Bulbophyllum astelidum

Bulbophyllum astelidum Aver.; Opred. Orkhid. V'etnama 263 1994.

Bulbophyllum astelidum Aver.; Photos Sang Lộc

Vietnamese name: Lan lọng sao, cầu diệp sao

Chinese Name:

Common Name: The No Stelida Bulbophyllum

Latin Name: Bulbophyllum astelidum Aver.

Family: Orchidaceae

Synonym Name: No synonyms are recorded for this name.

Description: A cool growing epiphyte with a thick rhizome and .4 to 1.2" [1 to 3 cm] between each spherical, slightly unequal, indistinctly longitudinally sulcate pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, oval, apically bifid, coriaceous, subfleshy, sessile leaf that blooms in the late summer and earlier fall on an erect, from the rhizome inbetween the pseudobulb, peduncle to 1.2" [3 cm] long, 2 to 3 flowered inflorescence with cuneiform, much shorter than the ovary floral bracts and carrying whitish yellow flowers.

Distribution: Found in Vietnam: Gia Lai (K’Bang).

Ecological: Cling to woody plants in open forest, at an altitude of 300 - 400 m

Reference:

theplantlist.org

efloras.org

orchidspecies.com

Averyanov 1994 [Opred. Orkhid. V'etnama: 263 1994]