5 cm]
A small epiphyte from Malaysia and Laos on ridgetop hill forests on stunted trees in exposed situations occuring at elevations of 1200 to 1750 meters and requires warm to cool temperatures, light shade and high humidity with ovoid, maroon to brown pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, linear leaf and blooms in the later summer on a dark purple, 4" [10 cm] long inflorescence with an umbel of several [10] flowers held above the leaf.
Synonyms Bulbophyllum touranense Gagnep. 1931; Cirrhopetalum skeatianum (Ridl.) Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994; Cirrhopetalum touranense Gagnep 1931; Cirrhopetalum touranense var brevifolium Gagnep 1933
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Notes on Cirrhopetalum Seidenfaden 1973 drawing fide; The Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing fide; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide
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