Bulbophyllum maximum (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

 Bulbophyllum maximum (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 6(2): 259 (1861).

its native range is Tropical Africa.

Latinh Name: 

Bulbophyllum maximum (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

Synonym:

Bulbophyllum ciliatum Schltr.

Bulbophyllum cyrtopetalum Schltr.

Bulbophyllum djumaense (De Wild.) De Wild.

Bulbophyllum maximum var. oxypterum (Lindl.) Pérez-Vera

Bulbophyllum moirianum A.D.Hawkes

Bulbophyllum nyassanum Schltr.

Bulbophyllum oxypterum (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

Bulbophyllum platyrhachis (Rolfe) Schltr.

Bulbophyllum subcoriaceum De Wild.

Megaclinium djumaensis De Wild.

Megaclinium flaccidum Hook.

Megaclinium maximum Lindl.

Megaclinium oxypterum Lindl.

Megaclinium platyrhachis Rolfe

Megaclinium purpuratum Lindl.

Megaclinium subcoriaceum De Wild.

Phyllorkis maxima (Lindl.) Kuntze

Phyllorkis oxyptera (Lindl.) Kuntze

English Name:

The Largest Bulbophyllum.

Description: 

Pseudobulbs carrying to 3, apical, oblong, apex rounded and emarginate thick and leathery leaf that blooms in the fall on a single, basal, erect, 20" [50 cm] and more long inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb with many [50], small, successive opening, musky scented flowers spread out along the leaflike, flattened rachis with dentate edges.

Distribution:

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe.

Ecological:

Bifoliate epiphyte and an occasional lithophyte in open woodlands and riverine forests at elevations of 600 to 2100 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the fall.

Flower size:

7.5 mm.

Cultivation:

Keep plant in warm to hot temperatures. Keep moist in summer seasons and do not allow mix to dry, in winter the plant needs a distinctive drying period. Keep the potting media dry and mist it occassionally. Keep good air movement to avoid fungal growth. Keep plants in shade. Pot plants in sphagnum moss, fine bark, or mounted.

Type:

Jan 1, 1982 Barter [s.n.] K000410029 holotype