SECTION Desmosanthes [Bl.] J.J. Sm. 1933

TYPE: = Bulbophyllum croceum Lindl. 1830

Characterized by distinct pseudobulbs with 2 to more flowered inflorescence, a very short rachis with the flowers in a subumbellate inflorescence carrying white, yellow, orange or bright red without purple and sepals and petals glabrous to papillose but not ciliate.

SYNONYMS *Diphyes sect Corymbosae Blume 1825; SECTION Corymbosa [Bl] Avery. 1994

1. Bulbophyllum angustifolium (Blume) Lindl. 1830 Malaysia, Sumatra, Java and New Guinea?

2. Bulbophyllum arrectum Kraenzl. 1921 The Philippines

3. Bulbophyllum bakhuizenii Steenis in A.Hamzah & M.Toha 1972 Nicobar Islands, penninsular Malaysia, Java, Sumatra and Borneo

4. Bulbophyllum brevipes Ridl.1903 Malaysia

5. Bulbophyllum brevistylidium Seidenf. 1979 Thailand

6. Bulbophyllum capitatum (Blume) Lindl. 1830 Java, Borneo

7. Bulbophyllum caudatum Lindley 1829 northeastern India, Nepal and Sikkim

8. Bulbophyllum cauliflorum Hook.f. 1890 eastern Himalayas, Sikkim and Assam

9. Bulbophyllum cephalophorum Garay, Hamer and Siegrist 1996 the Philippines

10. Bulbophyllum compressum Teijsm. & Binn.1862 Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Sulawesi

11. Bulbophyllum concinnum Hook.f. 1890 Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Borneo, India and Singapore

12. Bulbophyllum corallinum Tixier & Guillaumin 1963 Yunnan China, Vietnam and Thailand

13. !Bulbophyllum croceum Lindl. 1830 Java, Sumatra

14. Bulbophyllum diplantherum Carr 1932 Penninsular Malaysia

15. Bulbophyllum evrardii Gagnep. 1930 Vietnam and Cambodia

16. Bulbophyllum flammuliferum Ridl. 1898 Penninsular Malaysia and Borneo

17. Bulbophyllum flavidiflorum Carr 1933 Sumatra to Java

18. Bulbophyllum gamblei Hook. f. 1912 eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, Sikkim and Assam India

19. Bulbophyllum globulus Hook.f. 1890 penninsular Malaysia

20. Bulbophyllum kwangtungense Schltr.1924 southern China

21. Bulbophyllum laxiflorum [Bl.] Lindl. 1830 Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Java and the Philippines

22. Bulbophyllum ledungense Tang & F.T.Wang 1974 Hainan China

23. Bulbophyllum leptanthum Hook.f. 1890 Assam and the eastern Himalayas

24. Bulbophyllum longirepens Ridl. 1908Borneo

25. Bulbophyllum medusae [Lindley]Rchb.f 1861 Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Sulawesi

26. Bulbophyllum obtusum (Blume) Lindl.1830 Malaysia, Borneo, Java and Sumatra

27. Bulbophyllum odoratissimum [Sm.]Lindley 1828 Assam, Eastern Himalayas, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanamar,Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and China

28. Bulbophyllum ovatum Seidenf. 1979 Thailand

29. Bulbophyllum planibulbe (Ridl.) Ridl.1907 Penninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Borneo as well as Sumatra

30. Bulbophyllum polyrrhizum Lindl. 1830 western Himalayas, Assam, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Sikkim, India, Myanamar, Yunnan China and Thailand

31. Bulbophyllum protractum Hook.f. 1890 Assam, Sikkim, Burma, Thailand and Vietnam

32. Bulbophyllum reptans (Lindl.) Lindl 1829 , Guangxi, Yunnan and southeastern Xizang China, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Myanamar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam

33. Bulbophyllum shweliense W.W. Sm. 1921 eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, Yunnan Province China, Vietnam and Thailand

34. Bulbophyllum simplex J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2003 Sulawesi

35. Bulbophyllum stellatum Ames 1912 the Philippines

36. Bulbophyllum stenobulbon Parish & Rchb. f. 1916 Assam India, China, Thailand, Myanamar, Laos and Vietnam

37. Bulbophyllum sulcatum (Blume) Lindl. 1830 Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands and Sumatra

38. Bulbophyllum sutepense (Rolfe ex Downie) Seidenf. & Smitinand 1961 Yunnan China, Vietnam, Thailand and Laos

39. Bulbophyllum tengchongense Z.H.Tsi 1989 southwestern Yunnan

40. Bulbophyllum trichocephalum (Schltr.) T. Tang & F.T. Wang 1951 eastern Himalayas, Assam, Thailand, China

41. Bulbophyllum triflorum (Breda) Blume 1828 Sumatra to western Java

42. Bulbophyllum vaginatum [Lindley]Rchb.f 1864 Thailand, Malaysia, Java and Borneo