Bulbophyllum pectinatum Finet

Bulbophyllum pectinatum Finet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 44: 268 (1897).

Bulbophyllum pectinatum Finet; Photos Kurt Keller

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym Name: 

Bulbophyllum pectinatum var. transarisanense (Hayata) S.S.Ying

Bulbophyllum spectabile Rolfe

Bulbophyllum transarisanense Hayata

Bulbophyllum viridiflorum Hayata

VietNam Name:

Lan Lọng Đẹp, Cầu diệp mào; Cầu diệp trăm.

English Name:

The Comb-Like Bulbophyllum (Refers to the Comb-Like Rim Of the Lip). 

China Name:

Chang Zu Shi Dou Lan - 长足石豆兰 .

Description:

With ovoid pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, elliptic, petiolate below leaf that blooms in the later spring and summer on a stout, 6 cm long, single flowered inflorescence that arises at the base of a newly developed pseudobulb and holds the flower at leaf height. This species grows in hot to cool temperatures, partial shade and ample moisture and can be in a pot, basket or mounted on a slab of tree fern.

Distribution:

Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam (Hà Giang, Tuyên Quang, Lào Cai).

Ecological:

Epiphytic in forests, also found as a lithophyte along ravines; 1100-2600 m.

Refs:

Averyanov, L.V. (2010). Species of Orchids (Orchidaceae) newly recorded to the flora of Vietnam Taiwania 55: 1-7.

Wu, Z. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2009). Flora of China 25: 1-570. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Sittisujjatham, S. (2009). Wild Orchid of Thailand 2: 1-463. Amarin.

Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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