Bulbophyllum moniliforme

 Bulbophyllum moniliforme C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30(1): 151 (1874).

Bulbophyllum moniliforme C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f., Photo by Jenny Stromvoll

its native range is Central Nepal to Indo-China. 

Latin Name: 

Bulbophyllum moniliforme C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Bulbophyllum jejosephii J.J.Verm., Schuit. & de Vogel

Bulbophyllum paramjitii Agrawala, Sharief & B.K.Singh

Bulbophyllum subtenellum Seidenf.

Jejosephia pusilla (J.Joseph & H.Deka) A.N.Rao & Mani

Phyllorkis moniliformis (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Kuntze

Trias pusilla J.Joseph & H.Deka

Vietnamese  name:

Cầu diệp chuỗi, Lọng Bảo Lộc.

English Name:

The Necklace-Like Bulbophyllum.

Description: 

Bulbophyllum moniliforme, the necklace-like bulbophyllum, is a super tiny, miniature-sized, warm to hot-growing epiphytic species from southeastern Asia.  B. moniliforme is grown mounted and just might be the cutest of all bulbophyllums.  It loses its tiny leaves in fall and blooms in late winter/early spring on its tiny, leafless, bead-like pseudobulbs.  Despite its minute size, it is not hard to grow, and it is really something to see.  A definite 10 on the cuteness scale.

Distribution:

Assam, Cambodia, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam (Bảo Lộc, Lâm Đồng).

Ecological:

as a mini-miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte or occasional lithophyte at elevations around 20 to 800 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the fall and winter.

Flower size:

1.0 mm.

Cultivation:

Easy to grow and flower. Mist every one to two days and grow in higher humidity. Grown on folded shade cloth.

Temperature: Intermediate to Warm; 58°F min. to 88°F max.

Light Level: Shade to Bright; 1500-2500 Footcandles (indirect light,pronounced shadowing).

Watering: Moist/Daily Watering; 4-7 waterings per week

Typus:

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/619569-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:619569-1

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

https://newworldorchids.com/shop/bulbophyllum-moniliforme/

https://www.orchidweb.com/orchids/other-orchids/species/bulbophyllum-moniliforme

https://andysorchids.com/pictureframe.asp?PicId=5930

https://thuocdongduoc.vn/chi-long-bulbophyllum