Bulbophyllum careyanum Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3: 732 (1826).
Bulbophyllum careyanum Spreng., Photo by Nair Lumi Yoshino |
its native range is Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China.
Latin Name:
Bulbophyllum careyanum Spreng.
Family:
Orchidaceae Juss.
Synonym:
Anisopetalon careyanum Hook.
Bulbophyllum careyanum var. sikkimense Lucksom
Bulbophyllum cupreum Hook.
Phyllorkis purpurea (Hook.) Kuntze
Pleurothallis purpurea D.Don
Tribrachia purpurea (D.Don) Lindl.
English Name:
Carey's Bulbophyllum (English Botanist 1800's).
Description:
With remote, spherical to oblong, lightly grooved pseudobulbs with a single apical, oblong to linear oblong, tapering at each end, sub-sessile below , sub-acute and notched apically leaf that blooms in the winter and spring on a basal, stout, brown, to 23 cm long, lateral to hanging, many flowered inflorescence with many lanceolate, brown bracts and carrying foul smelling flowers with lanceolate floral bracts that are longer than the ovary and all held in a dense cylindric raceme.
Distribution:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya.
Ecological:
In evergreen lowland forests as a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte at elevations of 200 to 2100 m.
Flowering times:
Blooms in the winter and spring.
Flower size:
1.2 cm.
Cultivation:
Keep plant 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. 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
- https://www.ipni.org/n/618531-1
- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:618531-1
- http://www.orchidspecies.com/bulbcareyanum.htm.
- https://andysorchids.com/pictureframe.asp?pic=images/Species/5474med.jpg&PicId=5474&PicNam=Cryptopus%20elatus
- https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Bulbophyllum_careyanum
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