Bulbophyllum bicolor Lindl.

"Bulbophyllum bicolor Lindl. grows in Hong Kong. There is currently no exact information on where this species grows, so climate data and agricultural engineering advice are based on approximate altitude estimates and should be approached with caution"

Bulbophyllum bicolor Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 49 (1830).

Bulbophyllum bicolor Lindl.; Photos Darren Howard

Bulbophyllum bicolor Lindl.; Photos by Lik Tang Li

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym:

Cirrhopetalum bicolor (Lindl.) Rolfe

Phyllorchis bicolor (Lindl.) Kuntze

Phyllorkis bicolor (Lindl.) Kuntze

VietNam Name:

Cầu diệp hai màu.

English Name:

The Two Colored Bulbophyllum

China Name:

Er Se Juan Ban Lan - 二色卷瓣兰 

Description:

As a miniature sized, hot growing lithophyte with ovoid, slightly sulcate pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, elliptic, obtuse, gradually narrrowing below into the petiolate base leaf that and blooms in the spring on a basal, erect, 4 cm long, few flowered inflorescence holding the flowers towards the apex in an umbrel.

Distribution:

SE. China (Hong Kong), NE. Laos (Houphan province) and Vietnam (Dien Bien (Dien Bien City area) and Thanh Hoa (Thuong Xuan district)).

Ecological:

Rocks and cliffs along streams; at elevations of 150 to 550 m.

Culture:

Put it in warm temperatures, about 17-26C. and use saran screen 50-60 percent. Keep moist in summer seasons (don't allow it dry). Pot orchids in fine bark mounted or sphagnum moss.