Bulbophyllum flabelloveneris

Bulbophyllum flabelloveneris (Koenig) Aver. 2003, Aver. & Averyanova, Updated Checklist. Orch. Vietnam: 73.

Bulbophyllum flabelloveneris (Koenig) Aver.; All photos © L. Averyanov

Synonyms.

Epidendrum flabellum-veneris Koenig, 1791, Retz Obs. 6: 57. - Cirrhopetalum flabelloveneris (Koen.) Seidenf. & Ormerod, 1995, Seidenf, Descr. Epidendr. Koenig: 39.

Ephippium lepidum Blume, 1825, Bijdr.: 310. - Bulbophyllum lepidum (Blume) J. J. Smith, 1905, Fl. Buitenz. 6: 471; Seidenf., 1992, Opera Bot. 114: 279: Aver., 1994, Ident. Guide Vietnam. Orch.: 273; P. H. Ho, 1993, 111. Fl. Vietnam 3, 2: 1102, f.10238: Thin, 1997, Sida 17, 4: 756. - Cirrhopetalum lepidum (Blume) Schlechter, 1911, Fed. Repert. 10: 185. Cirrhopetalum gamosepalum Griff., 1851, Not. Pi. Asiat. 3: 296; Gagnep., 1951, Not. Syst. (Paris) 14, 2: 120.

Cirrhopetalum siamense Rolfe ex Downie, 1925, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 375: Gagnep., 1932, in Lecomte, Fl. Gen. Indo-Chine 6: 288.

Cirrhoprtalum stramineum (Ames) Gagnep. var. purpureum Gagnep., 1932, in Lecomte, Fl. Gen. Indo-Chine 6: 288. Cirrhopetalum gagnepainii Guillaumin, 1964, Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. 2, 36, 3: 397.

Bulbophyllum stramineum Ames. var. purpureum (Gagnep.) Guillaumin, 1964, Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. 2, 36, 3: 397 (sub "purpuratum").

Studied collections.

9 April 2003, P.K.Loc, CPXP15.

Description. 

Epiphyte with long creeping rhizome and erect l-leaved ovoid angled pseudobulbs about 1.5 cm tall. Leaves to 7—14 by 1.5—3 cm, short petiolate. Inflorescence from the base of pseudobulbs, 8—12 cm long, with 5—10 close flowers. Dorsal sepal purple-violet, ovate, about 4—6 mm long, with long ciliate margins and a long thread-like seta at the apex; lateral sepals light pink-violet to white, more or less densely speckled with purple-violet, about 2—2.5 by 0.3—0.4 cm, lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, connate along upper edges, sometime free at the apex, obtuse. Petals triangular, cuneate, purple-violet, long ciliate along the margins, 3—4 mm long. Lip yellow to orange, movable, simple, ovate, strongly decurved. Column with large broad stelidia semicircular at the apex. 

Flowering time. 

April-May.

Geographic range. 

Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Hainan, Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsula, Malaysia, Indonesia.

Notes. 

Widespread but rather rare species in area of its distribution. Ornamental.

References:

Leonid V. Averyanov, Nguyen Tien Hiep, Phan Ke Loc, The orchids Of Cuc Phuong National Park Illustrated guide, ISBN: 9781626751514