SECTION Sestochilus [Breda] Benth & Hook.f. 1883

Type: = Sestochilos uniflorum Breda = Bulbophyllum lobbii Lindley 1847

Characterized with distinct pseudobulbs giving rise to a single flowered inflorescence with amplexicaule floral bracts that may be tubular at the base only with free, equally long, obtuse to acuminate, margins entire, glabrous, 5 to 14 veined sepals and obtuse to acuminate, margins entire, glabrous, 5 to 12 veined petals with a mobile on a thin ligament, usually undivided, elliptic or oblong to obovate to triangular, or with a wide, triangular, hastate to cordate basal part and a narrow drawn out apical part, adaxially more or less concave near the base, sometimes with 2 converging ridges, adaxial surface glabrous, sometimes partly hirsute, abaxial surface glabrous, and has a stigma with 3 inner keels and a tapering towards the apex or not, and without teeth and carries 4 pollina.

Synonyms Section Stenochilus J.J.Sm. 1914

  1. Bulbophyllum adelphidium J.J.Verm. 1993 Sumatra

  2. Bulbophyllum affine Lindley 1832 western Himalayas, Assam, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanamar, Thailand, Laos, southern China, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Ryukyus Islands

  3. Bulbophyllum alsiosum Ames 1912 The Philippines

  4. Bulbophyllum anceps Rolfe 1892 Borneo

  5. Bulbophyllum apertum Schlechter 1906 Thailand, Indonesia, Borneo, Moluccas and Sulawesi

  6. Bulbophyllum apheles J.J.Verm. 1991 Sabah Borneo

  7. Bulbophyllum auriculatum J.J.Verm. & P.O'Byrne 2003 Sulawesi

  8. Bulbophyllum baileyi F Muell. 1875 NE Queensland Australia and New Guinea

  9. Bullbophyllum bataanense Ames 1905 Philippines

  10. Bulbophyllum breimerianum J.J.Verm. & A.Vogel 2007 Borneo

  11. Bulbophyllum cameronense Garay, Hamer, & Siegrist 1996 Malaysia

  12. Bulbophyllum capillipes C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f. 1874 Assam, Thailand and Burma

  13. Bullbophyllum claptonense Rolfe 1905

  14. Bulbophyllum cuspidipetalum J.J. Sm. 1908 Borneo and Malaysia

  15. Bulbophyllum dearei Rchb. f. 1888 Borneo, penninsular Malaysia and the Philippines

  16. Bulbophyllum elevatopunctatum J.J. Sm. 1920 Thailand and Sumatra

  17. Bulbophyllum evansi M.R. Hend. 1927 Malaysia

  18. Bulbophyllum facetum Garay 1997 The Philippines

  19. Bulbophyllum foetidolens Carr 1930 Penninsular Malaysia and Borneo

  20. Bulbophyllum gibbolabium Seidenf. 1979 Thailand

  21. Bulbophyllum grandifolium Schltr.1913 New Guinea

  22. Bulbophyllum hamatipes J.J. Sm. 1918 Java

  23. Bulbophyllum hyalosemoides Verm & O'Byrne 2011 Borneo and Sulawesi

  24. Bulbophyllum inunctum J.J. Sm. 1906 Borneo and Malaysia

  25. Bulbophyllum lobbii Lindley 1847 Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines

  26. Bulbophyllum microglossum Ridl. 1908 Thailand, Malaysia and Borneo

  27. Bulbophyllum nabawanense J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb 1994

  28. Bulbophyllum orectopetalum Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1992 Thailand, Burma and Cambodia Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Tonga, Fiji and Samoa

  29. Bulbophyllum palawanense Garay Philippines

  30. Bulbophyllum piestoglossum Verm 1994 Philippines

  31. Bulbophyllum pileatum Lindl. 1844 Malaysia, Borneo and Sumatra

  32. Bulbophyllum polystictum Ridl. 1909 SE Asia and New Guinea

  33. Bulbophyllum praetervisum J.J.Verm. 2002 Borneo

  34. Bulbophyllum pteroglossum Schltr. 1919 eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, Myanamar, Thailand, southern China and Vietnam

  35. Bulbophyllum pustulatum Ridl. 1903 Penninsular Malaysia and Borneo

  36. Bulbophyllum reticulatum Bateman 1866 Borneo

  37. Bulbophyllum santosii Ames 1915 the Philippines

  38. Bulbophyllum siamense Rchb.f 1867 Assam to Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and pennisular Malaysia through Indonesia

  39. Bulbophyllum signatum J.J. Vermeulen 1996 Sarawak, Borneo

  40. Bulbophyllum singaporeanum Schltr. 1911 Singapore and Johore Malaysia and also in Borneo

  41. Bulbophyllum smitinandii Seidenf. & Thorut 1996 Thailand and Vietnam

  42. Bulbophyllum spectabile Rolfe 1898 India, China, Thailand and Burma

  43. Bulbophyllum sumatranum Garay, Hamer & Siegrist 1996 Sumatra and Borneo

  44. Bulbophyllum tollenoniferum J.J. Sm. 1912 Papua New Guinea

  45. Bulbophyllum tortum Schltr. 1913 Papua New Guinea

  46. Bulbophyllum transarisanensis Hayata 1916 Taiwan

  47. Bulbophyllum truncicola Schltr. 1913

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  48. Bulbophyllum variabile Ridl 1903 Penninsular Malaysia

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; New species of Bulbophyllum from eastern Malesia (Orchidaceae) Nordic Journal of Botany 26: 129195, 2008 Vermuellen; Flora of China 25: 404–440. 2009

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