SECTION Pelma Schlechter 1913

Characterized by an inflorecence with 1 or more flowers a flower with the dorsal sepal apex being obtuse to caudate and has distinct lateral sepals that are not very small. The lip is not divided into lobes and usually has an inconspicuous to disinct concavity that has 2 converging teeth which together usually form a transverse ridge. The column has a distinctly protruding or not rostellum, the base of the stigma protrudes often as a beaked structure in lateral view or not but does not have teeth, The column foot has a thick median knob immediately above the concavity.

Type: Bulbophyllum absconditum J. J. Sm 1905

1. !Bulbophyllum absconditum J.J. Sm 1905 Bali, Java and Sumatra, New Caledonia and Vanuatu

2. Bulbophyllum ankylorhinon J.J.Verm. 1992 Papua New Guinea

3. Bulbophyllum colliferum J.J.Sm. 1911 New Guinea

4. Bulbophyllum fractiflexum J.J. Sm. 1908 Papuan and New Guinea and Solomon Island

5. Bulbophyllum leptoleucum Schltr.1913 New Guinea

6. Bulbophyllum leucothyrsus Schltr. 1913 New Guinea

7. Bulbophyllum oliganthum Schltr.1913 Moluccas, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands

8. Bulbophyllum pachytelos Schltr. 1905 Papua New Guinea

9. Bulbophyllum pseudopelma J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2003 Sulawesi

10. Bulbophyllum reductum J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2003 Sulawesi

11. Bulbophyllum savaiense Schltr.1911 New Guinea, the Phillipines, Sulawesi, Samoa, Fiji and Vanuatu

12. Bulbophyllum stipulaceum Schltr. 1905 New Guinea

    References Orchid Monographs Vol 7 Vermeullen 1993 New species of Bulbophyllum from eastern Malesia (Orchidaceae) Nordic Journal of Botany 26: 129
    195, 2008 Vermuellen; Bulbophyllum of Sulawesi Verm & O'Byrne 2011