Bulbophyllum semiteretifolium

Bulbophyllum semiteretifolium Gagnep., Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 1930, Ser. II.ii. 148.

Bulbophyllum semiteretifolium Gagnep., Photos by Nguyễn Hằng

Bulbophyllum semiteretifolium Gagnep., Photos by Nghiêm Xuân Sơn

its native range is Vietnam

Latinh Name: 

Bulbophyllum semiteretifolium Gagnep.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

Vietnamese name:

Cầu diệp bán trụ

English Name:

The Semi-Terete Leaf Bulbophyllum.

Description: 

With 2 cm between each globose pseudobulb enveloped by fibrous sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, semiterete, acute leaf that blooms on a 2" [5 cm] long, 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence carrying.

Distribution:

Vietnam (Lâm Đồng, Đắk Lắk).

Ecological:

In open evergreen forests at elevations of 1100 to 1200 m as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte in open areas.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the summer.

Flower size:

1.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Plants usually grow in in intermediate to warm temperatures. Keep moist in summer seasons and do not allow mix to dry, in winter keep the mix slight dry and reduce watering. Watering usually varies between plants Keep good air movement to avoid fungal growth. Keep plants in shade. Pot plants in sphagnum moss, fine bark, or mounted.

Typus:

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- orchidspecies.com

- ipni.org

- powo.science.kew.org

- orchids.fandom.com

- thuocdongduoc.vn