Bulbophyllum pecten-veneris

 Bulbophyllum pecten-veneris (Gagnep.) Seidenf., Dansk Bot. Ark. 29(1): 37 (1974).

Bulbophyllum pecten-veneris (Gagnep.) Seidenf., Photo Dinh Quang Diep

Bulbophyllum pecten-veneris (Gagnep.) Seidenf., Photo by Bun Anhbun Phan

its native range is S. China to Indo-China.

Latin Name: 

Bulbophyllum pecten-veneris (Gagnep.) Seidenf.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Bulbophyllum tingabarinum Garay, Hamer & Siegerist

Bulbophyllum tingabarinum f. flavum O.Gruss

Cirrhopetalum miniatum Rolfe

Cirrhopetalum pecten-veneris Gagnep.

Vietnamese name:

Lọng vệ nữ.

English Name:

The Comb-Like Nerved Bulbophyllum (refers to the fringed petals and dorsal sepal)

Chinese name:

Ban Chun Juan Ban Lan - 斑唇卷瓣兰.

Description: 

With a branching rhizome giving rise to close set, ovoid-globose wrinkled, squat, subtly tetragonal to many angled pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, ovate-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, obtuse apically, subsessile base leaf that blooms in the spring on a basal, slender, descending to pendent, laterally from the base, to 10 cm long, 3 to 9 flowered inflorescence holding the simultaneously opening flowers in an umbel.

Distribution:

China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Laos, Vietnam (Lai Châu, Cao Bằng, Quảng Ninh, Tây Nguyên, Lâm Đồng).

Ecological:

In evergreen lowland forests at elevations of 800 to 1200 m as a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

3.5 cm.

Cultivation:

Keep plant in 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/619799-1

- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:619799-1

- http://www.orchidspecies.com/bulbpectinveneris.htm

- https://thuocdongduoc.vn/chi-luisia-gaudich-1829

- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250092846

- https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Bulbophyllum_pectenveneris