Bulbophyllum ambrosia (Hance) Schlechter

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Bulbophyllum ambrosia (Hance) Schlechter; Photo by Dawn Franklin 

Vietnamese name: 

Cầu diệp hạnh nhân (PHH), Lọng tía (TH)

Latin Name: 

Bulbophyllum ambrosia (Hance) Schlechter 1919

Synonym Name: 

Bulbophyllum ambrosia subsp. Ambrosia; Bulbophyllum amygdalinum Aver.; Bulbophyllum watsonianum Rchb.f.; Eria ambrosia Hance

Family: 

Orchidaceae

Description: 

Basal, 7.5 cm long, wiry, single flowered inflorescence arising on old and new unifoliate, ellipsoid, orange-yellow psuedobulbs with the sweetly fragrant, honeuy or bitter almond scented flowers held below the solitary, ligulate, coriaceous leaf.

Use: 

Tonic, cure sperm, cure lymphadenopathy, cure hepatitis (whole tree)

Distribution: 

In Việt Nam: Sa Pa, Tam Đảo, Quảng Ninh, Phong Nha - Kẻ Bàng.

Bulbophyllum ambrosia (Hance) Schlechter; Nghiem Xuan Son