Bulbophyllum leopardinum

Bulbophyllum leopardinum Lindl., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 1981 (1829).

Bulbophyllum leopardinum
Bulbophyllum leopardinum
Bulbophyllum leopardinum
Bulbophyllum leopardinum
Bulbophyllum leopardinum
Bulbophyllum leopardinum
Bulbophyllum leopardinum
Bulbophyllum leopardinum
Bulbophyllum leopardinum
Bulbophyllum leopardinum
Bulbophyllum leopardinum Lindl., Photo by  Nghiem Xuan Son

its native range is Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China. 

Latin Name: 

Bulbophyllum leopardinum Lindl.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Bulbophyllum colomaculosum Z.H.Tsi & S.C.Chen

Bulbophyllum schmidtianum Rchb.f.

Dendrobium leopardinum Wall.

Phyllorkis leopardina (Wall.) Kuntze

Phyllorkis schmidtiana (Rchb.f.) Kuntze

Sarcopodium leopardinum (Wall.) Lindl. & Paxton

Vietnamese  name:

Cầu diệp da báo

English Name:

The Leopard Spotted Bulbophyllum.

Chinese  name:

Duan Ting Shi Dou Lan - 短葶石豆兰

Description: 

With close set, ovoid, decurved, slightly rugose pseudobulbs carrying a single, ellipic, acute, conduplicate below into the petiolate base leaf and blooms in the fall on a basal, 6.25 cm long, 1 to 3 flowered inflorescence.

Distribution:

Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam (Sin Ho, Hà Giang), West Himalaya.

Ecological:

In forests at elevations of 1300 to 3300 m as a small sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte or lithophyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the fall.

Flower size:

3.7 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

https://www.ipni.org/n/619298-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:619298-1

http://www.orchidspecies.com/bulbleopardinum.htm.

http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242420933

https://thuocdongduoc.vn

https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Bulbophyllum

https://thuocdongduoc.vn/chi-aerides-lour-giang-huong

Bulbophyllum leopardinum
Bulbophyllum leopardinum
Bulbophyllum leopardinum
Bulbophyllum leopardinum
Bulbophyllum leopardinum
Bulbophyllum leopardinum Lindl., Photo by  Nghiem Xuan Son

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